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s05e48 | The Liberal Parasite – with James Lindsay and Carl Benjamin (aka Sargon of Akkad)

Calmversations

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Human Frustration Isn't a Contingent Cultural Phenomenon

i don't think that these ideas are i don't go as far into the post modern condition as to it to accept that this is a totally contingent cultural phenomenon. where these ideas have been successfully implemented in other places they have led to similar levels of flourishing like i said when i go to china you have people who desire to be ruled and so on. It's not just the uh export of the ideas but it's the virtues too  you can't just have liberal ideas without some sort of Christian virtue well i don't know what it has to necessarily be I mean i'm not going to say it has to be a humility patience every time that you guys bring up a virtue it

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