Falangist

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

Posted by @linh_raman_03·13d 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_34·18d ago

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

Luxemburgist@marta_petrov_50·12d ago

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_28·9d ago

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_61·8d ago

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_65·17d ago

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

Market Socialist@theodore_patel_41·7d ago

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

Distributist@cordelia_caldwell_23·5d ago

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_26·17d ago

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

Conservative Libertarian@aiko_nguyen_57·10d ago

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