Category: Epistemology and Method

THE POSTMODERN STRATEGY

by Bill Joslin

If we approach a theory, not as a report on the state of the world, but as an effort to report honestly, then those who argue for a reduced criteria for reporting are attempting to avoid due diligence.

Pomo (and platonists, idealists, solopsists etc) strike at the root of a criteria for honesty – that truth itself is not attainable, or can not be verified externally (and thus there are no commons to access), or is relative… its all an effort to avoid accountability.

Argumentation is then rendered irrelevant with them, as is evidence, observation, operation etc unless it adopts their presuppositions – this allows them to reframe the values or their opponents so that the sentiment behind those values works in their favor.

Equality before the law becomes egalitarian.

Wealth becomes exploitation.

Organizational structures needed for cooperation becomes oppression.

Democracy changes from a stop-check to rebellion into egalatarian arguments agaisnt “linguistic oppression of fomination cultures” (i.e. NVC)

So if you hold values of the enlightenment- those values gets twisted into advocacy to destroy enlightenment values.

I see everyday arguments of the right which support pomo goals . Pomo’s have their staunchest, most dedicated adversaries fighting their battles for them. Its clever as fuck.