What is Safnerism?
A background and breakdown of what “Safnerism” is all about. The concepts that I agree with, the labels I disagree with, and my opinions on discussion in general. This is not permanent as new ideas will emerge over time.
Warning: I had some fun with this.
My Role in the YouTube Intellectual Community
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Call this a rant, but it comes with valuable socio-economic lessons.
I’ve been taking some hours at a U-Pick berry farm in my hometown, the same one where I worked all throughout High School. Essentially I sit at the stand, direct customers where they can pick blue/strawberries, and then ring them up when they’re done. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a fantastic job, and the people are great generally, but sometimes there are those annoying self-centered customers. We’ve all encountered “that guy” somewhere or other.
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Just providing an update here. It may not appear so on the surface, but it has been a rather productive May and early June for me. I have just finished updating and revising just about every main page on this website and made a few additions. Below, I have all of my plans for the summer and the foreseeable future laid out [and there's quite a bit]:
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This is a long rant, and there’s no hiding that, but it is critically important. People are not aware that there is a double standard within academics – that which is taught versus that which is true. Social sciences are a method of control if not learned properly, and it is almost never learned properly.
In our culture, truth takes a backseat to political convenience. Conclusions are drawn for the public by the talking heads. Dissent is unpatriotic. Going against the grain, no matter how right you are, and how wrong they are, is looked down upon. You will be branded a heretic, a traitor, and a crackpot.
This is my story, with a focus on Austrian Economics. I live this double standard every day in class, on tests, and in conversations with my peers. I can explain Keynesian & Neoclassical economics that I am taught, but I tell the truth–the Austrian perspective–whenever I can get away with it.
The morals:
*Think for yourself.
*Do not take what you learn/are told at face value (including what I say!)
*Always question, always reason, always test
*Truth is elusive and emergent, never established and static
*Thought control is more prevalent than you think.
*Be a nerd.
Follow these things and you are my hero, and the hero of humanity.
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