I find that sadly arguments against SJW and Social Justice tend to run into nothing more than tribalism. Liberals bad. Conservatives good.
Thomas Sowell is one of those. Most of his arguments can be very easily displaced by a thorough reading of Chomsky.
On a recent podcast Alex talked about the values of capitalism as being our only effective way out of this mess and it has it's own mess itself.
I used to agree with that. I'm not so sure now.
Don't get me wrong, although a proud Progressive (not a Regressive like these SJW nitwits), I argue that Progressive values tend to be a lot more thoughtful and practical than these others. Conservatism tends to be stuck in the idea that the past equals all the smart answers. Regressives argue that there's no value in the past. Effective Progressives tend to be the neo-pragmatists of the Dan Carlin set.
I healthy collaboration between public and private is beneficial for both spheres. The Public (government) is pretty lousy at innovating materialist goods and the Private (corporations and business) are equally lousy at providing essential services such as health care, power, roads, sewage and water, and other infrastructures.
Honestly, if we're ever going to get things somewhat better it will be an abandonment of this American dichotomy of "Socialism or Capitalism, slavery or freedom. Make your pick!" attitude.
It's a lie, and as Alex would say, a psyop that has been grabbing the consciousness of America and western thought through all of the 20th century and beyond.
People are only starting to move beyond it, in a child-like way. In doing so, they are allowing larger forces- the deep state, corporate masters, and global industrialists to try to set the agenda and provide the answer. It's why you see so many wealthy magnates in DAVOS identify every solution in the world EXCEPT taxing them and empowering local governments.
Human beings work much more effectively when they embrace each other universally but work together in smaller communities. A world government is no more useful than an authoritarian federal government.
Human beings can't effectively maintain more than 100 meaningful relationships. How is it possible that we could argue that we're going to be better at it when we're a single government at a global level?
So, I argue that a new form of community. A new form of governmenting will need to be identified.
I would argue that the Venus Project has a much better handle on the focus of where we could be operating. Breaking down into smaller groups and communities that focus and interact with each other in ways that improve and evolve the human consciousness, experience, and technological frontier.
https://www.thevenusproject.com/
If we look at so much of the great evils in the world, they are brought forth, not by communism or capitalism directly, but rather from control.
Even the abuse, abduction and slavery of children is all about a form of control, be it in the physical or spiritual.
As a society, we could move ourselves from that model. And move towards a model of exploration... internal and external. Removing individuals from mass collections of wealth, decertifying corporations, and focus simply on re-engaging with our local communities, and re-building our world as a series of communities that interact through virtual councils in a clear and open way.
