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Peterson claims that in order to prevent cultural dissolution, states need an overarching goal such as economic growth or religious/transcendental goals and a decent amount of uniformity and hierarchical organization. | Peterson claims that in order to prevent cultural dissolution, states need an overarching goal such as economic growth or religious/transcendental goals and a decent amount of uniformity and hierarchical organization. | ||
To avoid corrupted hierarchies, he claims, it is necessary to keep them fairly flat (decentralization) and use regulated free market such that the best players prevail and inefficient/corrupt players get outcompeted/destroyed by better ones. He regards boundaries and social norms as fundamental for a functioning state, but admits there also needs to be some adaptability and flow of information (free speech) to avoid | To avoid corrupted hierarchies, he claims, it is necessary to keep them fairly flat (decentralization) and use regulated free market such that the best players prevail and inefficient/corrupt players get outcompeted/destroyed by better ones. He regards boundaries and social norms as fundamental for a functioning state, but admits there also needs to be some adaptability and flow of information (free speech) to avoid totalitarianism and warfare (''classical liberalism''). He claims it is naive to assume there is a definite set of rules for ideally structuring a state (ideology), except for leaving up the determination of the rules, to a competitive process with free speech. For this reason, men need to be socialized to be competitive and dependable. | ||
That much for the secular side—Peterson also has a series of esoteric views about ''Jungian archetypes'' in human literature and ancient religious scripture, that exist across time and space | That much for the secular side—Peterson also has a series of esoteric views about ''Jungian archetypes'' in human literature and ancient religious scripture, that exist across time and space, shaped by gene-meme evolution to capture deeper truths about human nature than the typical modern naturalistically inclined person would assume. He partly uses this to emphasize the importance of traditions. | ||
== JRE Podcast & accusations of hypocrisy == | == JRE Podcast & accusations of hypocrisy == | ||