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lb:socjus [2025-07-19 13:03:46] – [Post-Modernism is Dangerous] ninjasrlb:socjus [2025-07-19 18:20:23] (current) – [New Atheists] ninjasr
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 > My point is not that everything is bad, but that everything is dangerous, which is not exactly the same as bad. If everything is dangerous, then we always have something to do. So, my position leads not to apathy but to a hyper- and pessimistic activism. I think that the ethico-political choice we have to make every day is to determine which is the main danger. > My point is not that everything is bad, but that everything is dangerous, which is not exactly the same as bad. If everything is dangerous, then we always have something to do. So, my position leads not to apathy but to a hyper- and pessimistic activism. I think that the ethico-political choice we have to make every day is to determine which is the main danger.
  
-This quote, which I include in the opening text, is by **//Foucault//** – one of the **founders** of Post-Modernism.\\+This quote is by **//Foucault//** – one of the **founders** of Post-Modernism.\\
 To put this quote into layman's terms: it means that there is //always// more to fight, more to demand and more to gain. It's just that, in the short-term, they need to figure out what to prioritize. But the fight will never end. To put this quote into layman's terms: it means that there is //always// more to fight, more to demand and more to gain. It's just that, in the short-term, they need to figure out what to prioritize. But the fight will never end.
  
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 | Moral Panic Christianity           | Christians                                    | Satanists, atheists                                                                   | Media; table-top games; video games                                                                              |  No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | | Moral Panic Christianity           | Christians                                    | Satanists, atheists                                                                   | Media; table-top games; video games                                                                              |  No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | Open-Source Software Movement      | Developers, Users                             | Microsoft (primarily); Apple (secondarily); corporations; the Free Software Movement  | Proprietary software; closed source code; Embrace, Extend, Extinguish; overly-restrictive Open-Source Licensing  |  50/50((:fn:>They think that ideology is distracting. So it's more of a pragmatic disagreement than one over principles. But many big projects still go all-in. There's also a lot of overlap with the Free Software Movement.))                                  | | Open-Source Software Movement      | Developers, Users                             | Microsoft (primarily); Apple (secondarily); corporations; the Free Software Movement  | Proprietary software; closed source code; Embrace, Extend, Extinguish; overly-restrictive Open-Source Licensing  |  50/50((:fn:>They think that ideology is distracting. So it's more of a pragmatic disagreement than one over principles. But many big projects still go all-in. There's also a lot of overlap with the Free Software Movement.))                                  |
-| Post-Modern Anti-Semitism          | Non-Jews                                      | Jews                                                                                  | Anything controlled by Jews: the media; Hollywood; Banks; Health Industry; etc.                                  | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | +| Post-Modern Anti-Semitism          | Non-Jews                                      | Jews                                                                                  | Anything controlled by Jews: the media; Hollywood; Banks; Health Industry; etc.                                  |  No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 
-| Post-Modern Ukrainian Nationalism  | Ukrainians                                    | Russians, Rusophiles                                                                  | Russian Propaganda                                                                                               | Yes((:fn:>SocJus voluntarily adopted the position that Ukraine was better. Though Ukrainians themselves probably don't care.))                                                                                                                                    | +| Post-Modern Ukrainian Nationalism  | Ukrainians                                    | Russians, Rusophiles                                                                  | Russian Propaganda                                                                                               |  Yes((:fn:>SocJus voluntarily adopted the position that Ukraine was better. Though Ukrainians themselves probably don't care.))                                                                                                                                   | 
-| Piracy                             | Consumers                                     | Corporations                                                                          | Copyright law                                                                                                    | 50/50((:fn:>Individual pirates generally are not (they associate corporations with SocJus) but the European Pirate Parties are.))                                                                                                                                 |+| Piracy                             | Consumers                                     | Corporations                                                                          | Copyright law                                                                                                    |  50/50((:fn:>Individual pirates generally are not (they associate corporations with SocJus) but the European Pirate Parties are.))                                                                                                                                |
