The Parasite hates three things: free markets, free will, and free men. Andrew Ryan in “Bioshock: Rapture” by John Shirley (2011) An addendum to the posting quoting a chapter from Richard P. Feynman’s book “What do you care what other people think?”. One thing that really gets me is how easily movements for (originally) actually beneficial goals are infected by parasites. Sometimes, even movements which achieved their purpose get reanimated when these parasites take over — becoming a Zombie movement. And all this just for the personal benefit of the parasites — and on cost of the issue the movement was actually about. You see it in a lot of moments that gain momentum and/or exposure. Penn & Teller did a “Bullshit” episode about how the environmental movement got taken over by “leftist”. But personally, I think that even movements like “leftists” fell prey to parasites. It’s not so much that these people are “leftist”, it’s that they are parasites who instrumentalize the movement for their own goals. But let’s stick with an issue I frequently stumble upon: social justice. There are people online who fall under the heading “Social Justice Warriors”. On the surface, this sounds like a positive [...]
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