>>13351811That's my point. Liberalism taken to its logical conclusion, is just leftism that sounds nicer.
>>13351815>Advanced probabilistic modelsSo were the models in 2000 and 1990, and 1980 ad nausem. They were all dead wrong.
>>13351829You're right, obviously people are born with different abilities. This idea is soundly rejected by the left, because it destroys their entire line of thinking.
This literally is blank slate theory though, that you are solely a product of your circumstance, not your ability. Under it, we're all born with no ability and our free to "develop one's own soul." John Locke is kind of right about natural rights, but his blank slate theory is retarded and the basis for liberalism.
This is what modern liberalism and leftism want. Freedom from morality, religion, culture, duty, nation, with the only force being the force of equality, which of course comes from the state. Most people who believe just don't understand it, because they're idiots. The people at the top understand it and use it as a weapon to gain power. As Orwell writes, "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."
>>13351836>I would agree Italians and Irish were not considered the same as the English settlers.That's the premise right? They were discriminated against by white who had been here for generations, because of their ethnicity.
That's why I think its stupid to call Irish and Italians white, because that supposes I am a benefactor of the supposed "White Privilege" while simultaneously also being a victim of the "white oppression." I don't like Identity politics, but I really don't like when I'm included with the group that I don't even get an advantage from. My people didn't even benefit from slavery, hell some were slaves themselves in the form of indentured servitude, but I still benefited from slavery because I kind of look like them. I literally can't win with either side. It doesn't matter which side I pick, someone hates my race.
