Liberal institutions across WEIRD society are going through an ideological coup set in motion by philosopher activists. Observing these organisations succumb to teleological capture I’m reminded of the Cuckoo. Thread.

A Cuckoo lays its egg in the nest of another species. In this analogy, a postmodern activist is employed by a liberal organisation. Like a Cuckoo egg, the postmodern worldview looks enough like the liberal one for it to go unnoticed. 2/6

The postmodern activist's worldview, much like the Cuckoo, is designed to extirpate competition. Other perspectives are by default immoral & colleagues are shamed into conversion, silencing themselves, or leaving the organisation. 3/6

The Cuckoo has evolved a begging call that makes it appear in distress, which manipulates the host bird to keep pace with its rapid growth rate. Similarly, the PA will appeal to deeply held moral instincts of care & fairness by overstating the urgency of their cause. 4/6

Statistics will be manipulated, emotional appeals will be made, & specially designed arguments from academic activists will be deployed to induce feelings of guilt & shame until resources are diverted from the organisations core functions. https://bit.ly/34hL5dh  . 5/6

Eventually what you're left with is a shell organisation that has diverted its attention from its primary functions to the cultural engineering enterprise of philosopher activists. 6/6