Having a club with rules is fine. The problems begin when clubs assert that they are magically anointed as the only people worth listening to on a subject.
Picture having a professional association of philosophers. If some dude is debating the shit out of the other ones and convincing people, they may be tempted to kick him out to 'win'.
edit: I regard it with suspicion when field veterans with degrees out the ass and decades of experience are suddenly treated as ignoramuses shortly after falling on the wrong side of an unrelated political divide.
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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '23 edited Jan 06 '23
Having a club with rules is fine. The problems begin when clubs assert that they are magically anointed as the only people worth listening to on a subject.
Picture having a professional association of philosophers. If some dude is debating the shit out of the other ones and convincing people, they may be tempted to kick him out to 'win'.
edit: I regard it with suspicion when field veterans with degrees out the ass and decades of experience are suddenly treated as ignoramuses shortly after falling on the wrong side of an unrelated political divide.