masquerademinutes wrote (edited )
Reply to comment by OdiousOutlaw in CPGBML showing solidarity with a billionaire over a group of people who struggle under the capitalist system by ziq
What is interesting is that many "rationals" do not follow through the logical end of rationality and don't accept the disenchantment of the world, a lot of them still think in terms of "values", "virtues" (see them using the word "degeneracy"), which are all representations of emotions. Ray Brassier calls this out in "Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction" and says this should be seen as a power of rationality instead of a pitiful end.
It's also interesting to see them appeal to nature when it's convenient ("sex differences", "black vs white ppl") when rationality is the very thing that would/should transcend nature -- you can't base yourself in a concept and then backtrack.
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