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154. Abandon Ideology | Gad Saad

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Is the Parasite a Parasite?

A parasite tends to make a host act in ways that aren't good for the host. People who are pushing these ideas forward, or allowing themselves to become possessed by them, actually gain as a consequence. And so then you have to wonder if that actually constitutes a parasite. For example, take islam phobia. If i want my society to become more islamic or not. My society, the west to be more islamic. Spreading islam phobia as a narrative is certainly very good. I don't care about the eproductive fitness of the humanity's professor who is spreading that islam islamphobia idea pathagen.

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