The New Irrationalism
by John Bellamy Foster

https://monthlyreview.org/2023/02/01/the-new-irrationalism/

"Schopenhauer’s concept of the will, or the will-to-life, which he attributed to all of existence, thus took the form of a cosmic egoism. By reducing everything in the end to pure will, Schopenhauer’s philosophy, Lukács wrote, “anthropomorphizes the whole of nature.” The will, for Schopenhauer, embraced Immanuel Kant’s things-in-themselves (noumena), beyond human perception."

#Irrationalism #Georg Lukács,

Carl Sagan’s prediction about America, from 1995.

From The Demon-Haunted World

#irrationalism

The New Irrationalism

https://monthlyreview.org/2023/02/01/the-new-irrationalism/

#irrationalism

Responding to a deleted post or someone who blocked me...

@just_alex @isotope239 @SpiderMan @TonyStark

All three examples are untrue.

GW Bush won because Jeb disregarded multiple Florida Supreme Court orders to allow released felons who had their voting rights reinstated in the states they were released in to vote.

Trump won because Hilary Clinton was a horrible candidate with a negative approval rating, she pushed the media to promote Trump as a valid candidate, Trump managed to mobilize voters who traditionally do not vote, and the electoral college is an archaic structure that only did what it was designed for twice: which is to send the top choices to the House to decide.

Roe v. Wade was overturned because neoliberals played nice, approved two supreme court nominees who purjured themselves and Mitch McConnell misused government power to refuse a hearing on Merrick Garland but not apply the same standards to Trump in 2020. Democrats also made it worse by not codifying it in the 50 years following despite it being an active choice during the Obama Administration.

What you are engaging in is #gaslighting. Sophomoric thought and gaslighting. In fact, it is the same type of #irrationalism for whixh Trump is famous. What you have done is to manage to work to erase recently established differences between the Democrats and Republicans and illustrate the process how Democrats become more Republican-like.

If you pay attention to what #ElonMusk tweets, much of the time he is just barely commenting on far right #disinformation accounts, lending them a bit of an air of legitimacy. In this case, he comments under some Tomi Lahren wannabe's tweet, suggesting she has found something important.

Where did she get her info from?

Perhaps from https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/covid-infection-vaccination-linked-to-heart-condition/#:~:text=Their%20findings%2C%20published%20in%20the,orthostatic%20tachycardia%20syndrome%2C%20or%20POTS.

There you find that science isnt ignoring it, but rather found that link. What you also learn is that infection ALSO increases the chance of this condition. In fact, infection is 5 times more likely to cause it than vaccination. Take into account that probably everyone will get it if not vaccinated and it actually shows that vaccination effectively reduces your chance of getting this by 80%.

Elon put his stamp of approval on this disinformation and don't forget that #NeilDegrasseTyson put his stamp of approval on Elon.

#Twitter is likely the central hub of disinformation in the near future, as Elon wants it to be.

#COVID #COVID19 #Irrationalism