tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post4997568065780287677..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: There is good and bad in everyone...gcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-12477632048896844462013-12-12T10:43:13.574-05:002013-12-12T10:43:13.574-05:00http://voegelinview.com/ev/gorgias_and_pathos.html...http://voegelinview.com/ev/gorgias_and_pathos.htmlgcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-78699282550251678282013-12-12T09:49:59.149-05:002013-12-12T09:49:59.149-05:00What ideologues did Socrates refuse to reason with...What ideologues did Socrates refuse to reason with?Keshav Srinivasanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754620266852651577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-39193570682564468472013-12-12T00:43:17.859-05:002013-12-12T00:43:17.859-05:00"I would love if people would just debate the..."I would love if people would just debate the issue"<br />No, skylien: reasoning with ideologues is impossible. One has to crack the ideological shell. This was discovered by Socrates 2400 years ago.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-23558699860936010542013-12-10T12:31:58.811-05:002013-12-10T12:31:58.811-05:00I am sure quite no one believes that we would sudd...I am sure quite no one believes that we would suddenly live in the land of milk and honey. And your post above doesn't address some ancap copy cats but anarcho capitalism as a whole in its strongest interpretation. Or would you think your criticism above applies to Bob M. or David F. as well?<br /><br />BTW: I mean how often do you criticize the government? You don’t seem to be quite balanced to me either. You merely criticize libertarianism for the most part, although I think that in truth you are agreeing much more with them than with the average democratic or republican voting citizen, even if you don’t like to admit it.<br /><br />Again, you think the government with its monopoly of force is important to keep piece and public order, while ancaps think that is a fallacy. I would love if people would just debate the issue instead of trying to argue how (much more) generally stupid, narrow minded or biased people of the other side of the debate are or whatever other character flaw they should have. That is character assassination or/and looking for easy targets. I am sure there are many easy targets on all sides of the debate, but that doesn't get us any further.<br /><br />“?”<br /><br />http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2013/12/the-real-flaw-in-williamsons-inflation-argument.html#comment-96398<br />;)<br />skylienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08160738385436843080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-63420296991559290162013-12-09T15:13:51.650-05:002013-12-09T15:13:51.650-05:00"However I do think you make the other revers..."However I do think you make the other reverse mistake of thinking that anarcho capitalists think that all evil and problems come from the state. "<br /><br />See my update: many of them essentially think that. I will admit not 100%.<br /><br />"I didn’t mention pump priming..."<br /><br />?gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-55958193888294117582013-12-09T02:38:32.856-05:002013-12-09T02:38:32.856-05:00"Of course I don't make the mistake of th..."Of course I don't make the mistake of thinking that there is no evil in government, and no good in private enterprise. That would just be the anarcho-capitalist mistake in reverse, wouldn't it?"<br /><br />No I don't think that you make that “reverse” mistake. However I do think you make the other reverse mistake of thinking that anarcho capitalists think that all evil and problems come from the state. Hence ascribing to them a view of oversimplification, while the one you have is well belanced and realistic. This mistake I think is done on both sides.<br /><br />Both sides think that, given the human heart as it is, a certain institutional set up maximizes well-being and is the only one morally justifiable for whatever reasons. I really don’t think that it serves anything if we try to generally paint the view of either side as narrow minded naïve view of the world. Guys like you and many or most anarcho capitalists have studied tons of literature and thought hard about it over years, and therefore didn’t develop their views of the world easily. It would be good to respect that by not acting as if they are just mindlessly following a new fad.<br /><br />Please note: I didn’t mention pump priming or anything related.<br />skylienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08160738385436843080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-24012883351675927182013-12-08T17:48:22.085-05:002013-12-08T17:48:22.085-05:00I'd say the mistake with any ideology is relat...I'd say the mistake with any ideology is related to the extent to which it ascribes blame for evil to ANY single thing, or posits a utopia if that thing (or even many things) are remedied.<br /><br />I'm an anarchist not because I think eliminating the state will bring about a perfect society but because:<br /><br />1) I expect that it would bring about a better society; and<br /><br />2) I doubt that it could bring about a worse one.Thomas L. Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271473384378782680noreply@blogger.com