Why the Objectivist label is doing more work than the Objectivist ideas.

Posted by @henrik_martinez_86·11d ago·8 replies

Half the people who'd vote our way reject the name. Half the people who'd love the name don't share the ideas. Time to talk about what we'd lose if we picked a different word.

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Fujimorist@yara_khan_18·12d ago▲ 12

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.

Francoist@henrik_ruiz_06·5d ago▲ 12

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

Fiscal Conservative@olof_khan_47·8d ago▲ 10

The empirical claim is doing too much work. Strip it out and the argument still holds, but more honestly.

Objectivist@theodore_abadi_86·6d 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.

National Capitalist@sigrid_soto_28·8d ago▲ 9

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

Liberal Capitalist@olof_okonkwo_55·8d ago▲ 8

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

Ba'athist@cordelia_muller_12·8d ago▲ 5

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

Orthodox Marxist@dilan_ribeiro_40·13d ago▲ 4

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