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I might also simply say that I have no vested interest in establishing with certainty the identity between Islamism and fascism. I merely wish to asse...

The parallel I wish to advance on this point about anti-democracy is but one pillar on which to base the claim that Islamism is fascistic in orientati...

This is to split hairs, it seems to me. They both reject democracy, ergo they have this in common. Fascism too has a goal beyond merely glorying in vi...

Yes, and wrongly. Read the second amendment and see if you can interpret it in any other way without twisting the meaning of the words beyond recognit...

Lots of barbaric extremists who greatly contribute to our species being screwed, far more so than the earth changing a few degrees in my opinion.

Okay, let's see, then: Fascism rejects democracy - So does Islamism. Fascism emphasizes violence for its own sake - Militant Islamism most certainly d...

No, this is not freedom, and it's not even condoned by the constitution. The absolutely astounding interpretation of the second amendment by the Supre...

About Trump? I agree he's not a fascist, technically speaking, though he has made fascist sounding remarks from time to time.

I already knew the history you described before this quote, while this quote seems to be your definition of fascism. In that case, I would merely poin...

Islamism is the term for a purely fascist enterprise, hence they are interchangeable, as I see it. I know nothing about whether Bush coined it. I don'...

Islamic fascism is alive and well.

But I can expect that, at least if we take individual cases. Sure, any completely random person off the street is not going to be able to discuss phil...

Not to sound crass, but I wonder what you do that enables you to post so much. Perhaps more of your free time could be spent reading philosophy rather...

True, I was speaking in generalities (and partially of myself).

A secular monastery is precisely what I greatly lament doesn't exist in this day and age. If only they did, then I should be the first to sign up!

People like Brassier are already fossilized dinosaurs, and because they can't see past their own noses, they imagine the asteroid hasn't actually hit ...

That quote is exactly the kind of thing some arrogant, pointy-headed tenure track professor would say. He ran the lottery and somehow got into the aca...

I know. Was I wrong to expect an argument or two as to why you hold such a position? :-}

Hmm, I don't know if I follow. C'est la vie.

The will by its very nature does have a goal: satisfaction, the end of willing. However, because the will in-itself lies outside of the forms of knowl...

I don't see the relevance of this, unless you're simply assuming that scientific materialism is true, which would be begging the question. No offense,...

I don't care about the value of it either. I care about whether it's true or not. I know. I had an exclamation mark. Hey, man, you asserted the affirm...

That doesn't amount to saying suffering is the structure of reality. Suffering is a result of the will. The universe, in terms of stars, gas clouds, g...

What would it mean to say that suffering is the structure of reality? I'm afraid that doesn't make any conceptual sense to me. It is viewed by most pe...

It is. Agnosticism and atheism are perfectly compatible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtMJ_GR3Vqk

You would still be a weak atheist, though. What you seem to be objecting to is strong atheism.

Excellent summaries on this page. I would only add that Schopenhauer does not use the term "noumenon" in his writings and criticizes Kant for doing so...

Well, I don't take orders from you, and wasn't actually planning on posting anymore in this thread, but if you keep replying to me, then you are just ...

What an absurd false dichotomy. Perhaps you are trolling, though.

Can an interesting topic ever be used up?

I thought I might hold out before making a decision, but I've effectively decided to move here. The other forum is rather dead and the threads uninter...

Ba dum tss

Based on your explanations, I would say the latter world is the more frightening and absurd. The will qua will possesses the seeds of its own destruct...

That sounds disgusting.

Shh. We don't have to have that argument here. I just couldn't resist that quip, as a vegetarian myself.

Well, several pigs certainly died for such a dish. :-}

I like this question, but I'm not too sure about what the latter position entails. Could expand on what you mean by it?

I feel the following quote from the end of Schopenhauer's life is relevant, made while he was in the company of sculptor Elisabet Ney: "I have not yet...

They probably don't count as a serious medical issue. I've always been very fit and healthy, though I could be much younger than many of you, so the r...

Now there's a proper witticism! :D

Hmm, I don't really get it, but I suppose he's right!

Occasional hemorrhoids for me. Nothing else (though they are hella annoying).

Well, I don't see the irony, then. And I get the feeling that he stumbled upon these authors as a way to market his show's originality, which bellies ...

It certainly wouldn't have been me, since I support both wars. But as a single individual, there's very little I can do, or for you to do on the other...

I would say they're both. Other ideologies whose results are the same existed just as much in the past. They just had different names. Islamic terrori...

Then you ignored what I said about the Catholic Church's involvement with fascism in Europe. Some critics have even gone so far as to call fascism the...

I have been aware of this book for some time and haven't read it. I have very high standards when it comes to fiction, partly owing to the fact that m...

The latter are unintended but welcome side effects of our position. ;) In all seriousness, the day pessimists are considered anything but unwanted cra...

I've been reading through the comments in this thread and felt like making one in response to this. I would say that you do know what it is like for t...