 | Satanism                           | Satanists; atheists; apatheists               | Christians                                                                            | The Bible; Insinuating Satan is bad                                                                              |  Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | | Satanism                           | Satanists; atheists; apatheists               | Christians                                                                            | The Bible; Insinuating Satan is bad                                                                              |  Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | SocJus Islam                       | Muslims                                       | Everyone else                                                                         | Non-Sharia law; secularism                                                                                       |  50/50((:fn:>Derived from Post-Colonial Theory, but can vary between those who are SocJus cosplaying as real Muslims or radical Islamists. The latter are opportunists, the former are stupid. Hasan Piker is probably the pre-eminent example of a cosplayer.))  | | SocJus Islam                       | Muslims                                       | Everyone else                                                                         | Non-Sharia law; secularism                                                                                       |  50/50((:fn:>Derived from Post-Colonial Theory, but can vary between those who are SocJus cosplaying as real Muslims or radical Islamists. The latter are opportunists, the former are stupid. Hasan Piker is probably the pre-eminent example of a cosplayer.))  |
-| SocJus Judaism                     | Jews                                          | Anti-Semites                                                                          | Holocaust denial; anti-semitic conspiracy theories                                                               | Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |+| SocJus Judaism                     | Jews                                          | Anti-Semites                                                                          | Holocaust denial; anti-semitic conspiracy theories                                                               |  Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | Veganism                           | Animals, vegans                               | Meat-eaters; restaurants; food industry                                               | I...can’t actually think of anything specific.                                                                   |  Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | | Veganism                           | Animals, vegans                               | Meat-eaters; restaurants; food industry                                               | I...can’t actually think of anything specific.                                                                   |  Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | TERFs (Feminist Theory)            | Women                                         | Men; Transgenders                                                                     | Same as Feminist Theory; Queer Theory                                                                            |  No((:fn:>Split off from SocJus.))                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | | TERFs (Feminist Theory)            | Women                                         | Men; Transgenders                                                                     | Same as Feminist Theory; Queer Theory                                                                            |  No((:fn:>Split off from SocJus.))                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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 A lot of open-source projects gravitate towards SocJus via things like Codes of Conduct and disassociation with certain projects. There are some very extreme and laughable examples of this happening too, like Hundred Rabbits (100R) choosing to leave Github because Microsoft sells Office to ICE. No, I'm not joking, that is their actual reasoning.\\ A lot of open-source projects gravitate towards SocJus via things like Codes of Conduct and disassociation with certain projects. There are some very extreme and laughable examples of this happening too, like Hundred Rabbits (100R) choosing to leave Github because Microsoft sells Office to ICE. No, I'm not joking, that is their actual reasoning.\\
-Another blatant example of this would be [[https://nilesoft.org|Nilesoft]] which is a Windows Context Menu customizer. What on Earth does that have to do with with war in Palestine?+Another blatant example of this would be [[https://nilesoft.org|Nilesoft]] which is a Windows Context Menu customizer. What on Earth does that have to do with the war in Palestine?
  
 Both ideologies also have that one big enemy: Microsoft. And, yes, it's explicitly Microsoft. This is because neither movement cares what corporations they work with provided those corporations aren't Microsoft.\\ Both ideologies also have that one big enemy: Microsoft. And, yes, it's explicitly Microsoft. This is because neither movement cares what corporations they work with provided those corporations aren't Microsoft.\\
 A very small list of corporations they're fine with would be IBM, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems (when they still existed), Apple, Oracle and many more I can’t think of. A lot of these are at times much much worse than Microsoft, yet they don't care: because //Microsoft is the enemy//, not //Oracle//. A very small list of corporations they're fine with would be IBM, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems (when they still existed), Apple, Oracle and many more I can’t think of. A lot of these are at times much much worse than Microsoft, yet they don't care: because //Microsoft is the enemy//, not //Oracle//.
  
