Vox Day vs Jordan Peterson
A Conflict of Historical Visions
Many people across the political spectrum have been amazed by the meteoric rise to fame and popularity of Dr. Jordan Peterson. This has spawned a number of reactions from both the left an…
Vox Day vs Jordan Peterson
A Conflict of Historical Visions
Many people across the political spectrum have been amazed by the meteoric rise to fame and popularity of Dr. Jordan Peterson. This has spawned a number of reactions from both the left and the right. Thus far, none of the leftist reactions have interested nor surprised me regarding Dr. Peterson. However, the analysis and critique advanced by Vox Day has been fascinating.
Jordan Peterson has taken quite the expected beating from the left because he has had the audacity to challenge a few of their sacred beliefs. Vox Day has displayed far less temerity often choosing to goad the left on every significant point. Vox is a very popular author and writer of both fiction and non-fiction works, a successful musician, and video game designer. Vox, like Peterson, also has a high IQ in range of the 150s. As I listen to both Peterson on his channel and Vox on his Darkstreams, I tried to bore down into what the real conflict is between the two.
What I determined is that Vox and Jordan have a deep conflict of visions regarding history (specifically the history of the Medieval and Enlightenment eras), philosophy, and politics. I note that when one brushes away some of the oily invective and ad hominem from Day's Darkstreams, what is found is that his vision of the process of secularization during the Enlightenment is the more historically accurate view.
Recently, there have been a number of former leftists, socialists, and so on who have moved more toward the center left. Many of them are also beginning to refer to themselves as classical liberals or British classical liberals. Vox has mentioned previously that he is idealistically a libertarian but that reality mitigates against that position due to his realist position on number of other topics.
At the philosophical level, Vox has pointed out that his views are that he draws hope from his belief in God. Peterson's philosophy is deeply rooted in the concepts of suff..
