RE: Peterson's 12 Rules For Life, have you heard of this?
August 31, 2018 at 12:05 am
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2018 at 12:09 am by bennyboy.)
(August 30, 2018 at 11:56 pm)Khemikal Wrote: You know, I'm losing a little bit of my esteem for you right now. This is some pretty silly shit.I'm pretty unsurprised that you say that. However, before solving a problem, the first step should be to determine WHY it's a problem.
Quote:Lemme give you a concrete example. Did you know that we're trying to deport american citizens..right now? As in, people born in the us 40 years ago. Because brown. It's ethnic cleansing, on a test bubble scale. We've done it before, too..we've deported millions at a pop, a significant portion of which historians are certain must have been american.Right, and that's the essence of the social contract-- you extend protections, because when you're in front of the firing squad, you will have a reasonable expectation that they'll stand up for you, too.
If you can do it to one of us, you can do it to any of us.
I think the insistent racism in the south very much stems very much from the fact that their participation in the social contract as outlined in the US constitution was made under duress-- they fought against that contract, lost, and the contract has been imposed on them, and enforced by the federal government. That broad demographic, i.e. those protected by citizenship, has changed very much in its makeup, and they have had no say in what changes should be made. That makes them feel robbed.
Would you say I've made a fair representation of their position?
