The primary component in the equality game is ideology. Ideology is the default winner, similar to the house in a casino. Ideology manages all of the other components in the game, delegating authority through the bureaucracy. The secondary component is the bureaucracy. As ostensibly impartial arbiters accountable to an ideology which is by definition quite [...]
Posts Tagged ‘pluralism’
Relativism
So I was visiting an office the other day, and as often happens, I stumble on something in conversation that triggers a political response. The woman I was talking to reminds me of a smart version of everyperson: roughly conservative on fiscal issues, roughly liberal on social issues, but personally relatively conservative as a means [...]
Intolerance and pluralism
Pluralism is the idea that, since every group or person has an organizing idea and goal to life, these goals can coexist. Pluralism denies that societies are inherently collective, and so we need a collective goal to the whole of society. Pluralism becomes that goal, but what of its effects? The first thing we learn [...]
We all know pluralism isn’t working, but we can’t talk about it
The debate on race — and pluralism — is far from over. 1. Abilities are determined by inherited traits:The Blank Slate, by Stephen Pinker 2. Socioeconomic status reflects race and caste:The Bell Curve, by Richard Herrenstein and Charles Murray and The Global Bell Curve, by Richard Lynn 3. Pluralism creates greater divisions:The Clash of Civilizations, [...]
My response to "This is Your Nation on White Privilege"
Pluralism doesn’t work Pluralism, or the idea that you can have more than one belief or culture, doesn’t work. This includes multiculturalism. We all want to be what we are, and know that picking a compromise culture destroys that. If you disagree, please list the historical examples of successful multicultural states. Be sure to include [...]
