[jcp123]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I took a history of philosophy class that started with Aristotelian and had a grand culmination at... Marxism. The professor had a clear attachment to it.

I'd provide feedback in the classroom, and when other students were asked what they thought, they'd refer back to my comments and say "what he said". Glad I could inject some reason into the conversation, but I only took the class once. Who knows how many uncritical thinkers have offloaded the task to the professor.

I’m surprised he didn’t move on to postmodernism. It’s been co-opted, IMHO, by a lot of Marxist sympathizers to negate pretty much anything their detractors say. Though, Thaddeus Russell can give a far more eloquent explanation than I can.

Strange times abound, and although I’d like to buy the simulation theory, I think it’s more a matter of the internet disrupting everything from news to personal interactions. If it’s going to right itself, I think it’ll take another 20 years and I fear it will be accompanied by some bad legislation and/or cyborgish implants.