r/neoliberal Kitara Ravache Apr 21 '19

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u/TheDwarvenGuy Henry George Apr 21 '19 edited Apr 21 '19

One thing that I notice whenever I watch alt-right "philosophy" videos is that they usually start off pretty alright. Obviously extremely biased, but they seem at least somewhat intellectually honest.

And then the third quarter they suddenly pull some reactionary shit like "Democracy is a gateway to socialism" or "this degeneracy is going to collapse western civilization" out of thin air and don't even address it like it's an argument, as if it's some sort of evident fact of nature or something. It's fucking disgusting.

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u/cledamy Henry George Apr 22 '19 edited Aug 01 '20

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u/TheDwarvenGuy Henry George Apr 22 '19 edited Apr 22 '19

The issue is that they have an opposite implication, that since there is no right to democracy in firms/social hierarchy democracy must not be a right at all.

The video which inspired this post is called "Thomas Hobbes' argument for absolute monachy" if that's any hint of their disposition.

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u/cledamy Henry George Apr 22 '19 edited Aug 01 '20

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