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Anonymous Wed Nov 28 01:02:39 2018 No.12147176 [Reply] [Original]

Is democracy really an enlightenment value? Doesn't populism pose a huge threat to liberal values?

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>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 01:07:39 2018 No.12147186 >>12147176 considering it's the form of government associated with the most developed societies in human history, it would be under pinker's analysis

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 01:09:59 2018 No.12147195 >>12147186 btw, keep in mind pinker doesn't have any kind of expertise in any of the fields he covers in that book. he's widely dismissed by actual social scientists and historians for his puddle-deep scholarship and dogmatism

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 01:12:45 2018 No.12147204 >>12147176 1.5 MB

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 01:15:05 2018 No.12147214 >>12147176 Pinker is a jewish gatekeeper. His opinions are based solely around promoting what's good for his tribe, which he projects onto the goyim as good for them.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 01:23:07 2018 No.12147241 Hmmmmm, there's this little known liberal philosopher called JOHN STUART MILL, maybe you've heard of him? He addresses this exact point in his little known work ON LIBERTY. Have done any reading on the subject OP?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 08:14:18 2018 No.12148131 >>12147176 >Doesn't populism pose a huge threat to liberal values? Anon i....

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 09:26:05 2018 No.12148298 Populism is such a vague meme word

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 11:16:18 2018 No.12148556

>>12147176
There are different forms of democracy. Exactly the point of Liberal Democracy is to deal with the tyranny of the majority and temporary hysteria.

Also this >>12148298
Populism is an ill defined propaganda term used by the establishment to discredit all kinds of dissidents by lumping them all together under one label.

>>	le shit nigger Wed Nov 28 11:23:48 2018 No.12148568 ass

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 12:08:24 2018 No.12148723 >>12147176 >"My new favourite book of all time" - Bill Gates Now that's a fitting recommendation.

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