I’ve written before that Woke Will Eat Itself, but I didn’t mean it literally. Now it appears that progressives at the New Scientist have decided to promote the idea of becoming fine young cannibals* as a way to deconstruct Western civilization and counter colonialism.
What this argument has to do with science is anyone’s guess (via Twitchy):
Cannibalism isn’t ethically too bad, and the reason that we’re against it is because… racism. pic.twitter.com/UEy0K3LWEv
— Leftism (@LeftismForU) February 20, 2024
To get more of this wisdom, one must pay to unlock the firewall. And believe it or not, I was sorely tempted to do so, albeit on my company credit card. That wasn’t because I thought the authors of this chapter of To Serve Man would either repudiate the argument or make it more about science. I was and remain convinced that there are further nuggets of nonsense to mine in this…
