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  • It doesn’t; Sharia is the body of Islamic religious law drawn from the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad.

    While “Sharia law” is a set of religious laws, arguably made by fundamentalists, that doesn’t make all religious laws made by fundamentalists “Sharia law.” You’re free to say it’s “just like” or “analogous to,” but the contention here is that it would be in everyone’s best interest if we respected the meanings of words - including “literally.” A Ford Focus is not literally a Toyota Corolla, though they are both sedans. In many ways, though, a Ford Focus is like a Toyota Corolla.

    tl;dr “Sharia law” refers to the body of Islamic religious law drawn from the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, not any religious laws made by religious fundamentalists. Respecting words is a matter of respect for the subjects and fosters respect for the speaker.


  • FYI, Land is a piece of shit. I’m just saving people time, as I would if I saw people earnestly sharing Jordan Peterson advice.

    Nick Land is widely considered a foundational figure in contemporary reactionary philosophy, specifically as a key architect of the Dark Enlightenment or neoreactionary (NRx) movement.

    After leaving academia in the late 1990s, his philosophy shifted heavily to the right. He concluded that democracy, egalitarianism, and the progressive left were obstacles preventing rapid technological advancement and a capitalist singularity.
















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    Buddy, eventually you’ll realize the “gun manufacturers” rhetoric is propogated by the (owned) media to muddy the waters in yet another artificially identarian scheme by the bourgeoisie.

    Why? To create division, like all machinations of identity politics. But also to plant seeds that short-circuit the logic of the armed proletariat with emotions.

    “Pushing death” is transferred culpability, absolving individuals of moral agency. The fact that arms manufacturers lobby the corrupt government to create warzones and kill innocents should make you mad at the people allowing that the happen, maybe even mad enough to arm yourself.