

i still think that the people commonly referred to as being “on the right” are reasonable people overall; Just that they use a very different axiomatic system to make reasonings on. If you start with very different goals, of course you can get to very different conclusions. That’s not a logic error though, it’s just a different set of goals.







Idk what to write here, i haven’t done so much “180s” but i have shifted a lot of beliefs pretty significantly.
Actually i think the things i’m proudest of are understanding that in the modern western society, a lot of categories are often used to describe things (such as “democrat”, “republican”) but when you really think about it, these concepts are kinda meaningless. they’re empty significands, i.e. they make you adhere to a group-think even though there’s not much of a content in these concepts.
the truly important concepts are entirely different ones, such as the four elements in the aristotelian worldview.
think about it: if you visit a random village in india that has been disconnected from modern civilization for centuries; these people do not think in terms of “democrat” or “republican”; because neither of these things are natural. they do not appear in nature. why do we classify our natural world with them?