VIDEO ESSAY: The Appeal of Ideology ► Support me on SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/politicalpreamble ► Buy me a Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/politicalpreamble ► Follow me on Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Politicalpreamble Far left ideology is riddled with contradictions. In truth, ideology in general is plagued by contradictions, not just far left ideology. This is so by the very definition of ideology which is a set of beliefs of philosophies which are often held for reasons that are not purely epistemic. Ideology appeals to people precisely for this reason - it obviates the need to think for yourself and to analyze the reality before you, a reality that is often subtle and complex. Far Left or woke ideology is laden with so many internal contradictions that it is nearly impossible even for someone who wishes to signal their acceptance of it to keep it all straight. Since there is no internal logic to it, it becomes an exercise in memorization in which adherents have to reference spreadsheets to identify which beliefs are acceptable within the far left canon. Take the far left’s relationship with science. The Left often criticizes the right wing for its supposed rejection of science. The Left now espouses the belief that gender and sex are social constructs not grounded in biology. Of course, any biologist will tell you that gametes are binary, namely egg and sperm. Sex, therefore, is binary as well. It may be true that gender—the behavioral expression of sex—is far more variable, continuous even. But it is still noting like “a bell curve” as leftists claim. Even if gender is bimodal and fluid, that does negate the 500+ million years of binary sex. Still, in other cases, the Left insists on rigid scientific and biological explanations. It is not uncommon in the context of abortion debates, for example, to hear leftists protest referring to an unborn fetus as a baby or a child. These terms, they insist, are not scientific at all and we can only refer to a fetus. Baby, they say, is not a scientific term. This inconsistency, namely playing fast and loose with biology in the case of gender and sex discussions, while demanding rigid biological terminology in the case of abortion, is a pure expression of ideology. Science is held up as the arbiter when it’s convenient and casually dispenses with when it is not. In all cases, the conception of reality precedes observation and an attempt to understand the phenomenon. A person who is seriously involved in the pursuit of the truth first carefully gathers the facts and then, guided by reason and various cognitive tools, such as Occam's razor, tries to uncover the underlying, more foundational causes that account for the phenomena he observes. Ideology, on the oth ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgZQ39tsIZU

In a conversation with Joe Rogan, Bret addressed the #ShutDownSTEM phenomenon in which more than 5,000 scientists went on strike to protest systemic racism in STEM. Two prominent scientific journals also shut down operations and pledged to use the day to address racial inequalities in science. Bret explains how this movement traces its roots to critical theory. Critical theory began as a line of investigation into racial biases inside the court system, but has morphed into something that the originators of it would not even recognize. Bret explains that critical theory has been hijacked and distorted by cultural marxists wielding postmodernists doctrines. Critical theory is now, as Bret calls it, a trojan horse in academia with entire departments dedicated to its study. The consequence of this, Weinstein explains, is nothing short of the uninvention of progress. These departments are now dictating terms to the sciences and have adopted the view that STEM itself, that science itself is racist. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSSS_cbIDp8