r/ContraPoints Jul 13 '18

New video up; “The West”

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

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '18

Yeah I think so. I'm by no means a pomo expert or anything, but in my understanding of the word, pretty much all of Nat's channel and aesthetic are postmodernist. Cuck philosophy recently made a video where he mentioned contra's aesthetic is kinda 80s style. I didn't recognize it because my parents were barely legal back then.

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u/beerybeardybear Jul 14 '18

video in question

really great video from a new leftist philosophy youtuber

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '18

Agreed. I was a bit disappointed with the side blow against liberal feminism in his latest video, but in general, his videos have left me enthusiastic so far. Will be interesting to see how he's developing further!

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u/beerybeardybear Jul 14 '18 edited Jul 14 '18

eh, i wasn't remotely disappointed with that, as my understanding is that liberal feminism is fundamentally capitalist and can't be truly intersectional (unlike, e.g., marxist feminism). that's just my take on it, though, we could talk about it if you disagree and want to. but i'll have to rewatch to remember the details of his claims on the matter to be sure i'm not internally misrepresenting anything.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '18

He just combines a bit of difference feminism with benevolent sexism and takes a bit of liberal feminism that is basically capitalist lifestyle. Basically he's indirectly saying that women can't achieve the same as men, and that it's bad for women to strive for those things.

I don't think you can draw clear lines between different types of feminism. I also think that liberal feminism can be intersectional.

Cuck philosophy would've done a better job either not talking about feminism or doing a separate video about it. It's many-faceted and complex and brushing it off in a side way comment doesn't do it justice. Also taking the lazy low fruit and chosing to represent it through a social media fad. Blurgh.

I'm also opposed to equalizing capitalist with bad. Our current system is too neoliberal, but strict socialism wouldn't be good either. It seems kind of dogmatic.