Cybernethics / Cybernéthique

The True Communist: scandal! In Russia, due to Capitalism, 25% of the riches in the country are now in the hands of 36 families!

Me: Despite the KGB still being in power, what a great progress since the times when a one single man (Stalin) controlled 100% of the riches in the country!

The True Communist: surely you a liberal economist should know the difference between State property and private property?

I guess, as long as it's in the name of the people, it's justified. Well then, whatever I do, be sure that I do it in the name of the people.

A critic of Moldbug's views contested that Universalism fails to actually denote anything coherent, because there is no well-defined set of beliefs that can be unequivocally associated to said Universalism. But that's missing the point.

Universalism, despite its claims to the contrary, is not a rational philosophy; it is an emotional religion. And so, its basics tenets are not concepts that can be rationally articulated; they are anchors that are emotionally expressed. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, Democracy, Universal Rights, Peace, Love, Everyone, People, etc. -- all these are the Good Things, but not in any rational concept, always as emotional anchors, as Sacred things beyond discussion.