The old saw, liberally indulged in by psychiatrists and psychologists was that if you didn't "fit in" to society, the obvious conclusion was there was something wrong with you: there couldn't possibly be something wrong with society. That was assumed to be obvious. What was obvious but ignored was that it represented vested interests, and the establishment. They were all obviously accessories before and after the fact. Modernity has its drawbacks, but skepticism isn't one of them.
It's the antidote to all kinds of bullshit - but modernity is just the accumulation of at least 2000 years of stupid, cruel thinking and unworkable, destructive ideas. And some people think the problem is anti-traditionalism. And they're feted and celebrated for that stance.
The old saw, liberally indulged in by psychiatrists and psychologists was that if you didn't "fit in" to society, the obvious conclusion was there was something wrong with you: there couldn't possibly be something wrong with society. That was assumed to be obvious. What was obvious but ignored was that it represented vested interests, and the establishment. They were all obviously accessories before and after the fact. Modernity has its drawbacks, but skepticism isn't one of them.
Skepticism is the antidote to modernity.
It's the antidote to all kinds of bullshit - but modernity is just the accumulation of at least 2000 years of stupid, cruel thinking and unworkable, destructive ideas. And some people think the problem is anti-traditionalism. And they're feted and celebrated for that stance.
Well, _some_ people believe in it!