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Medical care in America is not reasonably characterized as capitalist, given the large elements of government regulation and interference in that area of our economy. Nevertheless, it is widely associated with capitalism, as we see in this thread. That is one reason people keep giving the okay...

I will happily bash China every day of the week, and twice on Saturdays. The WSJ observes, in good China bashing form, that we are sliding toward a Chinese style fascist economy. The TikTok ban is only one of several recent moves to clamp down on industry by the government. Our politicians are...

In theory, military service could show courage and an ability to carry out a plan under immense pressure. These are desirable traits for someone in high office, whose every move is scrutinized and whose decisions can have an impact on the lives of a lot of people. I'm currently reading a...

How about this? Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (third edition) by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Race-Theory-Third-Introduction/dp/147980276X

You should read a primer on Critical Race Theory written by a scholar if you want an accurate exposition you can rely on. This is a political debate forum, and nobody here is likely to be a scholar of Critical Race Theory, so it's not a great place to ask. Even if everything an internet rando...

But we have sensations (roughly, what David Hume called impressions) of colors and sounds. We don't have the same sorts of sensations for colors as we have for sounds, but we do have sensations for both. There's no sensation of wrongness. You don't! Illness is an abstraction. It is formed from...

Suppose a son stabs his father to death with a knife. Everyone agrees that this is morally wrong in some sense. Now, the OP claims that moral wrongness is perceived like color is perceived. If that's true, I ought to be able to perceive the wrongness of the stabbing like I can perceive the...

I didn't say that metaphysics was objective or that epistemology was subjective. I was just introducing some terminology for clarity. Even if some philosophers have denied that anything exists independently of consciousness (my definition of "metaphysically objective" above), the concept may...

I think this is a question of whether good evidence is ever epistemologically objective. Can we ever demonstrate to the satisfaction of every reasonable person that something is good evidence? I can think of very good reasons for an affirmative answer. As an example, I take it to be objectively...

I think one distinction that really needs to be made here is: 1. Metaphysically objective / subjective 2. Epistemologically objective / subjective As you know, metaphysics pertains to what exists, and epistemology pertains to what we know. Something is metaphysically objective if it is real...

Given the premise that a person with Asperger's can't understand political correctness, yes, it's unreasonable to expect it from them. Ought implies can. I've been reading the extraordinarily controversial book Cynical Theories by Lindsay and Pluckrose. They claim that the Woke movement...

I'm terribly sorry to hear about your hand. Regarding your political question, I think the reason 9/11 led to war in Afghanistan was to eliminate a potential source of future attacks and to show other countries that it was not a good idea to attack us. If our enemies saw us getting attacked and...

I just saw this in the NYT this morning. Pretty shocking. He was a good actor.

Here's my standard short spiel about how to persuade people of stuff: If the person you're talking to is honest, there is some set of concerns that lead them to hold the position they do. These need to be addressed in order to change their mind, and to address them, you need to know what they...

I do not have a goal of X pages a day. I read constantly and compulsively enough that it's not difficult for me to get through a lot of pages. The slightly difficult thing, for me, is to keep the compulsive reading focused on one book rather than scattered between many books, which slows things...

I am now reading War and Peace, finally.

What you're perceiving as weakness here might be an attempt to avoid further civil unrest. If the police chief resigns, then more people will feel like things are being done about the death and there will be less chaos as a result in terms of looting, violence, or whatever. I have no idea if...

Brian63, how long did you have to wait to get on the show? I've heard that people have to call in 45 minutes before the show starts.

I'm reading a book with some of MLK's speeches and essays. Beautiful prose and ideas.

A few possible factors I can think of: 1. Part of it is probably the riots, which lead some conservatives to support maintaining the police and using the military to restore order. I don't think that's too hard to understand. If you see widespread looting and violence in the streets, you'll...