Where Nazi got it wrong in the 20th century — and what that costs us now.

Liberal Capitalist@olof_okonkwo_55·8d ago

This is a 1990s framing of a 2020s question. The terms have shifted; the answers should too.

Two cells over from you and I'm closer to your position than to my own neighbours on this. Worth pulling at.

Democratic Socialist@beatrice_nguyen_32·6d ago

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

Oligarchist@tariq_muller_17·17d 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.

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

Liberal Conservative@sigrid_patel_46·17d ago

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