tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2789798816054591744..comments2024-03-29T10:24:20.171+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Political correctness is not fundamentally egalitarianBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-54117613730317781682010-11-21T23:06:13.011+00:002010-11-21T23:06:13.011+00:00"Equality is not, therefore, the deepest impu..."Equality is not, therefore, the deepest impulse. What is deepest in political correctness is moral opposition to - and the desire therefore to subvert and invert - the existing state of affairs brought about by individual agency: by human desires, choices, beliefs."<br /><br />I disagree. PC is not about subverting human desires, etc. It's about subverting the (perceived) traditional Western system. PC/Multicult is grounded in an anti-traditional western moral-theology and escatology. That forms the spiritual dimension of it. So, yes PC is not interested in objective equality, but it is interested in making things right as seen in terms of the moral-theological narrative of oppression and the original White man's sin. Making things right, of course, requires the total dispossession of what was the traditional West and those who represent it.Chuckhttp://occidentalascent.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-the-irish/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-68812966808000257412010-11-21T19:50:38.260+00:002010-11-21T19:50:38.260+00:00Addition.
To say one point more clearly: Without ...Addition.<br /><br />To say one point more clearly: Without PC and consequently affirmative action, there would be many loose and potentially dangerous (to the liberal elite) minority intellectuals in society. They would be high IQ relative to their ethnic group (thus capable leadership), and because of lower status relatively to other ethnic groups and certain psychological traits, more prone to radical politics. On the other hand liberal elite thinks it can sacrifice white intellectuals in the altar of affirmative action, because their higher group status, more peaceful communities and psychological propensities makes them relatively less inclined to change, radicalism and collectivism. Also white masses are relatively less disposed to participate in collectivist change and radical movements. The highest IQ whites are still gathered to the liberal elites. Combined with services, dependencies, distractions, necessities, punishments, incentives etc., the rejected white intellectuals can be kept sufficiently docile. The logic and/or hope of liberal elite in this particular matter.<br /><br />Politics, the art of the practical possible.<br /><br />Not the only reason to affirmative action, of course.a Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-60862602149836467152010-11-21T17:53:49.039+00:002010-11-21T17:53:49.039+00:00Part 2.
The state.
It is always problematic bec...Part 2.<br /><br />The state.<br /><br /> It is always problematic because of it's universal coercive power and potential to monopolize production, incentives and communication. Problems range from (excess) grabbing of resources, soft or hard totalitarianism to unnecessary wars. The point at which the border is crossed to harmful is fuzzy, not the least because the state is always a combination of the present arrangement, tendencies and potentialities. But the accusation of robbing resources from people hangs always above the state like a dark and sinister cloud, with serious practical consequences to the state. Thus we can look for indirect admissions (the state bureaucrats know and/or sense that they are moving ...) of the state, that they are moving towards legalized robbery. Monopolizing tendencies, anything from education to economy; suppression of free speech, increasing distractrions (e.g. legal neutrality towards liberalizing all forms of sexuality); certain punishment tendencies; increasing state service dependencies and inabilities of the people; multi-party collusion around one ideology; etc.<br /><br />And yes, ideological obfuscation, hence the PC philosophy.<br /><br />PC philosophy is a fraudulent imitation of expensive signal of altruism. Altruistic people show that they can acquire and protect/uphold lots of excess resources; that they are high status people; that they are good cooperating partners; that it is worthwhile to give back to them, to reciprocate; that it is good to listen to them and heed their advice; etc.<br /><br />With it's monopoly power the state can create the greatest, but utterly fake, altruism signal in society. <br /><br />Fake altruism of the state lowers the treshold to paying taxes; it hides from the view, and in fact seemingly turns to it's opposite the selfishness of bureaucrats and the legalized robbery of excess taxes; it makes the state more sought after partner and employer; it gives it's intellectuals, even if they are fifth rate scoundrels (and the fifth column) the aura of intellectual and moral superiority; it makes the state's voice to displace other voices; it paves the way towards international universal power; etc.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Private corporations could create, if they had the same kind of army of intellectuals at their disposal as the state, a comparable ideological obfuscation as PC philosophy, say Benevolent Altruism -philosophy (BA). E.g. a student, on his own, is ready to spend the time and effort to study a profession. Student buys 30 books which are necessary for it. Together, with economies of scale deductions, the books cost 1000 €. Later, with the help of this knowledge, the student earns 30 million €. According to BA, the private corporation, the publisher of the mentioned books, For Your Thoughts Only Publishing Ltd. has thus altruistically given the student 29 999 000 €. Overlapping with this, For Your Thoughts Only has given the student a job, a house, a car, a wife, children, happiness (the liberal "objective" and measured type), etc., and in general a meaning of life, and yes, a Life. For Your Thoughts Only in particular and corporations in general are huge altruists, tirelessly working for the benefit of others and receiving just enough compensation to get bread, occasional cold cut meats, clothes and something above the head to protect from high humidity clouds. Our saints and heroes. The meager and illusory state altruim pales in comparison, says BA.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Our societies are on all time high (sarcasm):<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=213t3YeQosE&feature=relateda Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-88468652340095476552010-11-21T17:51:35.873+00:002010-11-21T17:51:35.873+00:00In all objective measures, the performance and sta...In all objective measures, the performance and state of blacks relative to whites in Usa has gone seriously downhill since the separate, but equal was changed to the PC arrangement. School performance, marriage break ups/ single parent families, criminality /percentage of incarcerated blacks, living area degradation, community erosion/ atomization, lack of morality and trust, social security dependence, drug and alcohol use, etc. <br /><br />But even these are beside the point. Whites can't and should not be cosmic social security to the whole world. In addition the world and it's multitudes do not reciprocate in any way.<br /><br />Objectively only the affirmative action elite of blacks has gained artificially. This is a necessity to the PC elite. Black elite must be bribed, separated from their communities and incorporated to the PC elite. This prevents black elites from becoming leaders of independent black power centers, likely threatening and eroding PC power. Everything within the system and nothing outside it, in one way or another is the motto of monopoly PC. Follow the power and you shall find the answers, so to speak. <br /><br />Masses of people have potential power, but they lack the intellectual focus, coherence and direction given to them by intellectuals. Intellectuals have the necessary organizing, motivating and clarifying ability, but they lack the power of masses. Thus the first task of power is to separate potential outside leaders from the masses, who are either outside the power elites or inside the power elites, but might jump away from it (there is always this tendency). Historically many kinds of methods have been used. <br /><br />Intellectuals' customs, ways of thinking and talking, clothing, living areas, socializing, cultural hobbies etc. have been differentiated so radically from the masses that proper communication is harder between masses and potential outside leaders. All the power communication is done through the established elite channels.<br /><br />Potential outside leaders are bribed, executed, imprisoned, incorporated, their free speech prevented, persuaded, misdirected, their resources and jobs taken away from them, etc.<br /><br />Masses are feed such information, manipulated and directed in such way, that they are not receptive to outside leaders, they are mistrustful and suspicious of them, they don't understand or accept them, etc. Masses are atomized to prevent coherence, thus if there is outside leader, he can only get hold of small number of people, at least in the beginning. Masses are made directly dependent on their livelihood and other important things to power elites.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Continued ...a Finnnoreply@blogger.com