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| Topic | Jordan Peterson, on his all-beef diet |
| Lorenzo_2003 11/03/18 6:49:25 AM #48: | MarqueeSeries posted... I mean he also claims that the underlying threat of things getting physical is always there when men converse: Ehh, I cut this one a little slack. It's true that we, men, can and do interact with one another in peaceful ways, but it's also true that our history is littered with violent conflict after violent conflict after violent conflict, which all involved men either putting holes into each other where holes shouldn't be or splitting each other's skulls when it's much more advisable to keep them whole. If you look at the Cold War between the US and the former Soviet Union, it's generally agreed upon that the threat of mutually assured destruction is what kept those two nations (led by men, mind you) from bombing the fuck out of each other. Civil discourse is kept civil because of that looming threat of potential violence, whether it's on a one to one level or between two hostile countries. Personally, I think humans are basically hairless chimps that have decided they like wearing shoes and cooking their food. We may talk a good game of being civilized, but even the weakest among us will bash your head in if he hasn't eaten in a while. In short, I think Peterson was not too far off from the truth. Edit: not --- ... ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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