That's where the postmoderinsm bent of Critical Social Justice comes from. It's basically because all our experiences are subjective, we can never reach objective reality, and should abandon even trying. That's why "lived experience" is good and "empirical evidence" is an oppressive construct made to enforce the white patriarchal hegemony.
There is no objective truth. Truth is what we call the set ideas that have been enforced on us by political hegemonies. If you have the power, you dictate the truth.
This is what they believe because they can use it to justify their lust for power. If they have the power, they can dictate utopia.
Now, go watch Chernobyl, and see what happens when political power dictates that it is impossible for an RBMK reactor to explode.
"Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid."
That's where the postmoderinsm bent of Critical Social Justice comes from. It's basically because all our experiences are subjective, we can never reach objective reality, and should abandon even trying. That's why "lived experience" is good and "empirical evidence" is an oppressive construct made to enforce the white patriarchal hegemony.
There is no objective truth. Truth is what we call the set ideas that have been enforced on us by political hegemonies. If you have the power, you dictate the truth.
This is what they believe because they can use it to justify their lust for power. If they have the power, they can dictate utopia.
Now, go watch Chernobyl, and see what happens when political power dictates that it is impossible for an RBMK reactor to explode.
"Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid."
And when the dictated utopia proves elusive they will need a scapegoat. It's pretty obvious where that leads.