The Postmodernist Cargo Cult Creates Carte Blanche for the Kakistocracy
Postmodernism is a political ideology that developed in the late 20th century. It’s characterized by subjectivism and relativism and deconstructs Enlightenment concepts of reason, objectivity and merit. The root idea is that “everything is a social construct.” Thus, it asks, how can one identify and qualify merit. The other root idea is that no real effort, insight or knowledge is required to achieve and have value in society.
... The very word “postmodernism” is Orwellian double-think gibberish. A better word is counter-Enlightenment.
... Special status and rights are given based on victim status. Additional power is gained by these “identity groups” by claiming they are oppressed, “not equal yet,” and for perpetuity. But it’s much like a land rush given that 99.9% of the people on the planet can claim some sort of ancestral oppression. So the “winners” of the postmodernist land rush are those con-artists who whine, and manipulate the loudest about so-called “grievances.” In practice it is not diversity, but shallow land grab diversity.
... The cult, once in ascendancy, can pursue the subjugation of the majority of the population (in this case, by targeting majority “identity groups”) on behalf of a numerically faux-oppressed elite (minority groups), who tell everyone else how they should think and what they can do and say. This is a bizarre “tyranny of the minority” or idiocracy/kakistocracy.
... As the plebs inevitably begin to struggle and revolt against corporatism due to the externalities of predatory profit maximization, the Owners can opportunistically use postmodernism as an efficient way to suppress them. Again, this is accomplished thru the suppression of majority groups, using the facade of “freeing minorities” from oppressive majority-group tyranny (an imaginary enemy fabricated using their media assets). Additionally, the plutocrats can posture as “good” as they “protect” their minority tyrants.
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