4min chapter

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast cover image

373. Social Justice: A Religious Movement | Andrew Doyle

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

CHAPTER

The Death of Ideology

The best predictor of left wing authoritarianism was low verbal intelligence. People want to be the answers, he says. The critical social justice movement is like a fundamentalist religion and they are not people who can be reasoned with. They don't want to start thinking. Thinking is the death of ideology. I've never been surprised by them. But every now and then I take the bait and I say, okay, what is it you think I've said? What is upset? What is the perspective that I have that you disagree with and why? And they just come back screaming Nazi or whatever. It's because if you're not coming from your own ideasYou're probably wrong about an awful lot

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode