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For years Mr. Peterson has criticised people as being Marxists but didn't read the Communist Manifesto until about two weeks ago. I'm not sure he's best positioned to offer commentary on complex topics like this one.

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That is a lie. He said he read it in preparation, because he hadn't read it in a while.

Peterson clearly has no idea what Marxism actually is, outside of the boogeyman created in his head. He proved so in the 'debate'.

When questioned directly about what Marxists he believed represented what he's characterising, he couldn't name a single one. This lends more evidence and fact to the pile of facts that demonstrate he has no clue what he's talking about.

If Peterson is not of your like, you could still take a look at some of the papers and studies referenced in the article from credible sources[1][2], before drawing conclusions from an unrelated subject (whether or not he read the Communist Manifesto).

[1] http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6412/eaas9899

[2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188691...

Considering that academic rigour is at stake - given we need to trust he's made a rigorous survey of the academic consensus surrounding this topic - it is a very related subject.

Given that none of these papers prove that women are better or worse at programming than men, perhaps you can demonstrate your academic rigour to me, too?

Then who is? Ben shaprio?

Both are hacks.

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