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>>10996952
Daily reminder.

>>10834399
>He loves Nietzsche
And also misreads Nietzsche. Peterson claims N. is a postmodern thinker, when the truth is N. alternated between reactionary and modernist arguments. N.'s capital-i Individualism is one of the least postmodern things ever described.

>Doesn't seem to care for Marx.
Peterson regularly makes claims about Marxism (& communism more broadly) that are outright false. Marx wasn't against all forms of inequality. Marx didn't distinguish along the lines of "winners and losers." Marx would not have supported the Soviet Union.

>Does dislike Derrida.
And he misreads Derrida. Peterson's description of D.'s position ("lmao everythings a false dichotomy bro") is strawmanning at its worst.

All 3 of these thinkers are misrepresented in Peterson's lectures. His attitude towards them doesn't matter; he misunderstands and/or lies about what they have to say.