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Jordan Peterson Explains What Draws People to Socialism
The Heritage Foundation ^ | Apr 8th, 2019 | Genevieve Wood

Posted on 04/09/2019 11:54:19 AM PDT by khelus

Jordan Peterson spoke at a Heritage Foundation event in New York City. We discussed the rise of socialism in America, the importance of personal responsibility, and why his message is resonating with so many people. Peterson is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, and author of the book “12 Rules for Life.” A lightly edited transcript is below, or you can listen to the interview on The Heritage Events Podcast.

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https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/jordan-peterson-explains-what-draws-people-socialism

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TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous
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1 posted on 04/09/2019 11:54:19 AM PDT by khelus
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To: khelus

Bkmrk.


2 posted on 04/09/2019 12:10:28 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: khelus

1) Laziness
2) Envy
3) Anger at capitalist institutions behaving like buttheads
4) Utopian immaturity
5) It’s hip and cool, want to be with the “in” crowd.


3 posted on 04/09/2019 12:23:02 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: khelus

Its basic human nature to seek to do nothing.

So of course most people think socialism sounds good when they first hear about it, the thought that they could sit around and do nothing and have someone take care of them (the government) is very appealing. Like a lifetime of being retired without earning it.


4 posted on 04/09/2019 12:28:59 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Humans seem to have a desire to see those who they consider better off than they are to be taken down a peg.


5 posted on 04/09/2019 12:29:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (This week I'm dfwredraider)
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To: khelus

that’s what we tell young people. “Oh, you’re OK the way you are.” … There’s nothing worse … you can tell someone who’s young than that, especially if they’re miserable.

Lots of them, if they’re miserable and aimless, it’s like, “Oh, I’m miserable and aimless and sometimes I’m suicidal and I’m nihilistic and I don’t have any direction … in my life.” It’s like, “Well, you’re OK the way you are.” It’s like they don’t want to hear that. They want to hear, … “You’re useless. You know nothing, you haven’t got started. You’ve got 60 years to put yourself together and God only knows what you could become.”


The words I heard as a kid were, “You can do better than this.”

But I was never told specifically what, so I tried to do better in everything.

“You can do better than this” is a hate message in todays world but say it anyway...………………………..


6 posted on 04/09/2019 12:31:25 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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I just watched it this morning!

Everyone should watch it.

46 minutes you would probably just waste anyway.

This part is funny

This part is worth the price of admission "We all know that: it is better to live courageously then cowardly, better to live truthfully than in deceit "

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7 posted on 04/09/2019 12:48:05 PM PDT by infool7 (Observe, Orient, Pray, Decide, Act!(it's an OOPDA loop))
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To: khelus

OUTSTANDING post. Thanks. HOORAY Jordan Peterson.


8 posted on 04/09/2019 12:56:27 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: PeterPrinciple
In the study hall of my little high school, there was a sign above the proctor's desk that I have never forgotten:

If you do less than your best,
you fail.

The best challenge I've ever seen. It's not about "the best" or somebody else's best. It's about one's own best.

9 posted on 04/09/2019 1:00:25 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: infool7

Bookmark


10 posted on 04/09/2019 1:08:15 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... (Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
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To: khelus

Bump.


11 posted on 04/09/2019 1:34:30 PM PDT by Family Guy (A society's first line of defense is not the law but customs, traditions and moral values. -Williams)
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To: khelus

bkmk


12 posted on 04/09/2019 1:36:18 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
1) Laziness
2) Envy
3) Anger at capitalist institutions behaving like buttheads
4) Utopian immaturity
5) It’s hip and cool, want to be with the “in” crowd.

What I think you mean by Utopian immaturity is not understanding that Utopia and Dystopia are synonyms not antonyms.

13 posted on 04/09/2019 3:03:53 PM PDT by DrDavid (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

“You can do better than this.”

The problem is today is better is define as protesting or talking instead of doing. They want virtue on the cheap. If you want a zero admissions car, build one. If you want to eliminate using fossil fuels. Then don’t you use them.


14 posted on 04/09/2019 3:24:40 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: khelus

Free stuff. Period.


15 posted on 04/09/2019 3:43:16 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Add greed wantung others to oay for your stuff stupidity not kearning wgat happened to the ussr venesuela north korea cuba zimbabwe and a host of other sh!tholes


16 posted on 04/09/2019 8:37:37 PM PDT by genghis
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To: DrDavid; Buckeye McFrog

Utopian Delusions?

Utopian Dystopia?


17 posted on 04/10/2019 7:48:41 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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bump


18 posted on 04/10/2019 6:28:11 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (In war, there can be no substitute for victory. --Douglas MacArthur)
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