Christian Watson

Host of Pensive Politics. Against the woke and the mystics. Civic conservative. Gen Z. Son of the Enlightenment. Philosophy. History. Logos. Pensive Cohort 🇺🇸

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

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[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

@kennymxu Disturbing. Working with you for 3 1/2 was one of the worst experiences of my life, and the sentiments you are expressing now towards Jewish people are a logical progression of your already demented character. I told you to be a better person last time I saw you. You’ve failed.

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

The worst way to celebrate the 250th birthday of a nation whose moral character was formed from a rejection of spectacle, personality admiration, and rigid status systems is to do so by elevating famous celebrities to the forefront of the festivities and forgetting national ethos

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

the world, potentially leading to a man tyrannized by his desires and a sense of relativism attached to endless customizability, rather than someone merely becoming a victim to their own ignorance, which is what Smith described

This is a big problem for man as a social being

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

The difference between the phenomenon Smith was observing and the challenges AI presents to society is not merely that it causes our character and actions to become crude and unrefined, but rather that it changes the foundational bases upon which we decide to interact with 1/

[Jeffrey A Tucker @jeffreytucker]

Misgivings about AI and technology in general and how it is affecting culture and human character? Adam Smith had the same identical concerns even in the 18th century.

"The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of which the effects too are, perhaps, always the same, or very nearly the same, has no occasion to exert his understanding, or to exercise his invention in finding out expedients for removing difficulties which never occur. He naturally loses, therefore, the habit of such exertion, and generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become. The torpor of his mind renders him, not only incapable of relishing or bearing a part in any rational conversation, but of conceiving any generous, noble, or tender sentiment, and consequently of forming any just judgement concerning many even of the ordinary duties of private life."

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

The worst way to celebrate the 250th birthday of a nation whose moral character was formed from a rejection of spectacle, personality admiration, and rigid status systems is to do so by elevating famous celebrities to the forefront of the festivities and forgetting national ethos

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

I encourage all of you to watch this joint analysis between me and Mr. Dowling on the crisis of infotainment and the cult of the influencer in modern day society, and how both capitalize on disordered passions within human nature and rebel against the pursuit of truth.

[Thomas Dowling 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @thomaswdowling]

I have collaborated with @OfficialCWATSON for this video on the narcissistic and irrationalistic turn of the "infotainment" industry.

I think the importance of the subject speaks for itself.

https://t.co/MyE3REzWvS

[Thomas Dowling 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @thomaswdowling]

I have collaborated with @OfficialCWATSON for this video on the narcissistic and irrationalistic turn of the "infotainment" industry.

I think the importance of the subject speaks for itself.

https://t.co/MyE3REzWvS

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

@thomaswdowling There will eventually be enough pensive minds to offset this problem if a concerted effort is undertaken to address it.

Exhibit A: yours truly

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

@DanEckam @RichardHanania The amount it is used is irrelevant to its correctness or applicability in any given example. Also there should be a distinction between consequentialism as a moral standard, which is what I was criticizing, and weighing consequences as part of a broader consideration of an issue

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

@DanEckam @RichardHanania Yep. We can assume an infinite array of possibilities that emerge from our actions, that is why consequentialism is a haphazard moral standard: it cannot provide a guide for action beyond a moment. Meanwhile duty and obligation apply regardless of outcomes and are relevant here.

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

Another point to make: there are many ideologies and movements on the left that oppose “colonialism” and “imperialism,” both of which neoconservative sensibilities arguably support. It is not easy to square that kind of contradiction and then reduce nuance as Baris has here.

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

This is partially true. It is true that neoconservatism’s intellectual origins are decidedly leftward, emerging from socialist discourses in the early 20th century. But ideologies evolve with time and participation of more thinkers, which caused neoconservatism to change in ethos

[Rich Baris THE PEOPLE'S PUNDIT @Peoples_Pundit]

See, neocons are leftists. They are and have always been despite FOX News' attempt to rebrand them.

They support mass surveillance, huge government expansions in the police state at home and for nation building, and full throated censorship.

Those are left wing beliefs.

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

Evil is an ever-present force in this world. Factionalism prevents good people who have ideological or dispositional differences from embracing their shared social nature as human beings to oppose evil wherever it arises. Pathologizing your perceived enemy allows evil to flourish

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

The correct perspective from one of the guiding intellectual lights of conservatism. I will add further: antagonism is poison to social bonds, both potential and current, and poses a major risk to the continuation of civil society. Justice, not factionalism, is the right standard

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

I'll probably get clobbered for this, but here goes: Please, can everyone, right or left, MAGA or anti-MAGA, Republican or Democrat, stop catastrophizing and trying to get everyone on your side worked up into a rage? It's not Flight 93. We're not on the verge of fascism. We do not need to take desperate measures. Our fellow citizens with whom we disagree are not devils incarnate or personifications of evil. We need to argue with our political adversaries--passionately perhaps--but with respect for their humanity and dignity. We don't need to destroy them. That mustn't be our aim. We all say we believe in democracy. Good! But democracy is all about persuading, giving reasons, engaging one another as fellow citizens, despite our disagreements. Let's rebuild civic friendship. We can do this. (Thank you for your attention to this matter.)

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

@JRFranklin15 while also punishing clear acts of evil like what we saw tonight. Pinning this on one tribe over the other does nothing but continue to inflame tensions, oversimplify the situation, and cause more resentment and antagonism which leads to more viciousness which creates violence.

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

@JRFranklin15 mode of engagement within society. This is a problem that is contributed to by anyone who inflames political/social discussions with catastrophic language or irresponsible rhetoric. Thoughts precede action. We should create a better discourse and social environment 2/

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

@JRFranklin15 Still, its premature to ride a trend and said something derogatory - especially in this atmosphere that produces over-abundant passions which create political violence - without the proper information at hand. just saying.

[Christian Watson @OfficialCWATSON]

@BrandonStraka The late 60s/early 70s were worse. What's happening now is not ideal, nor should we accept it. As a citizenry we have a duty to refine ourselves in manners, tastes, and morals, and to confront evil with zero cowardice. But there have been far bloodier periods in recent history