That's sort of the pit of it. If postmodernism has anything valid to say - then skepticism can't really be overdone. Even to the point of questioning the possibility or applicability of reason itself. We're mildly aware of where some skepticism can be maladaptive - but contend that the net effect is improvement. Further, that it's potential maladaptivity is in no way a certification of it's invalidity.
Personally, I think that the nefarious and or spooky forces crowd are seeing something. Something that looks very much like the production of what nefarious and or spooky forces could make manifest. Trouble is, it's actually the mass and inertia of society - and all that entails, that they're observing. People who think, for example, that the entire world is somehow conspiring against them can be in positions where their circumstances are identical to a reality in which that were true. The idea that there's a conspiracy to poison us with our food, for example. Just go to the store, read the back of every box. General Mills isn't doing that to us, though, we're doing that to general mills. It's what we like. It's what we will (and what we can) pay for.
Personally, I think that the nefarious and or spooky forces crowd are seeing something. Something that looks very much like the production of what nefarious and or spooky forces could make manifest. Trouble is, it's actually the mass and inertia of society - and all that entails, that they're observing. People who think, for example, that the entire world is somehow conspiring against them can be in positions where their circumstances are identical to a reality in which that were true. The idea that there's a conspiracy to poison us with our food, for example. Just go to the store, read the back of every box. General Mills isn't doing that to us, though, we're doing that to general mills. It's what we like. It's what we will (and what we can) pay for.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
