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They were skeptical empiricists with liberal views who made buddhists, jains and hindus seethe.

>>22037465
Why did they lose the battle?

>>22038019
Material explanation was that it wasn't conducive to keeping the masses in check

>>22038019
Same reason all freedom movements are put down.
The “civilization” monster is too powerful and clever

Probably because it still contended for itself ideally against other idealist philosophies, even if it was not idealist itself.

In the West people have come onside to the empirical materialist position largely through the fruits of said position, not argumentation. Not many people care about your airtight argument for the existence of God via reasoning from first principles when it can't produce a surplus of Big Macs.

They failed to convince the ruling class.
The fact that we have a lot of Buddhists and Hindu texts relentlessly attacking them means they were not some niche group but you need royal patronage for your ideology to survive and propagate.

>>22038410
Perlman was a massive cuck

>>22039210
Cucked by having to live in civilization? Was he supposed to send homemade bombs to people to impress the edgy kids? So he’s “cucked” because he had a wife and was well adjusted enough to live his live without murdering people?
Or is it his heart condition that “cucked” him?
Lame.