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Peterson claims that in order to prevent cultural dissolution, states need an overarching goal that motivates cooperation, such as economic growth, religious/transcendental goals or restoration/achievement/maintenance of national pride. | Peterson claims that in order to prevent cultural dissolution, states need an overarching goal that motivates cooperation, such as economic growth, religious/transcendental goals or restoration/achievement/maintenance of national pride. | ||
Peterson regards country borders, social norms and hierarchies as fundamental for a functioning state, but admits there also needs to be some adaptability and flow of information (free speech, ''classical liberalism'') to avoid totalitarianism and warfare. 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, democratic process, a free market of ideas. | Peterson regards country borders, social norms and hierarchies as fundamental for a functioning state, but admits there also needs to be some adaptability and flow of information (free speech, ''classical liberalism'') to avoid totalitarianism and warfare. 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, democratic process, a free market of ideas. | ||
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Peterson sees cultural norms for honesty and the ''primacy of the individual'' as essential for social stability, and as main reason for the success of Western civilization since this enables cooperation and economic growth. | Peterson sees cultural norms for honesty and the ''primacy of the individual'' as essential for social stability, and as main reason for the success of Western civilization since this enables cooperation and economic growth. | ||
For this reason, Peterson is wary of automation, fearing it could diminish the value of the individual, being outcompeted by machines, bereaving them of opportunities to become responsible and prove their worth. Collectivist Marxists put the group goal (equality) above the individual, hence death is justified in the name of it as the individual is not respected. | For this reason, Peterson is wary of automation, fearing it could diminish the value of the individual, being outcompeted by machines, bereaving them of opportunities to become responsible and prove their worth. Collectivist Marxists put the group goal (equality) above the individual, hence death is justified in the name of it as the individual is not respected. Peterson says, "the group must unite, but under the banner of the individual."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnEFt20qe0o</ref> | ||
This concludes the secular side. Peterson also has a series of esoteric views about so called ''Jungian archetypes'' that he believes to have emerged in human folklore and religious scripture. He believes these archetypes to exist across time and space, and to have been shaped by gene-meme co-evolution (drawing on Jung's concept of the collective unconscious) to capture deeper truths about human nature than a typical contemporary atheist would assume. | This concludes the secular side. Peterson also has a series of esoteric views about so called ''Jungian archetypes'' that he believes to have emerged in human folklore and religious scripture. He believes these archetypes to exist across time and space, and to have been shaped by gene-meme co-evolution (drawing on Jung's concept of the collective unconscious) to capture deeper truths about human nature than a typical contemporary atheist would assume. | ||