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[Anonymous No.14270361]

>These ars the foremost intellectuals of the 21st century
How did it turn out like this?

[Anonymous No.14270369]

This is what you get when no one reads theory.

[Anonymous No.14270388]

Everyone in that picture is smiling and showing that they are having a good time other than Peterson. The guy is really far up his ass.

[Anonymous No.14270393]

>implying this is somehow a bad thing
Cringe, 2500 years of our thought development culminate in these geniuses

[Anonymous No.14270403]

((()))

[Anonymous No.14270405]

>This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.

[Anonymous No.14270427]

>>14270361
Most people are dumb, so their idols needn’t be true intellectuals. The true intellectuals are in the shadows, misunderstood, controversial, far past the concern of trying to persuade the masses

[Anonymous No.14270465]

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[Anonymous No.14270490]

>>14270361
Why are all of them jews or married to a jew?
What am I missing here?

[Anonymous No.14270504]

>>14270403
>>14270490
Wow, want to tone it down with the antisemitism?

[Anonymous No.14270511]

>>14270427
Why would I regard anyone who isn't even able to push his agenda? This is cringe opinion and vast majority of great thinkers in history (take away maybe Kafka, Peirce and Nietzsche) have been recognized already by their contemporaries

[Anonymous No.14270894]

>>14270361
>>These ars the foremost intellectuals of the 21st century
These arses are not the foremost intellectuals of the twentieth century at all, at all. Your assertion is simply an assertion.

[Anonymous No.14270906]

>>14270894
>Your assertion is simply an assertion.

Or, ASS-ertion, amiright?

[Anonymous No.14270966]

Foremost intellectuals is debatable but they're brilliant and courageous men doing a hell of a job challenging the erosion of our culture and their notoriety is only a blessing to mankind.

[Anonymous No.14271002]

>>14270966
lol

[Anonymous No.14271038]

>>14270403
({i})

[Anonymous No.14272409]

>>14271002
>Lol
>Sincerely, a no-life nobody on 4chan.

[Anonymous No.14272431]

>>14271038
(OwO)

[Anonymous No.14272568]

OP is unironically raising one of the bigger problems about the intellectual culture of our time. There is a related question, which is:
Why does the hard left has nothing to show for other than Zizek?

Part of me wants to say that this has nothing to do with modernity, and that sophistry has always been around and has always fooled the masses. And part of me wants to say that it is in fact a feature of humanity and truth that the world appears as if things reduce simply, that there is no dialectic, that matters are all black and white.

But another part of me wants to admit that in spite of how insufferable some of these guys are, they're on to some serious issues with our culture. The left needs some fucking weightlifting men trapping dumb college conservatives in uncontrolled and spontaneous debates that favor the speaker. The left needs to tell the SJW crowd that their ideology is garbage and inconsistent. And those who lean left need to realize that communism and Marxism and 'theory' is largely contemplative garbage that needs rethinking.

The better approach, the one not represented by these alt-righters, I think, is much more difficult to articulate. Truth is esoteric in it's form and falsehood seems so obvious and tempting. Zizek is maybe right that philosophers need to interpret the world once again.

Will we ever get out of this trap?

[Anonymous No.14272587]

>>14270361
Stop making this thread nigga

[Anonymous No.14272627]

>>14270511
is being able to influence people and be recognized by your contemporaries the sole measure of success to you?

[Anonymous No.14272636]

>>14270361
Human greed. Ben Shapiro doesn't even believe in the things he says but he spouts them anyways. He argues in bad faith.

[Anonymous No.14272661]

>>14270361
Jewish gatekeepers controlling academia and the media.

[Anonymous No.14272662]

>>14270361
Is that fucking Joe Rogan behind Ben Stiller (Sam Harris)???? It's over if it is.

[Anonymous No.14272755]

>>14270906
shouldn't the bottom two be switched?

[Anonymous No.14272770]

>>14272755
No

[Anonymous No.14272855]

>>14272770
He makes a fair point.

[Anonymous No.14272873]

>>14272855
yeah, the constitution is gay and following it like its sacred scripture is cucked and satanic. hope america burns soon.

[Anonymous No.14272888]

>>14272873
>having founding documents is gay bro just change all ur laws when a new president gets elected

[Anonymous No.14272897]

>>14270361
Literally who?
We all know ContraPoints and Hunter Hunt-Hendrix are the foremost intellectuals of the 21st century.

[Anonymous No.14272905]

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[Anonymous No.14272917]

>>14272888
elections are gay, but i agree with the first part

[Anonymous No.14273021]

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[Anonymous No.14273023]

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[Anonymous No.14273040]

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