Comments by "Patrick Cleburne" (@patrickcleburneuczjsxpmp9558) on "The Institute of Art and Ideas" channel.

  1. It's not "ducking the points raised by Steven." He basically agrees with those points. Mearsheimer was focusing on the point of disagreement. Pinker essentially continued to attack a straw man.
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  2. Pinker's defense of the progress of individuality is absurd in light of realities like vaccine mandates, compulsory schooling, universal health care, and all the other mandatory/compulsory/universal things that characterize "liberal democracies."
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  3. @Charlie-nf1nw You might argue that those things constitute progress but it's ridiculous to argue that they constitute the progress of individuality.
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