This is the second of three installments on this week's “On the Barricades” release. This episode is part of our regular series, which we co-produce and co-host with Youri Smouter of 1+1. Boyan and Youri continue the discussion of cancel culture on the left, as a reflection of a wider problem of ignorance and ideological misguidedness on the left. Thumbs down to shutting down media outlets and censoring, which downgrades the public debate; thumbs up to education and rational thinking.
2:15 war in Ukraine and Zelensky’s shutting down political opposition
3:05 Boyan on illogical conclusion-drawing on the left. Why would removing media outlets from the public debate improve the public debate?
6:45 Youri on the SWP in Britain and background knowledge deficit
9:50 Where are the educational systems in the collective west falling short, quantitatively as opposed to inherently? What is in reach via reforms?
12:20 Exploitation of emotions and coercion as predominant the political culture on the left– a civilization step back from Enlightenment gains and the promotion of rationality, analysis or even basic logic
16:47 People who claim to be face of left, instead of having a responsibility to transmit a snippet of knowledge, use their position to run up this emotional disbalancing effect
20:33 Boyan on the lack of rational participants, needed to have a rational conversation
25:00 the need for education study groups, and rational participation of people who don’t necessarily agree with one another
27:00 Lack of confidence among leftists in taking an ideological stand
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Thumbs up, thumbs down, part 2: Ignorance and anti-rationality on the left