03-13-2017, 06:45 PM
Kinser, there is a popular stereotype of "Prussianism" that saw Nazism as rooted in Prussian culture.
As for Nietzsche, it's been ages since I read On The Genealogy of Morals in college, but, yeah, Nietzsche would definitely say that I have more of a slave morality. I associate what he calls "slave morality" with the ethical revolutions of the Axial Age.
One can be consciously opposed to racism and still have subconscious racist attitudes. One can enthusiastically vote for Obama for president and unconsciously act unusually protective of your purse when a black guy walks by you on the street, or unconsciously favor an equally qualified white job applicant over a black applicant. Some idiots on college campuses may misuse concepts like "white privilege" to imply that all white people are maliciously racist in order to get their self-righteous catharsis boner on, but that is not at all what the concept of systemic racism is really about.
It's not that I base a whole political philosophy around it, I was just explaining why I am sensitive to a lot of the issues that people want to just dismiss as "identity politics".
As for Nietzsche, it's been ages since I read On The Genealogy of Morals in college, but, yeah, Nietzsche would definitely say that I have more of a slave morality. I associate what he calls "slave morality" with the ethical revolutions of the Axial Age.
One can be consciously opposed to racism and still have subconscious racist attitudes. One can enthusiastically vote for Obama for president and unconsciously act unusually protective of your purse when a black guy walks by you on the street, or unconsciously favor an equally qualified white job applicant over a black applicant. Some idiots on college campuses may misuse concepts like "white privilege" to imply that all white people are maliciously racist in order to get their self-righteous catharsis boner on, but that is not at all what the concept of systemic racism is really about.
(03-13-2017, 05:46 PM)SomeGuy Wrote: You really sure you should base a whole political philosophy on adolescent resentment?
It's not that I base a whole political philosophy around it, I was just explaining why I am sensitive to a lot of the issues that people want to just dismiss as "identity politics".
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