I am still lost on the concept of Culture War 2.0. From where I’m standing, it’s still Culture War 1.-something. The only difference today from 50 years ago is 24-hour discussion panels on TV and the Internet and its related digital media. In 1960 it was much easier to ignore the many various cultural voices. Now they all have a goddamn platform, a website, a forum, and an Instagram group. It seems that Culture War 2.0 might be a polite way of saying that those at the top of the cultural hierarchy have finally noticed the noise that has been there all along. 

And science is nowhere near replacing religion; in fact, it’s invigorating it just like in how America having had a black president has invigorated bigotry and openly spoken distrust and hatred for foreigners, non-christian religion, people of color, and human rights in general. 

All of these many culturally diverse interests with voices today are only a threat to those hoping to maintain the privilege that those with privilege claim does not exist. Inclusiveness is only good for those not at the top of the power hierarchy. For those at the top it’s a scary horror. I am am sorry, but white men explaining this culture war to me is like white men explaining racism and sexism to me; I don’t find any authority in it. Sweeping concepts tend to rely on generalizations and stereotypes. Where are the women and people of diversity to talk about this culture war?

Maybe my point of view is tainted by living life disappointed by how no suppressed group has ever had a complete win; it’s just been four-hundred years of baby steps at best. Still today in America, once with an absolute hierarchy based on land ownership, it still in many ways clings to the measure of land ownership for a person to be more than invisible. We haven’t yet completed a real first step. I hope I’m wrong.

Thank you,
Peter


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> On Feb 19, 2020, at 8:10 AM, Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear TOK List,
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>   On the way to work today, I listed to TOK list member Peter Limberg’s excellent discussion of Culture War 2.0. Peter is the leader of the Intellectual Explorers Club in Toronto. This 30 minute overview of the multipolar war we find ourselves in is outstanding. 
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> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bing.com_videos_search-3Fq-3DLimberg-2BCulture-2B2.0-2Brebel-2Bwisdom-26view-3Ddetail-26mid-3DE8DC0BF97849AC7CCFDDE8DC0BF97849AC7CCFDD-26FORM-3DVIRE&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=v4gSbvRLIaeEsk-QojOjPZP_VL9kg4TTGewGQix-Af8&s=15iSYHvzpi2gvl2dneM7yR08tYRMd8m9tW_YWgFWWHg&e= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bing.com_videos_search-3Fq-3DLimberg-2BCulture-2B2.0-2Brebel-2Bwisdom-26view-3Ddetail-26mid-3DE8DC0BF97849AC7CCFDDE8DC0BF97849AC7CCFDD-26FORM-3DVIRE&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=v4gSbvRLIaeEsk-QojOjPZP_VL9kg4TTGewGQix-Af8&s=15iSYHvzpi2gvl2dneM7yR08tYRMd8m9tW_YWgFWWHg&e=>
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> I strongly recommend you take the time to listen. There is MUCH in here that I think is really worth digesting. The analysis of how we got here, what it means, how it connects to the meaning crisis, how we need to take a “grey pill” (instead of the Blue or Red pill), why we need authentic dialogue and so forth.
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> Also, I loved his description at the 12th minute 30 second about how he thinks about these issues, especially the meaning crisis…as being the “lack of a grand metanarrative that justifies and ecology of practices…”
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> That is almost EXACTLY how Waldemar Schmidt talked about what we needed going forward at the first TOK conference. We needed an ultimate justification frame for our justification systems.  
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> Best,
> Gregg
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