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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Big picture, I'd argue it has worked. Maybe that's a reason for the vast divide. I don't see the academic approach of avoiding things like labels, tribalism, identity politics, etc as having any value at all. It's completely out of touch with being human.
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Violence and murder are human. And yet we've managed to dramatically reduce them, along with a host of other destructive behaviours, over the centuries.
The modern left would have you believe progress is a matter of tearing down Western patriarchy and returning to our happy state of nature. They're wrong. Progress is a matter of using reason and self-control to overcome our savage nature. There's no question tribalism and group identity are ingrained in our nature. But our future welfare depends largely on how much progress we make in overcoming that nature. Otherwise there's only endless conflict in our future.