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Joey Wahoo

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Thanks for sharing this


I recently read War of the World. Very disturbing and gloomy. Much of this piece looks like research from that book. The assault on the principles of the Enlightement (and on the Enlightenment itself) and the emphasis on group identity over individual rights (and the attendant scapegoating of "oppresors") should be troubling. Steven Pinker, who teaches at Harvard, has been drawing attention to this as well. There are very important lessons in this history, as Ferguson says. Thanks again.

[Post edited by Joey Wahoo at 12/13/2023 9:43PM]

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Posted: 12/13/2023 at 1:52PM



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Niall Ferguson: The Treason of the Intellectuals -- nyhoo 12/13/2023 04:27AM
  Thanks for sharing this -- Joey Wahoo 12/13/2023 1:52PM
  Excuses and whataboutisms to follow.... -- Lupos 12/13/2023 07:17AM
  An admission was unnecessary. -- Chuck Taylor 12/13/2023 09:22AM
  What ** -- hooshouse 12/13/2023 08:56AM
  I mean, isn’t it pretty obvious? -- WahooRQ 12/13/2023 09:02AM
  Interesting use of the word Treason. -- Chuck Taylor 12/13/2023 07:04AM
  Really? I am selling Harvard -- nyhoo 12/13/2023 10:57AM
  Yes, we have history as a testament to that. -- Chuck Taylor 12/13/2023 08:37AM
  Well said ** -- 111Balz 12/13/2023 07:15AM

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