Thread by @rogerahicks

#SocialScience in general & #PoliticalScience in particular are failing SOCIETY & civilisation itself, because, in overreaction to the evils of Nazism, they lost their way, or rather, they failed to find it, & are thus now leading us towards a precipice.

https://twitter.com/rogerahicks/status/1315648258358812674?s=20

It is not too late for the present generation of social science academics to correct the mistakes made by their predecessors. But first they have to recognise them.

In a misconceived, knee-jerk, #NeverAgain response to the Nazis having manipulated & abused German tribalism for their own evil purposes, human tribalism itself was demonised, which is like demonising male sexuality for its role in rape.

This was madness.

But madness with method to it, for it was quickly weaponised by #BigBrother as an instrument of sociopolitical rewards, intimidation & control.

We need to understand human tribalism, so that we can learn how to control & harness it for good, rather than for evil.

#SocialScienceAcademia is modern, secular heir & counterpart of the medieval church, more interested in controlling society, than in understanding it, but social scientists themselves fail to recognise this.

I'm not attacking, but trying to educate them.