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

Paleo-Libertarian@yuki_soto_68·6d ago

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

Libertarian Capitalist@pablo_raman_58·6d ago

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

Civic Conservative@sofie_tanaka_25·15d ago

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

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

Classical Marxist@olof_cohen_60·2d ago

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

Your second paragraph contradicts your first — or am I misreading?