The fundamental error of the Enlightenment and humanism is the adherence to the Kantian imperative. This quasi-religious dualism of good and evil. This belief that we can achieve a state in which everyone acts rationally. That's where all the madness we have to endure today comes from. This magical world of words and symbols that supposedly bring about good or evil and therefore have to be banished or constantly retrieved. This fear of those who think differently, it is considered "good" not to accept the opinion of others. This complete ignorance of dialectics. Dialectics is the recognition of permanent contradiction. We have to negotiate everything over and over again. There is no other way! Those who cross the boundaries, even in the "bad", are the ones who constantly adjust and calibrate society. They should be honoured and taken seriously and not hunted down and burned at the stake like a crazy medieval pitchfork mob... #kant #philosophy #dialectics #ethics