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So, I've been reading critical theory for a while now. Why does it sound like a whole bunch of whining about nothing? It seems to be a bunch of writings complaining that life isn't fair because hierarchical structures exist, and trying to delegitimize the hierarchical structures one doesn't like, all the while ignoring those one agrees with.
Can someone point me to critical theory books that make sense, or is it all basically like this?

Why do they criticize family structures as patriarchal and oppressive due to their power Dynamics, while ignoring the disproportionate power women have in the reproductive process?
Why do they criticize assigning gender as being oppressive, while ignoring the fact that for a child to choose their gender is a form of tyranny in of itself Because what a child perceived to be reality, and thus perceives oneself, is inherently "oppressive" because it's built on an infinite numbers of contingencies controlled by it's parents? Therefore, a child cannot possibly determine ones gender independently.
So many questions about why this horse shit is taken seriously. It literally seems to be a rationalization of what the writer already wants to be true 90% of the time.

>> No.15725049

>>15725041
What books of critical theory did you read? It seems to be a pretty loose label.

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>>15725049
How is any of this taken seriously?

>> No.15725127

>>15725041
>the disproportionate power women have in the reproductive process?
found the incel

>> No.15725134

>>15725041
Critical theory of this nature is the result of universities and institutions of academia whose entire ethos is one of auto-fellatio on an intellectual micro pens that grows increasingly smaller every year. If it looks fallacious, smells fallacious, it probably is fallacious. Auto-fallacious.

The issue is that the smart people go into high paying jobs or just drop out and an hero and the result is an academic economy filled entirely by pseuds, such as myself, and this perpetuates this kind of unilaterally agreed upon social theory within these institutions which is then injected into the wider culture and also influences the new students coming in, hence ‘woke’ culture.

>> No.15725136

>>15725127
found the faggot

>> No.15725155

>>15725127
I'm not the same guy, but don't you know that women are more selective? It's a plain and simple fact.

>> No.15725162

>>15725134
>universities and institutions of academia whose entire ethos is one of auto-fellatio on an intellectual micro pens that grows increasingly smaller every year.
Their purpose is vetting and training the workforce, and their goal is to push it to the left forcing all business entities to do the same.

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>>15725127
Seethe more, simp faggot.
Like I said, you people only criticize power when it doesn't benefit you.

>> No.15725178

>>15725127
>>the disproportionate power women have in the reproductive process?
this is something almost any intelligent individual could discern without having actually read a single book in their entire life. it's something that's so prevalant in the animal kingdom that it's impossible to ignore. stop being a flamboyant faggot and use that brain of yours to try and figure out why they have disproportionate power in the reproductive process, and then maybe you'll have the adequate comprehension to realize that no one said this was a bad thing.

>> No.15725185

>>15725127
found the onion boi

>> No.15725201

>>15725041
>I am not successful in the existing hierarchy system
>I will devise a system to undermining all existing hierarchy system foundations
>Any accusations against the validity of my system only further the validity of my system within the context of my system
>"I'm right because you're saying I'm wrong"
>System will eventually morph to attack itself
>Will prove itself right by being attacked by itself
Critical theory and post modern frameworks are self-approving by the standards of themselves. There is no higher state to reach, and no consensus for how to have a logical discussion that is agreed upon by any metric, because any conceivable metric by which to hold it to a standard will be put into question for validity. There is no objective measure for validation. It is a free for all with some basic rules:
1. All is subjective
2. There is no justification to choose a metric by which to form any legitimate hierarchy
3. Any attempt to interact with another conscious actor is purely a power move to assert dominance in an arbitrary hierarchy.
4. I'm very smart

>> No.15725225

>>15725162
Vetting a training requires a metric to determine who is fit to work and who isn't: a.k.a. and oppressive hierarchy

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>> No.15725240

>>15725225
I think they’d consider it a “just” hierarchy.

>> No.15725242

>>15725177
>criticizes a power structure when it doesn't benefit him
Damn OP you talking in circles

>> No.15725245

>>15725155
He's just seething because he has a retardedly childish view of what motivates women.

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>>15725136
>>15725155
>>15725177
>>15725178
>>15725185
NOOOOOOOOOOO WOMEN CANT DECIDE ANYTHING FOR THEMSELVES DISPROPORTIONATE POWER NOOOO MY ANIMAL KINGDOM MY BIOLOGY NOOOOOOOOO

>> No.15725267

>>15725201
I blame Hegel.

>> No.15725285

>>15725265
where in my post >>15725178 did I say women can't decide anything for themselves?

>> No.15725301

>>15725265
Women have always chosen who breeds and who doesn't, retard. I'm not even criticizing that. I'm questioning why CRITICAL THEORISTS never criticize it as a form of oppression on behalf of the less fortunate males of our species.
It's obvious to me that they don't criticize it because it furthers female power in society. They only use critical theory to attack male power

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>>15725041
Do you want a prostitute, a pity fuck, or a miserable marriage? Nobody is going to reward sex to you, I don't know what you want to hear.

>> No.15725319

>>15725127
yikes
this is in my opinion exactly the opposite indicator, as in you have to know that women are more selective to get laid as some of us have

>> No.15725670

>>15725127
"I don't want this pregnancy, so I'm going to abort," said the man.

>> No.15725784

>>15725265
This

>> No.15725835

>>15725041
Logic is Eurocentric and oppressive. Just because you can make objections to something doesn't mean it isn't valid to the people it actually has to deal with, you know, the ones not philosophizing from an armchair in their mother's basement?

>> No.15725903

>>15725835
My lived experience is science deniers are idiots.

>> No.15726151

>>15725240
Define "they". Then define who is not "they".

>> No.15726170

This is some Jordan Peterson tier shit.

>> No.15726217

Bitching about hierarchies is just bitching that /myguys/ arent in charge