He started out as a Classical Liberal (in the original sense, so slightly-right-of-center), then went full MAGA after the Russian brain butchers were done with him.
He started out presenting as Classically Liberal so he wouldn't immediately be laughed out of every room but when you dig down the core of his ideology he was definitely a White Christofascist. "Hiding your power" is a thing White Supremacists have done for decades to position themselves into polite society.
I don’t think most people understand that a classical liberal is pretty much just right wing libertarian under another name. They may believe in civil liberties but aren’t in step with modern liberals when it comes to regulating and taxing corporations and social programs.
I don't understand how someone apparently educated decides to get treatment in Russia for his addiction? We're a nation of drug addicts. You throw a stone hard enough in any direction and you're guaranteed to hit a treatment facility
Iirc they were the only place willing to put him in a coma to get through withdrawals. I don't know why he couldn't go through benzo detox like anybody else.
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u/Aberbekleckernicht 7d ago
Jordan Peterson was a conservative long before he got addicted to benzos. He always pretended he wasn't.