Canadian - Psychologist | June 12, 1962 -
It's very hard to find your own words - and you don't actually exist until you have your own words.
Jordan Peterson
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No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.
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You can't have a value structure without a hierarchy. They're the same thing because a value structure means one thing takes precedence over another.
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If you don't stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.
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You can't just slander someone, defame them, lie about them. You can't incite people to crime. There's all sorts of reasonable restrictions on free speech that are already codified in the British common-law system.
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Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western civilization.
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Some of these Ivy League kids want to have it both ways. They want to be baby members of the 1 percent, which they most certainly are, and yet still portray themselves as the oppressed.
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There's no doubt that inequality destabilizes societies. I think the social science evidence on that front is crystal clear.
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Power is competence.
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Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.
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The people who hold that our culture is an oppressive patriarchy, they don't want to admit that the current hierarchy might be predicated on competence.
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Become aware of your own insufficiency.
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