Previous discussion from June. As usual, he "discovers" the "conspiracy theorists" are right just past the point where it's possible to do something about it. Crazy how that always happens...
Seriously, “X has always been controlled opposition” is basically a meme at this point. I can’t take anyone who says it seriously.
Jordan has always said he leans Left, which is why the Left labeling him alt-right was such a hoot.
JP has a lot of insight into human nature, psychology and related sciences but his political takes have always been rather naive. This is no different. At least he’s realizing his mistake.
He seems to really lean into trusting our systems, be they government, corporate, or academic. I can see why, given the stupendously high standard of living we enjoy.
However, I think he's too trusting. His philosophy is to tell the truth; that's great for you but if you assume that everyone else is at least trying to do the same, you're going to go for a bad ride. And what we're seeing is clearly not the simple matter of high level experts doing their best but falling short; at this point there is clear deception happening.
I think people of his age have a particularly hard time with this as well. They grew up with the idea of the government protecting them from powerful foreign enemies (which it did, more or less) and so they give it a pass when they maybe shouldn't.
People growing up after the fall of the Berlin Wall have seen nothing but our governments trying to invent bogeymen to justify the greedy, heartless, unscrupulous crap that they have always gotten away with. For us, it's obvious that they're lying and it's all gone too far.
I like JBP generally; he's got lots of good ideas, he's a captivating story teller and he's got courage. But he's not a god that we should follow blindly, no one person is.
Rather than attack people for not living up to what we thought they should be, we should practice forgiveness, especially when he's clearly and without qualification admitting his error.
Previous discussion from June. As usual, he "discovers" the "conspiracy theorists" are right just past the point where it's possible to do something about it. Crazy how that always happens...
He's always been controlled opposition.
Seriously, “X has always been controlled opposition” is basically a meme at this point. I can’t take anyone who says it seriously.
Jordan has always said he leans Left, which is why the Left labeling him alt-right was such a hoot.
JP has a lot of insight into human nature, psychology and related sciences but his political takes have always been rather naive. This is no different. At least he’s realizing his mistake.
He seems to really lean into trusting our systems, be they government, corporate, or academic. I can see why, given the stupendously high standard of living we enjoy.
However, I think he's too trusting. His philosophy is to tell the truth; that's great for you but if you assume that everyone else is at least trying to do the same, you're going to go for a bad ride. And what we're seeing is clearly not the simple matter of high level experts doing their best but falling short; at this point there is clear deception happening.
I think people of his age have a particularly hard time with this as well. They grew up with the idea of the government protecting them from powerful foreign enemies (which it did, more or less) and so they give it a pass when they maybe shouldn't.
People growing up after the fall of the Berlin Wall have seen nothing but our governments trying to invent bogeymen to justify the greedy, heartless, unscrupulous crap that they have always gotten away with. For us, it's obvious that they're lying and it's all gone too far.
I like JBP generally; he's got lots of good ideas, he's a captivating story teller and he's got courage. But he's not a god that we should follow blindly, no one person is.
Rather than attack people for not living up to what we thought they should be, we should practice forgiveness, especially when he's clearly and without qualification admitting his error.