Why is modern philosophy so terrible?

>>3283557
>"This [entry-level philosophy] is extremely vital in these times..."
>"In this post-truth era..."
>"In a time when we are meant to believe "alternative facts"...."
>"This movie/book/etc about totalitarianism/censorship is sadly relevant today..."
I've never came across academic philosophical articles starting like this, want to post any examples from a journal or something?

Do we drink water because we need it in order to survive, or is water a social construct?

>>3283562

https://iainews.iai.tv/articles/why-we-must-reclaim-truth-to-resist-fascism-and-evil-auid-871?access=ALL?utmsource=reddit

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>>3283569
Fuck off with this low-effort bait. This is from a retirement address by a no-name professor from a no-name university.

Further, if you think that the political zeitgeist of the modern day has any bearing on the merits of philosophy, congrats on missing the point. Good philosophy should be universal, regardless if it was written today or if it was written 2000 years ago. It should be based on logic that is independent of opinion or political leaning.

Do yourself a favor and read the Greeks, because it's clear you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

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>>3283595
Best response I've read on this board in a long time. Thanks anon.

>>3283641
star wars is so disgusting

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>The Philosophy of (insert flavor-of-the-month NERD POWER show/movie)
>Basic philosophy that a third-grader could point out combined with kewl pop-culture references XD

>>3283595
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>>3283562
Prepare to rage at this psued nonsense.
It's such fucking pop sci circle jerking I can even understand it. Fucking philososhit amirite?
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=27324998B4007A796185C639FBD1BF68?doi=10.1.1.136.674&rep=rep1&type=pdf

>misunderstanding Plato based upon introductory classes that only read two books of the Republic while the Professor tells people what to believe about them
>the "nerd" pop-culture concept of Nietzsche
>the misuse of "Epicurean" and misunderstanding Epicureanism and the concepts of Hedonism at large

>>3283876
Academia is just overstuffed at this moment because universities can bloat their departments up with useless normies because other useless normies take out massive personal loans to give the schools unlimited amounts of money without questioning it

Academia has just become a refuge for useless people that are too scared to leave the school environments they've been encompassed in since their childhood

>>3283954
The funny thing is I linked good philosophy

>>3283959
this is technically philology though

>>3283971
How so?
It seems like run of the mill analytical philosophy to me.