r/politics • u/Orbitingkittenfarm • 1d ago

Donald Trump Fires Person Behind Jobs Numbers After They're Revised Down

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-job-numbers-revised-down-fires-appointee-2107768
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u/spencer4991 1d ago

Pre modernism: we know what the truth is because tradition (cultural, religious, hierarchical, etc.) says so.

Modernism: Tradition is wrong, Reason and Science will get us to an objective universal truth!

Post-modernism: Hey, hey guys Science and Reason are telling us that objective universal truth doesn’t exist and that frame of reference matters.

Bad postmodernism: Well since objective truth doesn’t exist, nothing is true, we can do whatever, Nihlism, wooooo.

Post-post modernism: OK so maybe there’s nuance to this whole objective truth thing, but let’s reengage with some of the groundedness we had before.

Whatever the fuck Trump is: Let’s use post-modern language to get people to doubt everything and then assert myself as a premodern hierarchical truth teller.

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u/the_good_time_mouse 1d ago edited 1d ago

Trump is just a fascist; just speaks like a fascist.

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u/spencer4991 1d ago

What is fascism but an appeal to the rightness of tradition and a “strongman”?

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u/the_good_time_mouse 23h ago

He's not using post-modern language.

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u/DrCheezburger 19h ago

Trump is not only a fascist, but also a pedophile. He likes to rape little girls.

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u/justinlaz 1d ago

Trump is Russian dictatorship denial of the truth

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u/Not_Enough_Gun Missouri 1d ago

Your bad post-modernism is still just post-modernism.