Hegel based his entire body of philosophy on a profound error, the assumption that all or most men, and women, were willing and able to live a life of reason, an assumption which is inherently an act of unreason, the obvious is that that vast majority have no interest in living a life of "reason," however good (in theory) that might be,
The vast majority live lives of feeling, or passion, but not reason. Feeling is so much simpler than thinking.
What percentage of those living now have ever read anything of Hegal? Or even known something, however little, about Hegel? 0.01%? One in ten thousand? Maybe. Stop anyone on the street, or ask of any of your friends and relatives, What do you think of Hegel's philosophy?
Expect blank stares!
Unless you're friends and relatives are mostly philosophers, at least amateurs.
Hegel speaks to a very small audience, those few of us with some interest in philosophical thinking, sad, but true.
Ask President Donald Trump "What do you think of Hegel?" The answer, "What is a Hegel?"
Agree. The eternal struggle between the Apollonian and the Dionysian, reason versus feeling. Or pure will. Schopenhauer was closer to the mark.
True, few have heard of Hegel. Yet without him, Marx could not have appropriated his theory of the liberation of consciousness and the alienated soul. And most people have heard of Marx or communism. Hegel was the buttress root to Marx's brambles.
(Trump might reply, Is a Hegel nicer than a bagel?)
A bagel is much easier to understand than a Hegel!
I'm pretty sure a Hegel is way over his reading comprehension level.
Most people have heard of Marx and communism, but very few that I have met actually understand much if anything about Marx and communism, 160 years ago Marx predicted that capitalism would self-destruct because of its infinite greed, now we're seeing that prediction play out,
Bill Gates and Elon Musk have predicted that AI / Bots will take over most jobs in the next 10, 15 years, and most people will become "irrelevant" (Bill Gates).
Assuming these predictions come true what happens?
The unemployment rate at the peak of the Great Depression in the 1930s was about 30%, what if the unemployment rate goes to 60%, 90%, because AI takes the jobs?
People who are unemployed and broke can't keep a consumption based capitalist economy alive, so to prevent total economic collapse (Walmart bankrupt) the government has to do a very generous Guaranteed Income program, "Welfare for Everyone" cradle to grave, so people can buy stuff to keep it going,
Thus Capitalism + AI + Bots makes America the most socialized country on earth in history, capitalism creates its own worst Marxist nightmare!
What happens if 80%, 90% of everyone is unemployable from cradle to grave because AI has taken the jobs?
America needs to have a serious national conversation about this, so far it hasn't.
Imagine, next presser, any reporter asks, "Mr. President, what do you think about the alienation of consciousness and the liberated soul?"
Great question! I wish they would ask him.
Hegel based his entire body of philosophy on a profound error, the assumption that all or most men, and women, were willing and able to live a life of reason, an assumption which is inherently an act of unreason, the obvious is that that vast majority have no interest in living a life of "reason," however good (in theory) that might be,
The vast majority live lives of feeling, or passion, but not reason. Feeling is so much simpler than thinking.
What percentage of those living now have ever read anything of Hegal? Or even known something, however little, about Hegel? 0.01%? One in ten thousand? Maybe. Stop anyone on the street, or ask of any of your friends and relatives, What do you think of Hegel's philosophy?
Expect blank stares!
Unless you're friends and relatives are mostly philosophers, at least amateurs.
Hegel speaks to a very small audience, those few of us with some interest in philosophical thinking, sad, but true.
Ask President Donald Trump "What do you think of Hegel?" The answer, "What is a Hegel?"
Agree. The eternal struggle between the Apollonian and the Dionysian, reason versus feeling. Or pure will. Schopenhauer was closer to the mark.
True, few have heard of Hegel. Yet without him, Marx could not have appropriated his theory of the liberation of consciousness and the alienated soul. And most people have heard of Marx or communism. Hegel was the buttress root to Marx's brambles.
(Trump might reply, Is a Hegel nicer than a bagel?)
A bagel is much easier to understand than a Hegel!
I'm pretty sure a Hegel is way over his reading comprehension level.
Most people have heard of Marx and communism, but very few that I have met actually understand much if anything about Marx and communism, 160 years ago Marx predicted that capitalism would self-destruct because of its infinite greed, now we're seeing that prediction play out,
Bill Gates and Elon Musk have predicted that AI / Bots will take over most jobs in the next 10, 15 years, and most people will become "irrelevant" (Bill Gates).
Assuming these predictions come true what happens?
The unemployment rate at the peak of the Great Depression in the 1930s was about 30%, what if the unemployment rate goes to 60%, 90%, because AI takes the jobs?
People who are unemployed and broke can't keep a consumption based capitalist economy alive, so to prevent total economic collapse (Walmart bankrupt) the government has to do a very generous Guaranteed Income program, "Welfare for Everyone" cradle to grave, so people can buy stuff to keep it going,
Thus Capitalism + AI + Bots makes America the most socialized country on earth in history, capitalism creates its own worst Marxist nightmare!
What happens if 80%, 90% of everyone is unemployable from cradle to grave because AI has taken the jobs?
America needs to have a serious national conversation about this, so far it hasn't.