Douglas Murray explains the heart of the Meritocracy debate and why the Left's goals are fundamentally flawed. From the 2023 National Review Institute Ideas ...
Be careful. YouTube likes to show people increasingly insane right wing propaganda. It starts with “huh those are some interesting ideas” and before you know it you’ll be screaming about vaccines and praying for Trump to make a comeback.
It starts with “huh those are some interesting ideas” and before you know it you’ll be screaming about vaccines and praying for Trump to make a comeback.
Oh, please, stop. Telling people not to expose themselves to certain bits of information or perspectives is just another form of bigotry. I read two of Ayn Rand’s books, because her ideas were new and fascinating to me. That didn’t turn me into a libertarian or stop me from seeing the flaws in her ideology. But I am now more educated and less likely to be influenced by libertarian arguments as a result.
Try having discussions with people who you feel have the wrong ideas about things rather than telling them to avoid “wrongthinkers” altogether.
Thats not what I was suggesting at all. I said that YouTube’s algorithm will start flooding your feed with progressively more extreme and misinformative content.
I do think the left is very close minded and restrictive.
To make out that the right never has or never will make any valid points is insane.
I’m just listening to ideas and views and absorbing information.
Just because the left doesn’t like this guy doesn’t mean I’m going to follow them into immediately disregarding everything he says as some heathen. I’m not going to hate everything this guy said just because my side says I should. It’s not a football game.
It’s a very strange argument you are making. That accurate information and good points shouldn’t have the credit they deserve because of other points. I’m very pro vaccines and Trump seems like an idiot but again that doesn’t mean he isn’t always wrong like the west makes out. He nailed the gas reliance Russia has on Europe.
I never hear the argument the other way “watch out the left believe in free education. Next thing you know you’ll be believing everyone should be paid the same and that borders don’t exist”. Instead they would be far more likely to argue the initial point they disagree with.
Be careful. YouTube likes to show people increasingly insane right wing propaganda. It starts with “huh those are some interesting ideas” and before you know it you’ll be screaming about vaccines and praying for Trump to make a comeback.
Oh, please, stop. Telling people not to expose themselves to certain bits of information or perspectives is just another form of bigotry. I read two of Ayn Rand’s books, because her ideas were new and fascinating to me. That didn’t turn me into a libertarian or stop me from seeing the flaws in her ideology. But I am now more educated and less likely to be influenced by libertarian arguments as a result.
Try having discussions with people who you feel have the wrong ideas about things rather than telling them to avoid “wrongthinkers” altogether.
Thats not what I was suggesting at all. I said that YouTube’s algorithm will start flooding your feed with progressively more extreme and misinformative content.
That is absolutely not what you wrote and I don’t believe it’s what you meant either.
I do think the left is very close minded and restrictive.
To make out that the right never has or never will make any valid points is insane.
I’m just listening to ideas and views and absorbing information.
Just because the left doesn’t like this guy doesn’t mean I’m going to follow them into immediately disregarding everything he says as some heathen. I’m not going to hate everything this guy said just because my side says I should. It’s not a football game.
Did you reply to the wrong comment? You seem to be arguing against things I didn’t say
I’m sorry. He’s too far gone.
No. I meant to reply to you.
It’s a very strange argument you are making. That accurate information and good points shouldn’t have the credit they deserve because of other points. I’m very pro vaccines and Trump seems like an idiot but again that doesn’t mean he isn’t always wrong like the west makes out. He nailed the gas reliance Russia has on Europe.
I never hear the argument the other way “watch out the left believe in free education. Next thing you know you’ll be believing everyone should be paid the same and that borders don’t exist”. Instead they would be far more likely to argue the initial point they disagree with.