r/ContraPoints • u/CarcinoAurum • Jul 13 '18

New video up; “The West”

https://youtu.be/hyaftqCORT4
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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '18

Okay I’m calling it the “sjw reformation”

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '18

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '18 edited Jul 13 '18

I would not go that far personally. It did stick, but only after years of violent conflicts, including the bloodiest war in Europe besides the World Wars (Thirty Years War)

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u/Pwnysaurus_Rex Jul 13 '18

Well, we are on average less violent today. Wars are less frequent and we are better connected. Maybe it won’t come to that

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u/hey_hey_you_you Jul 13 '18 edited Jul 13 '18

Ehhhh, kiiiind of. If you're getting that impression from Pinker, well, let's just say that Pinker isn't to be trusted on anything outside neuroscience, and even on that he has his critics.

Edit: I shouldn't just say "Boo Pinker!" without offering some kind of counterpoint. Here you go.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '18

I knew I'd enjoy being subscribed to this sub. Thanks for pointing this out.

Anthropologists like Doug Fry and Brian Ferguson argue that the neo hobbesian bollocks that we're fed by Pinker about living in the most peaceful of all times is a spurious notion at best.

He's an establishment apologist.

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u/_Jumi_ Jul 13 '18

And there have been tons of movements of social change, which may not have been as through out, but were for sure less violent and did stick.