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Originally Posted by Throndor
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Alan Watts, and joseph campbell are both pretty solid thinkers. Why are you siding with authoritarian left, though? Leftist dogma has essentially slid into religiosity at this point, how are you unable to see that, or reconcile that with free thinking?
Granted, that the right fringe polemics arent much different but i dont see them calling for the abolishment of free speech, and a massive rewrite to the constitution like we're in some sort of orwellian dystopia.
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I don't side with the left, that keeps being assumed. I maintain a quiet suspicion for anyone who seeks out a position of power. Anyone making big promises. It doesn't even have to be a politician. Anyone with influence and a group of followers. From Tony Robbins to Joe Rogan. Not in a paranoid way, but aware that fame does things to people and they will do things for it. If they run for office and win, even if I supported them, they deserve scrutiny as that is the role of the public, if not news journalists.
If Clinton had won, these posts would be directed at her. Whenever anyone takes power, regardless of their party, they deserve more scrutiny and criticism. But there are numerous examples of democrats who should be scrutinized, even now with a republican majority. Ex.: Tulsi Gabbard having tea with Assad.
It's more of a human problem than a political problem imo. Humans have a poor track record and corrupt whatever form of government they claim to hold dear.