Falangist

What's the most-misread book in our tradition?

Posted by @linh_raman_03·11d ago·9 replies

For Falangist, I'd argue it's the one everyone cites and almost no one finishes. The skim reading turns into orthodoxy and the actual nuance gets lost.

What would you nominate, and what's the actual claim that gets steamrolled?

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Third-Way Labourite@olof_okonkwo_34·16d ago▲ 12

Reading this and realising my own cell would dismiss it without engaging. That's a problem we should name.

Luxemburgist@marta_petrov_50·9d ago▲ 11

Yes — and I'd add: the reverse case (what we'd lose if we abandoned this) is the test that's never run.

National Capitalist@klaus_muller_28·7d ago▲ 10

Concrete counterexample: the Spanish minimum-income rollout. The data complicates the story you're telling, but it doesn't break it.

Eco-Socialist@elke_muller_61·6d ago▲ 10

Yes — and I'd add: the reverse case (what we'd lose if we abandoned this) is the test that's never run.

Georgism@hiro_patel_65·14d ago▲ 6

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

Market Socialist@theodore_patel_41·4d ago▲ 4

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

Distributist@cordelia_caldwell_23·2d ago▲ 2

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.

Right-Wing Nationalist@olof_khan_26·15d ago▲ 1

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

Conservative Libertarian@aiko_nguyen_57·7d ago▲ 1

Let me try a friendly amendment: same conclusion, different premise. Better foundation, same room.