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that isn't to say that this example is directly analogous to what you're talking about, i'm just saying i understand why your professor would want you to start connecting the dots to get from "this is (or is not) coercion" to "this is (or is not) wrong". Student, The way the OP has set this up it seems like a complete
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Anyone read this book, it looks awesome? It was kind of always in the back of my mind to get, but after reading these posts it's jumped up to my "top 10". I think it can be found at places like "Barnes and Nobles" even. 2 interesting blog posts on the book http://www.coordinationproblem.org/ Anyway some thoughts (I haven't
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WTF? Where do you live Texas? I just shovled snow last week.
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Thanks for the posts Conza, I'll be sure to start reading, whatever it is you type, when I find anything you have to say interesting - but being that also means I won't be reading you're posts, I guess that puts me in a little conundrum...go figure!
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I just meant as an institution - and you see fairly "mainstream" people on news and politics (mostly not in the US obviously) advocating for Maxist economic policy by name - that's all I meant. Though, was actual Marxism ever mainstream in Academic economic circles? It seems to me when Marxism was big, there were simply widely accepted
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Supposedly for hooking them up and let them know when to get it on
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Wow, so supposedly they were so passive, reactive, and cared so little about anything they had to rely on Jesuits - the fucking Jesuits - to get it (turn on the Philly soul)..... sexually. interesting to think about this when in relation today. As the the fucking Jesuits are essentially a precursor to any other lefty regime (EU, dems, hell maybe even
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we could eventually justify a political theory This is a major aspect of Marxism (and a lot of other forms of socialism)- the "theory is the praxis". One may even go so far as to say Marxism is almost nothing but some foundational political theory to seize power and let loose people's socialistic urges.
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that is to say emotional and wishful, the concept of "wage slavery" really is I usually don't see it as emotional, but as a sly power play by and for certain people who have power- I have 0 sympathy for people who use that term, and it is usually one of those times where I want to do what Mencken said: rub my hands together, hoist the
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Capital, Expectations, and The Market Pross is a good start: all his works are short essays or short books (Capital and It's Structure and his Macro book). In C,E,,P maybe start with his review of Human Action, or any other essay that strikes your fancy. Other than that there are 2 harder to find essays that could be good starts: From Mises to Shackle