Good article except for the Zizek stuff. His affability is totally fake compared to someone like Chesterton. Zizek is about as hollow as the Democrat party saying they are the party of "joy" and the fact anyone shills for him is silly.
There's some good insights in this article. We are caught somewhere between our free will and a world outside of our control. We would do well to shape a politic that is not a replacement for local communal bonds, be it total dependence on self or total dependence on state. And most importantly, we shouldn't be joyless or too self-serious.
But when I look out at America, I don't see too much self-seriousness. I see too much complacency, tepidness, lukewarmness, directionlessness, and weakness. I'd gladly take an over-serious Peterson, who makes demands of people, to a hedonist or complacent boomer, eager to quip that nothing lasts forever and always ready to indulge as the world burns (not their problem), often accompanied by a placating belief in some pre-tribulation rapture.
Look at the archetype of a hero - bold, courageous, magnanimous, disciplined, temperate, loyal, just, and wise. Now follow that. It doesn't exclude joyfulness and humor, but it doesn't overindulge, either.
Agreed 100%. Being able to laugh certainly is a virtue, but it's not the only thing. You can be a sick postmodern Joker type character and laugh in absurdism, but obviously that isn't good either. Life is a gift and it's serious, but because it's a gift from God it should humble you which will allow you to not take yourself too seriously
Good article except for the Zizek stuff. His affability is totally fake compared to someone like Chesterton. Zizek is about as hollow as the Democrat party saying they are the party of "joy" and the fact anyone shills for him is silly.
There's some good insights in this article. We are caught somewhere between our free will and a world outside of our control. We would do well to shape a politic that is not a replacement for local communal bonds, be it total dependence on self or total dependence on state. And most importantly, we shouldn't be joyless or too self-serious.
But when I look out at America, I don't see too much self-seriousness. I see too much complacency, tepidness, lukewarmness, directionlessness, and weakness. I'd gladly take an over-serious Peterson, who makes demands of people, to a hedonist or complacent boomer, eager to quip that nothing lasts forever and always ready to indulge as the world burns (not their problem), often accompanied by a placating belief in some pre-tribulation rapture.
Look at the archetype of a hero - bold, courageous, magnanimous, disciplined, temperate, loyal, just, and wise. Now follow that. It doesn't exclude joyfulness and humor, but it doesn't overindulge, either.
Agreed 100%. Being able to laugh certainly is a virtue, but it's not the only thing. You can be a sick postmodern Joker type character and laugh in absurdism, but obviously that isn't good either. Life is a gift and it's serious, but because it's a gift from God it should humble you which will allow you to not take yourself too seriously