Leo Gura and Jordan Peterson’s shadow

[Enigma777]

I remember hearing Leo say that Jordan Peterson might be a stage yellow thinker with a green shadow. I did get the gist of what that meant but without any specific insight into the psyche of Peterson. It’s easy to see that it is the case that he has such a shadow because of his emotional reactions and anger when talking about his postmodern neo-Marxist nightmare but it is another thing to have actual insight into the mechanics of such a shadow.

A channel named “The living philosophy” made a video about Peterson that, in 25 minutes, gives you much more information on what’s wrong with J.P than @Leo Gura’s video could in 2+ hours. It is a masterpiece diving in Peterso’s shadow:

Did you know that J.P was in a socialist group while in college and that he upheld utopian ideals for society, most likely the kind of ideals he now is a fierce critique of? I also remember him talking with his daughter on a podcast saying how in the same period of his life(college) he had multiple failed relationships. He identified the cause of these failures as his tendency to put his girlfriends on a pedestal. He also has been very opened about his struggles with alcohol, major depression and a lack of order in his life in his early twenties. 

So what does this tell us about him?

We all know the stereotype of the passive, weak, liberal nice guy who upholds such ideas as socialism, feminism etc and who bends over backwards to please females in an effort to be validated. 

Well it seems like Jordan Peterson in college was exactly this type of guy and that, through a certain psychological process, he became the opposite(through Enantiodromia) of what he was to a certain degree and made a shadow of his past self. 

So Peterson, appearing as a disciplinarian, capitalist conservative is actually a soft, socialist liberal. In fact, deep down, he’s the very thing he’s fighting. That’s why he straw men’s the progressive type; he couldn’t do otherwise, as he sees his own shadow, his own self projected out of him. When he sees the liberal sjw’s, he is really seeing himself in them, and reacting to them not objectively as they are, but reacting to the contents of his own mind projected outward of himself and onto his environment. 

If you watch the video, notice how he frames Foucault as a suicidal outcast using his very high IQ to impose his pathological postmodern ideology on others. Well, as stated above, J.P himself has been open about his struggles with severe depression and about the desire that arises to use one’s intellect to acquire power(talking about having to face this temptation himself). He’s a very intellectual type so we can imagine he also was a nerd type of guy, maybe making him an outcast to a certain degree.

So when you see him talk about Foucault in the video, replace the name “Foucault”, with “Peterson”, as if he was talking in third person. It’ll make more sense and you’ll see how he’s ultimately talking about himself.

So yeah, huge green shadow. It’s sad, he could’ve been such an apex level intellectual without his issues, biases and shadows, yet in the end they held him back from unfolding his true potential.

And if you listen to J.P too much and without this context, your mind is gonna be infected by his shadows and pathology, a trap too many have fallen into. Don’t fall into the Peterson trap.

Edited April 28, 2024 by Enigma777

[Leo Gura]

But don't overlook that JP came face to face with some of the real limitations of Green utopianism and its failures. So he's not wrong for pointing them out. The only problem is that he takes it overboard and turns it into an irrational overreaction. And in the end his heart resonates most with Blue traditional Christianity.

JP is also just from a prior generation, so his views have been shaped a lot by 20th century Cold War issues in a way that is no longer relevant today.

Edited April 29, 2024 by Leo Gura

[Jodistrict]

Jordan Peterson has a delivery problem.  Showing too much anger makes one look weak.  And ironically he has the same righteous indignation as the social justice warriors he criticizes.

[Leo Gura]

[royce]

Enough is enough