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Originally Posted by The Batlord
I'm not talking about the internal consistency of his position but that his conscious approach to communicating his position was to dog whistle to people who'd be buying his books a basically naturalistic fallacy.
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I can agree with that to an extent, like I said he is careful with his words but he positions himself as a centrist in a world that is shifting left so essentially he is trying to pitch a viable modern form of conservative reactionism without committing hismelf too much.
But there is a distinction to be drawn between pointing out that something might have a basic natural utility and that it exists for that reason rather than just as a an arbitrary social construct vs saying that because it's natural it's morally good. Case in point: the cartels use a very effective form of hierarchy. The utility of their hierarchical structure is self evident and very effective. That doesn't mean it's a morally good thing that they're doing. But the heirarchy exists because it works. The world is a cut throat place.