Welcome to America, the land of systemic racism, rampant sexism, and unchecked white privilege.
This is the propaganda you have been fed for many years. I'm not happy about that. You're not happy about it. and michael humer Certainly not happy about it.
“If you control for crime rates and rates of violence against police officers, police are less likely to shoot and kill black people than white people.”
in “progressive mythProfessor Huemer of the University of Colorado Boulder takes aim at the core beliefs of modern progressive ideology and systematically dismantles them with sharp, uncompromising logic. Huemer isn't afraid to confront the stories that are deeply ingrained in our culture. And our political system is a story that has undermined free thought and intellectual integrity for far too long.
This is a bold move, especially in an era when facts are often treated as negotiable. Nuance, on the other hand, is now considered a dirty word.
don't worry about the gap
This scholar's approach is fairly simple. Lay out the facts, remove the emotional parts, and let the data speak for itself. One of the first myths Huemer tackles is the gender pay gap, the idea that women earn less than men for the same job.
Huemer told Align: Once we control for clearly relevant variables such as occupation, hours worked, experience, and education, the wage gap disappears. ”
Such claims drive activists into overdrive. Because it's unpleasant. The film challenges the prevailing narrative that American society is an unjust, patriarchal hellscape, and that women are eternal victims of systemic sexism.
When put into context, the gender pay gap does not support melodramatic cries of inequality. In fact, it reveals a more complex picture. In that situation, personal decisions and yes, biology (again, that's a dirty word) play an important role in determining salary.
total nonsense
Then there's the issue of police shootings and systemic racism. Humar is just eager to slaughter the other two sacred cows. This philosopher relies on evidence rather than emotional explanations to accurately debunk this myth. “When you control for crime rates and rates of violence against police officers, police are less likely to shoot and kill black people than white people.”
Let that sink in for a moment.
“This is supported by experimental evidence in simulators that, all other factors held constant, police take longer and make fewer mistakes in shooting black suspects than white suspects. has been shown,” he added.
Progressives often paint a picture of a land where all cops are trigger-happy racists and where black Americans live in constant fear of being shot by police. However, most interactions with police do not end in violence.
Yes, racism exists, but the idea that America is a racist dystopia is a gross exaggeration. for example, 94% of Americans Approving interracial marriage – This statistic tells a much different story than what progressives would like you to believe. If you listened to the media, you would think that “white supremacists” were lurking around every corner, ready to spew racial hatred. But the real America is far more integrated and tolerant than the fatalists would have us believe.
The world is melting!
Huemer also focuses on climate change. Unless you live under a rock on a faraway planet, you're probably familiar with dire warnings like melting ice sheets, rising sea levels, and apocalyptic predictions.
As Huemer points out, “Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez famously claimed that the world would end by 2030 if we didn't address climate change.” Americans surveyed in 2019 38% believed global warming was likely to literally wipe out humanity.
Professor Huemer was quick to debunk this hysteria, pointing out that “these exaggerated claims are coming from political activists, not the scientific community.” Rather, “their predictions about the effects of global warming are much more accurate: for example, mortality rates will increase by a quarter of a percent by mid-century, and by 2100 it will cost 2.5% of global GDP; Sea levels could rise several feet.”
Not great, but certainly not the end of the world.
pigeon politics
Huemer thinks the problem is that people want believe in these myths. they are feel right.
These people crave ideological certainty, even if it is built on a shaky foundation (or no foundation at all). And that's where the real danger lies.
When people become emotionally invested in a story, objective findings become irrelevant. They will stick to any claim, no matter how questionable, if it supports their worldview. Media companies and activists are happy to provide documentation, knowing full well that evidence cannot counter panic.
As it turns out, Huemer's book is more than just a critique of progressive myths. It is also a plea for intellectual honesty. In an age of comfortable lies, his willingness to confront uncomfortable truths is refreshing and, frankly, brave.
No wonder he expects some backlash. “I think I'm going to get a lot of hate mail and personal attacks on the internet,” Huemer said, the casual quip of a man who knows all too well that rational discussion has become rare in an age of polarization. quipped.
He's wise to ignore people he doesn't like. As Huemer knows, arguments with unreasonable people go something like this: play chess with pigeons. No matter how good you are, all you do is knock over your pieces, defecate on the board, and walk around like you've won.
