I insist on calling it democratism - an ambition, nice ideal, doesn’t work in practice. Same way they talk about other isms.

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cit. I take a very “conservative” approach to philosophy. If you are going to introduce some brand new world-shattering “paradigm shift” metaphysics, then I am going to be your biggest skeptic. I will want you to demonstrate that this is a necessity, either a logical or empirical necessity, such that all more trivial ways to conceive of the world have been exhausted.

… so much time wasted with this fucking gatekeeping. try acid.