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On 2016-08-03 08:01, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Since the factual claims of political correctness
are often actually incorrect, and the norms are often odious to
most reasonable people, political correctness is potentially
harmful. Since it was accepted by power elites worldwide, the
harms are in fact widespread and hard to escape from.</div>
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Note that this has nearly always been the case: when an ideological
orthodoxy becomes entrenched, it seldom becomes entrenched because
it is true but because of other appeals or practical reasons. The
harmful intellectual effects are the same. (Ob ref: Hayek, "The
Intellectuals and Socialism")<br>
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<div>Lack of ideological diversity among elites, the almost
complete takeover of positions of power by politically
correct cadres in a number of countries, is therefore a
major flaw of the current global political system.</div>
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What periods or places have shown ideological diversity among
elites?<br>
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Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University</pre>
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