Noam Chomsky said that the mindset among French intellectuals after World War II was, “If you want to be taken seriously, you have to have something exciting to say, like a movie star or a television figure. Itโs not easy to come up with exciting new ideas, so you have to come up with crazy ideas.” [1]
This is more true now than ever before. Thereโs a constant rat race to grab our attention. In online political discourse, this means an arms race of more and more radical and idiotic takes by pundits. Iโm not immune, but I can be a part of the radical non-proliferation act. This is done by striving for humility and backing up all descriptive statements with a source.
That is why these essays wonโt promise to fix the world or even claim to fully understand its problems. These writings are for the layman to understand my thinking on politics and hopefully get a morsel of truth that helps us unbind from the online political chaos we find ourselves in.
[1] Philosophyinsights (2017, November 12). Noam Chomsky: The Strange Bubble of French Intellectuals. https://youtu.be/772WncdxCSw?t=276
