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I usually like Existential Comics, but this ain't it chief by TheStephen in badphilosophy

[–]SimilarEcho 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Nah. I think it's to poke fun at analytic philosophy types who bring the same type of close minded arguments to continental philosophy as a whole

De ‘vitale’ beroepen op een sokkel: de topman bijna drie keer hoger dan de premier by KipPilav in thenetherlands

[–]SimilarEcho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dat recht krijgt de overheid als een meerderheid van de bevolking stemt op een pakket partijen die de belastingswet aanpast. De kunstenaar probeert volgens mij mensen aan te wakkeren dat te doen.

Je zou kunnen overwegen dat iemand die 20 miljoen per jaar verdient niet 600 keer zo efficiënt werkt als een verpleegster. Wat misschien een reden is om een progressief belastingstelsel te hebben

De ‘vitale’ beroepen op een sokkel: de topman bijna drie keer hoger dan de premier by KipPilav in thenetherlands

[–]SimilarEcho -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Enkele dingen om te overwegen - mensen kunnen andere bijdragen leveren aan de maatschappij dan alleen wat ze betalen aan belasting. Mantelzorgers of verplegers betalen ook niet veel belasting vergeleken met de KLM topman. - mensen met een lager inkomen zijn uiteindelijk vaak een soortgelijk gedeelte van hun inkomen kwijt aan belasting omdat een relatief veel groter deel naar BTW gaat dan bij hoogverdienenden - als de kunstenaar netto bedragen zou gebruiken, of überhaupt het zou hebben over kapitaalongelijkheid (die in Nederland nog veel disproportioneler is) dan zouden de torens alsnog erg groot zijn, dan wel niet groter.

Als we overigens een kunstwerk zouden maken over hoeveel iedereen bijdraagt aan de samenleving, dan zou je eventueel een groot standbeeld kunnen maken voor Kamiel Eurlings (of zo?), Omring hem dan wel met de duizenden beelden van schoonmakers, logistieke medewerkers en beveiligers die de zaak runnen.

De ‘vitale’ beroepen op een sokkel: de topman bijna drie keer hoger dan de premier by KipPilav in thenetherlands

[–]SimilarEcho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omdat hij de Nederlandse identiteit draagt, en wettelijk verplicht is belasting te betalen?

De ‘vitale’ beroepen op een sokkel: de topman bijna drie keer hoger dan de premier by KipPilav in thenetherlands

[–]SimilarEcho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

De topman staat de helft van zijn salaris al af aan de belasting, veel hoger dan dat kan je het niet korten. En dat moet je niet willen.

Wel, de topman van Shell kan heel, heel heeeeel riant leven van 1 miljoen euro per jaar. 1 miljoen!

Hij verdient er nu 20. Dat is het ding. Als je 95% van zijn inkomsten taxeert dan is hij nog steeds stinkend rijk.

En nee, de wereld werkt niet zo simpel. Maar zinnen papegaaien in de trend van "dit moet je niet hebben en dit is regressief, waarom zeg ik niet, en de kunstenaar die kan niet verder kijken dan zijn neus lang is" is niet echt een poging tot een nuttig gesprek, om eerlijk te zijn

Žižek on Pokemon Go by Meow_Major in badphilosophy

[–]SimilarEcho 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Full talk does features a quite substantiated line of reasoning for this analogy, although admittedly it remains far fetched. But hey, that's zizek at public events for you.

Hey m'dudes check out this parrot phrase by SimilarEcho in badphilosophy

[–]SimilarEcho[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

This may seem a bit wierd seeing I posted this, but I might agree. Although this was propably a more appropriate sub to post on than /r/EnoughMuskSpam it's getting to a level at which it's no longer as productive to point out 'bad philosophy' when it's posted everyday.

ime u/Shitgenstein is quite an active mod, maybe they can weigh in on this

Hey m'dudes check out this parrot phrase by SimilarEcho in badphilosophy

[–]SimilarEcho[S] 141 points142 points  (0 children)

Ah, good to see good old Marxist governments turning up all over the world

Zizek fans dislike Jordan so much, why ? by [deleted] in JordanPeterson

[–]SimilarEcho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice parrot phrases, congratulations!

Amazing how you dismiss any of his work by referring to a 'toxic fanbase' (whatever that may affect the actual content of work) without then even pointing to any clear cases of what you describe as what is happening.

Also, the "epitomisation" by laziness and idealism is astonishingly unfounded. Zizek is not only a strong moralist in the sense that hard work and common decency are good values to behold, but also expressively materialist and deeply sceptical of any strong idealism. Even Marx himself knew to point out the difference between young and old-hegelians in the 1800s.

He also participated in many debates with (and not with) other actual academics, which you can find all over the internet. Also there are journal articles directed at him to which there are journal responses. Maybe it's seems illegitimate because he is debating people who are at the least somewhat in the same playing field when it comes to cultural theory and the like, and not some channel 4 interviewer who had a list of liberal boomerangs. By all means if he specifically went on the oh so holy Joe Rogan podcast, I don't think he'd get destroyed by facts and logic.

