>>731700>Idk how true the last sentence is because as an American, I have never met a child that didn't know how to read.i dont mean that they literally cannot read, i mean that they are losing the ability to read important texts, to be literate and to study and have the attention span to read the foundational works of western civilization.
>Also, philosophy is an overused metric of intellectual maturity.i dont emphasize philosophical knowledge as a marker of intellectual maturity like some kind of performative status symbol. it is an essential part of creating an educated society that can analyze and process texts, information, data; philosophy helps one to develop social intelligence, emotional intelligence, political intelligence, and it helps direct scientific research. in the words of zizek, philosophy does not provide answers, it allows us to know which are the correct questions to ask.
>Also, most young people aren't political activists let alone looking to "change the world". Very few young people are like that.I didnt say that so i dont know where you're getting that from. i said that young people are encouraged to make themselves and their personal experiences the center of their world, to become consumed with their personal "stories" and to relate everything to their perceived traumas. it is completely lacking in any kind of dialectics which creates a crippled mind, unable to understand anything unless it personally relates to them and their experiences.
>Also, politics is always filled with people trying to "figure themselves out".it shouldn't be, politics is supposed to be left to the vanguard party until the proletariat is sufficiently educated on historical materialism and class struggle.
>You called yourself an elitist with disdain for "normies", no?>That sounds kinda egotistical to me.i am egotistical and i think most people are stupid, yes i already said that. no i dont care how that makes me sound because it's the truth. most of us are egotistical anyway, but believe it or not i am actually less self-centered than most other people. i care less about my own problems than i do the problem of global wage slavery and di
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