-And like any other Post-Modern ideology, they have the same blindspots. They don't realize that “Embrace, Extend, Extinguish” is a far better description of GNU and Linux's approach to competition than it does Microsoft.\\+And like any other Post-Modern ideology, they have the same blindspots. They don't realize that “Embrace, Extend, Extinguish” is a far better description of GNU and Linux's approach to competition than it does Microsoft's.\\
 The GNU Project was explicitly founded to clone proprietary software, then promote their use over proprietary software with the explicit goal of becoming the standard to kill proprietary software. How this is seen as ethical is beyond me, but Post-Modernists are not exactly rational thinkers.\\ The GNU Project was explicitly founded to clone proprietary software, then promote their use over proprietary software with the explicit goal of becoming the standard to kill proprietary software. How this is seen as ethical is beyond me, but Post-Modernists are not exactly rational thinkers.\\
 Linux has a similar approach, though it could be argued it's accidental rather than intentional like in the case of the GNU. Linux has a similar approach, though it could be argued it's accidental rather than intentional like in the case of the GNU.
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 Something else that's important to note is that the Free Software Movement //cannot// and //will not// support the abolition of copyright. On the surface this is strange and a little contradictory, but it makes sense once you realize...the truth.\\ Something else that's important to note is that the Free Software Movement //cannot// and //will not// support the abolition of copyright. On the surface this is strange and a little contradictory, but it makes sense once you realize...the truth.\\
 Both movements enforce Open-Source via their //software licenses// which dictate what can and can’t be done with their code. Without the license, there's no way to make sure that any fork of a project remains open-source (which is what they want).\\ Both movements enforce Open-Source via their //software licenses// which dictate what can and can’t be done with their code. Without the license, there's no way to make sure that any fork of a project remains open-source (which is what they want).\\
-Those software licenses are //copyright licenses// and, thus, //copyright// is a tool they sue to enforce open-source.+Those software licenses are //copyright licenses// and, thus, //copyright// is a tool they use to enforce open-source.
  
 This is why they're always quiet when the topic of abolishing copyright comes up: their movements would immediately disintegrate. This is why they're always quiet when the topic of abolishing copyright comes up: their movements would immediately disintegrate.
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 I want to write a dedicated article about [[lb:New Atheism]] at some point, so I'll try to keep this brief. I'll also note that this is one of the ideologies I disliked //before// realizing they were Post-Modernist. I want to write a dedicated article about [[lb:New Atheism]] at some point, so I'll try to keep this brief. I'll also note that this is one of the ideologies I disliked //before// realizing they were Post-Modernist.
  
-New Atheists clearly exemplify all the behaviors of a Post-Modern ideology and I felt a little embarrassed once I realized this. Their position is inherently irrational((:fn:>The idea that capital-G God doesn't exist and if he did we should reject him. In addition, they believe that religion has no positive effects.)) and they're selective about facts.\\+New Atheists clearly exemplify all the behaviors of a Post-Modern ideology and I felt a little embarrassed once I realized this. Their position is inherently irrational((:fn:>The idea that capital-G God doesn't exist (I'll note I'm not a Christian or follow an Abrahamic faith – my point here is that the most rational position to take is that you //don't know//, not that God //doesn't exist//) and if he did we should reject him. In addition, they believe that religion has no positive effects.)) and they're selective about facts.\\
 Plus, like many Post-modern ideologies, they tend to single out one entity as the main threat – Christianity – and mostly ignore other religions. Plus, like many Post-modern ideologies, they tend to single out one entity as the main threat – Christianity – and mostly ignore other religions.
  
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 As far as I know, the following ideas are tied to SocJus/Post-Modern thought in storytelling: As far as I know, the following ideas are tied to SocJus/Post-Modern thought in storytelling:
-  * [[lb:damsel.in.distress]] being universally negative.+  * [[lb:damsel.in.distress]] being universally perceived as negative.
   * [[lb:manic pixie dream girl|Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]. I believe the term originated with them and is considered universally negative.   * [[lb:manic pixie dream girl|Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]. I believe the term originated with them and is considered universally negative.
   * [[lb:ludo-narrative.dissonance]]: coined by Games Journalists, probably the pre-eminent example of being ideologically compromised.   * [[lb:ludo-narrative.dissonance]]: coined by Games Journalists, probably the pre-eminent example of being ideologically compromised.
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