Yes - collectivist/globalist versus individualist/nationalist. We need to drop the terms Left and Right for no other reason than they are an impediment to understanding and the terms themselves have been so utterly politicized. They are emotive and nothing else. Imagine the msm declaring that so and so is a “Individualist/Nationalist” ra…
Yes - collectivist/globalist versus individualist/nationalist. We need to drop the terms Left and Right for no other reason than they are an impediment to understanding and the terms themselves have been so utterly politicized. They are emotive and nothing else. Imagine the msm declaring that so and so is a “Individualist/Nationalist” rather than a Right Wing Extremist(their favorite term for decades).
Both terms are excellent in that they replace emotion with content. This is part of a much bigger effort that needs to take place - the retaking of language and the meaning of words.
As Aristotle put it: “If you want to argue, first define your terms”.
Yes - collectivist/globalist versus individualist/nationalist. We need to drop the terms Left and Right for no other reason than they are an impediment to understanding and the terms themselves have been so utterly politicized. They are emotive and nothing else. Imagine the msm declaring that so and so is a “Individualist/Nationalist” rather than a Right Wing Extremist(their favorite term for decades).
Both terms are excellent in that they replace emotion with content. This is part of a much bigger effort that needs to take place - the retaking of language and the meaning of words.
As Aristotle put it: “If you want to argue, first define your terms”.
smart guy, that Aristotle.
Two cheeks, same arse. Keep people looking at each other never up.
Thought that was Voltaire but maybe he ripped off Aristotle. Had a History of Science prof who thought all knowledge resided in Aristotle
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