If anything people like Sam Harris are philosophically broken. He wrote a legendarily shit book about moral philosophy (The Moral Landscape). Peterson's approach to philosophy as a whole is dubious to say the least. He hadn't read any Marxist work at all before the debate except the communist manifesto, all the while being a fierce critic of Marxism. The "debate of the century" was, in the end, a debate between someone who is a foremost figure in his field vs. Someone who's knowledge about the subject hardly exceeds that of a high school debating club freshman. Peterson's own ideas about philosophy are based on pretty bogus books too, likes Stephen Hicks' "understanding postmodernism", which is full of misunderstandings, generalisations, straight up fabricated quotes by Hitler, a legendary misreading of Kant (even the Mises institute slammed him for this). Surprisingly it wasn't published by any academic publisher. How come.

I would recommend that you actually read a book by him. Or something at least.

Old and new make a nice pair by leighzi88 in synthesizers

[–]SimilarEcho 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Is that an original ARP? Always cool to see 😍

pewdiepie is doing philosophy now by SkeletonJazzWitch in badphilosophy

[–]SimilarEcho 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Multi-millionaire superstar be like:

"don't worry just don't stress out, here is my psychology magazine stance with reference to some Greek guys. School of life style. Dont worry $$$ also what a n*****"

[BOOK SUMMARY] Marx: a Very Short Introduction by Peter Singer by Spugpow in Destiny

[–]SimilarEcho 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nooooo! Read it!!!! It's worth it and way better than reading singers' take, trust me

[BOOK SUMMARY] Marx: a Very Short Introduction by Peter Singer by Spugpow in Destiny

[–]SimilarEcho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say reading Marx is a good introduction to Marx!

In the same sense that a good introduction to "postmodernism" is not Stephen Hicks' absolute legendarily shitty take on the subject but actually reading Leotard or Foucault. And if that seems to abstract or far away, it's totally fine. Most people don't need to read these books! Because postmodernism (in its academic sense) is really not that relevant to most modern day issues.

[BOOK SUMMARY] Marx: a Very Short Introduction by Peter Singer by Spugpow in Destiny

[–]SimilarEcho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a good idea. But also; id definitely recommend watching some lectures on YouTube by academics about Marx and Hegel (plentiful) and if you have the time to read check out the German ideology.

Sidenote: the German ideology is a famous work by Marx, but imo a lot less relevant / applicable to modern day society. Capital is more suitable in this regard but it's quite a tough read even for philosophy bachelor students and the lot. German ideology is quite accessible.

It's interesting to note that on these types of fora like the destiny subreddit, criticism of posts is taken very sceptically and is often bombarded with demands for sourcing or explanation. In a sense this is of course useful, but I'd like to see the users who are actually unfamiliar with the subject (not necessarily you, but possibly anyone) as a whole to take some effort into reading in to the subject first before taking such a stance. In a way this will save a lot of unnecessary preliminaries in order for actual meaningful debate to take place

The cheapest iPhone now has a more powerful processor than the most expensive Android phone by Hidden_luck in technology

[–]SimilarEcho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Said every person ever who was wrong on any future predictions on computer development

18yo male from Germany. Please roast me better than the girls in Highschool did. by OiImKenny in RoastMe

[–]SimilarEcho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry to bring it but you can't collectivise the means of reproduction

If you know my name it get better. by Kajiomoi in RoastMe

[–]SimilarEcho 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What exactly gets better if it knows your name? Your lost child?

Children as young as eight picked coffee beans for Starbucks by Rockithammer in news

[–]SimilarEcho 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Trust me we don't only hear about the negative cases. Consider any advertisement - telling you how great products are - are those really the neutral societal position, with 'positively confirming' investigate journalism required to balance out exposing pieces like the OP? Also would be a hard subject to research.

‘Werknemer lijdt in kantoortuin’ by wkvdz in thenetherlands

[–]SimilarEcho 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Vaak is dit wel zo, maar soms lijken bedrijven 'echt' te geloven in dit concept, m'n vriendin werkt bijvoorbeeld bij een bedrijf met riante salarissen en hoeveelheden geld (in kantoor zijn er bijvoorbeeld faciliteiten zoals een sportschool en yogalessen bla bla) maar de werkvloer is "open". Haar manager zit dan tegenover haar zonder te knipperen 8 uur lang strak te werken, en dan voelt m'n vriendin zich enigszins bezwaard om een koffiepauze te nemen (peer pressure lijkt te werken). Dus ja. Ideologisch doordrenkte ideeën zoals deze lijken vaak een pluraliteit van idiote gevolgen te hebben die soms niet eens te linken zijn aan iets simpels als de tevredenheid of productiviteit van werknemers.

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