Message from @halfthink
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He wrote about Rand?
He discusses her quite a bit.
He seems concrete bound
I might check him out eventually to larger extent
Does he every advocate for a morality for capitalism?
Read him. You won't be disappointed.
interesting that that book is free to read lol
Damn
Everything in the Mises library is free.
This guy is better than I expected from someone who's not an Objectivist
Hes still concrete bound though
What isn't concrete-bound?
Ayn Rand saw the events and the ideas and why they happened and could pinpoint the exact philosophical problems
Same with Peikoff
All of those gay people who marched for gay marriage couldn't accomplish shit! Why is it legal now? Because people made a law against it, and it was brought to court and found to be unconstitutional. The unintended consequences are what undermines our country.
Objectivists would probs prefer Rothbard over Mises.
Why is Donald Trump president? Because the leftists continued to insult people and shut them out. Trump gave them a voice.
Trump is president because we rejected principles
Hes a pragmatist
The swing of the pendulum, and the backlash against any force will nearly always end up reversing progress.
Of course pragmatism is the result of Kant's attack on reason more specifically existence, identity, and consciousness
Build the iron curtain.
Sounds like a misreading of kant tbh.
No, its not
Have you never talked to a Skeptic before?
Did you read kant, or just hear about his views from a leftist?
Yes, I have read some of his stuff
Kant didnt go all the way but he opened the way to it
Good discussion gents. I really have to get back to my studies. My autodidactic side is conflicting with my procrastinating side.
@halfthink Have you read any philosophers?
You never answered my question unless I skimmed over your answer
Yes.
Which ones?
Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Mises, Rothbard, Hoppe are some.
Others too, but not whole books.
I wouldn't count any of the Hegelians or postmodernists as philosophers, but I have read some of those too.
Hegel was a philosopher
Nah. Hegel was noise.
What do you mean?