• freagle
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    Contemporary liberals are age of enlightenment liberals - they value “rationality”. Contemporary conservatives advocate for liberal policies using rationality, but they value libidinality over rationality. Trump communicates through libidinal means, not rational ones. This is a major problem for contemporary liberals who believe they are exclusively vely rational and don’t truck in libidinal politics.

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      They believe they are rational and yet advocate history’s most chaotic and hot-headed way to organise production?

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        Yes, because profit is a natural phenomenon and maximizing profit is “rational”