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Tag Archives: appeal to authority
Independence Conformity and Weakness
Dear Friends, It seems to me, there’s nothing sadder than an adult who has to ask permission to have an idea. Yet, we have huge swaths of our fellows who do just that. They are afraid to think for themselves. … Continue reading
Posted in Group Politics
Tagged appeal to authority, appeal to popularity, despotism, following the crowd, freedom, independence, npc, popularity, stupidity, wisdom
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Limericks
Dear Friends, Appeal to authority is always clear,With power and consequences dear,Do as they say,Knowing the way,As their orders are ever backed by fear. The elite so shill the utopian curse,All they need is a deeper purse,Regulating to poverty,Taking our … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Group Politics, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged appeal to authority, cart, central planning, central plannng, elite, exploiting, fallacy, fart, fear, justice, Law, poverty, smart, Thrasymachus, tool
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Limericks
Dear Friends, Tapping energy we cannot detect,Things from which we cannot protect,Science ala carte,Is not that smart,It’s the acme of the Dunning Kruger Effect. The Scott’s offered friendship and immigration,The guests took that as an engraved invitation,Men are too few,What … Continue reading
Posted in business, economy, International Power, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged anti-establishment, appeal to authority, bureaucratic failure, censorship, central banking, central planning, consensus manipulation, dark energy, disenfranchisement, dunning kruger effect, economic collapse, elite incompetence, establishment corruption, expert class, expert failure, government accountability, government critique, immigration policy, national weakness, Political Humor, Political limerick, political poetry, political satire, populist poetry, scotland, sovereignty, undetectable threats
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The Hubris Of The Experts
Dear Friends, It seems to me, the hubris of the experts will be the end of us all. Why is their hubris so much more dangerous than the guy on the street? We all have crazy thoughts now and then…? … Continue reading
Posted in business, economy, Group Politics, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged accountability, Alcibiades, appeal to authority, charisma over competence, cicero, Covid critique, expert hubris, government power, La Rochefoucauld, limits on government, Nicias, pandemic response, political philosophy, power and arrogance, public opinion, rhetoric and persuasion, Schopenhauer, skepticism of experts, Social Critique
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Faction And Fallacy
Dear friends, It seems to me, the fallacy the progressive faction falls for is, the fallacy of popularity and its opposite, the fallacy of unpopularity. Both are a form of the appeal to authority fallacy. While conservative factions tend to … Continue reading
Posted in media, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged appeal to authority, climate change, common knowledge, faction, fallacy, idols of the marketplace, popularity
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Limericks
Dear Friends, Banning jokes is so very cool, Censorship is the oligarch’s tool, Covering lies, With alibis, Since the truth would make them a fool. We knew this would happen since it’s rote, Due to the bridge damage … Continue reading
Posted in media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged appeal to authority, censorship, cover up, Democracy, elite, illegals, migrants
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Censorship Is A Malignant Appeal To Authority
Dear Friends, It seems to me, either all offensive language must be censored, else no offensive language be censored. Why no middle ground? The politically favored claim the authority to censor. They choose what offensive language is allowed and what … Continue reading
Posted in Group Politics, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged appeal to authority, argument, censor, censorship, discourse, discussion, egoist, experts, gaslighting, hypocrisy, malignant, power, science, truth
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The Groupist Individualist Dichotomy
Dear Friends, It seems to me, all philosophies that have as a premise, that human beings are anything less than human beings, is evil and should be exposed as such. What do I mean by that? A Human being is … Continue reading
Humility Tempers Presumption
Dear Friends, It seems to me, a quality our elite lack, and therefore we also lack, is humility. Which makes them and us fragile. The expert class forges the path. Why should an expert have humility? Its not like they … Continue reading
