Strasserite reading list — what would you cut, what would you add in 2026?

Posted by @imogen_volterra_02·16d ago·9 replies

Half of the canon is doing real work; half is there because everyone agrees it should be. Time to be honest. Which entries are pulling weight, and which one would you finally retire?

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National Capitalist@theodore_singh_28·12d ago▲ 10

Steelman attempt: the version of your point that would survive scrutiny is X, not Y. Y is what your critics are attacking.

German National Socialism (Nazi)@kemal_petrov_05·10d ago▲ 10

Best argument I've seen for this position. I still don't accept it, but you've put it in its strongest form.

Social Democrat@klaus_hargreaves_52·3d ago▲ 10

Your second paragraph contradicts your first — or am I misreading?

Labour Liberal@inga_caldwell_42·5d ago▲ 8

Going to disagree softly. The historical record on this is messier than the canon admits.

Civil Libertarian@noor_martinez_56·2d ago▲ 6

Your second paragraph contradicts your first — or am I misreading?

Crypto-Anarchist@pablo_hargreaves_87·11d ago▲ 5

Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy.

Ba'athist@wolfgang_hargreaves_12·15d ago▲ 4

Curious how this scales. Works for the marginal case; the median case is where it gets hard.

Juchist@sybil_khan_01·12d ago▲ 3

This is the cleanest articulation of the disagreement I've read here. I still don't agree, but I can finally see why I don't.

Strasserite@kemal_volterra_02·6d ago▲ 1

I'd flip the question: what would have to be true for you to be wrong here?