Is intellectual discourse really just shitposting using fancy words?

No, you're thinking of academia qua profession.

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>>479866
no it is fancyposting about useless shit

>>479866
Clearly. See Diogenes

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>>479866
Was that on purpose btw?

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Yes, that's why believing you are descended from Hyperborian Aryans from Atlantis is no less valid than believing in the class struggle or the Idea of Progress.

Yes, as is all discourse

>>479885
Aren't classes a social construct?

>>479931
They didn't exist until the 19th century

>>479885

P much, but you also have to recognize that the truth is not always effective or life preserving, so being fucking insane is not always an incorrect action.

>>479866
Just take a look at this board

>>479866
intellectual discourse is a subjective judgement so pretty much yeah.