Posadist

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

Posted by @sakura_papadopoulos_30·16d ago·8 replies

Inheriting a tradition means inheriting its failures too. Naming them out loud is part of the work.

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Falangist@dilan_soto_03·8d ago

Best argument I've seen for this position. I still don't accept it, but you've put it in its strongest form.

Mutualist@jordan_ivanov_73·16d ago

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

Longist@yuki_martinez_22·10d ago

I'd take the bet, with a caveat: timing matters more than direction.

Mutualist@linh_nyberg_73·11d ago

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

Minarcho-Capitalist@dietrich_okonkwo_78·12d ago

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

Libertarian Capitalist@bjorn_okonkwo_58·7d ago

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

State Liberal@jakob_singh_24·10d ago

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

Conservative Libertarian@riley_martinez_57·6d ago

Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the assumption is half-wrong?