Origins of Political Correctness

[Fang]

I don't feel oppressed by anyone, that's the thing Rie. This victim mentality is so pervasive it's doing my head in, it's what I would like people to stop very much, the only people I hear complaining are the ones that have it not only better than me but better than the people who actually deserve to be receiving assistance and support. The only thing I am a victim of is this incessant whinging.

My family has been involved with refugees since as long as I can remember, they're the kind of people I grew up with I know that some people truly experience life on the hard side.I am not denying that the system isn't perfect but long ago I accepted the world is not perfect (well it actually is but that's complicated) and I shouldn't expect it to conform to my desires, and that what we have is actually the best option in the world right now so until someone offers a functional alternative people really should just take the opportunity provided and appreciate that.

It's a stretch to think that that video is rejecting egalitarianism though
Another pervasive view "if you don't believe in my particular (uneducated) political solutions, then you don't care about the people I claim I to want to help."

People who are worried about a critical approach to society encroaching on their traditional values are fighting to hold on to the privileges awarded to them by those traditional values, even when those privileges come at the expense of others.

"Privilege" is a strange word to use, given that it is effort rather than idleness which is rewarded, unless you can leech the fruits of others, I sorta see what you mean though.

Critical theory was a product of Marxist philosophers who saw the inherent flaws in capitalism. The thing about critical theory is that it doesn't just apply to capitalism - you can apply it to any aspect of any type of society. You can use it to find flaws in communist or socialist societies.

The fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. It really isn't surprising to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.

Most of the "oppression" stuff I hear is usually nurtured by a lack of knowledge of history and economics and also common sense, creating enemies and whatnot.

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Honest feedback to you my beloved brother: you might have been sucked into this political emotional void along with your lefty college age friends who leech Wink

And I honestly appreciate it