Voxday is intelligent, but he's also human, and he falls into the trappings of his ego, his following has affirmed his self-perceived righteousness and he bleeds snark and pride to stain a pretty good intellectual record. all things being considered, he is closer than 99% of people, and lays out many phenomena in clear ways which contributes to the enlightenment of millions and so is of God. forgive vox for his snark and hypocrisy, for he works harder to save Truth and Love than you and is succeeding. None of the most popular intellectuals are immune from this. the egoic drive which helps them reach the top is difficult to reign+rein in as the ring of power deludes and entraps their worst aspects. JPB is pretty good in this regard but he and vox differ in their assessment of the present. is it too late to prevent mass violence while preserving Love and Liberty? probably but JPB says to try on the individual level anyway and improve yourself. Vox says its far too late and has damned most people to hell. in this way JPB is much closer to christ, unless vox is right and he and his followers just get genocided for trying to be good. I think the best play is to hedge your bets and build the ark which survives the flood but also saves as many of those lost in darkness. this is the best move. aim between radical self preservation and radical redemption/conversion of all variants of your enemies, because perhaps they are one and the same.
