Stick to fucking astrophysics

Also Ana Kasparian, having called Rubin an "intellectual lightweight", now wants to debate him https://twitter.com/AnaKasparian/status/1032009839709278208

the strange thing about truth is that it can be right even from two totally different kinds of angles. so it demands that it get to be free and it up to the person that see it if it is true or not

and Ministry of Truths thends to end up as Ministry of Lies

Yeah it's a terrible idea that shows a fundamental misunderstanding of government. As soon as the wrong people are put in charge of this so called Ministry of Truth, it won't be fitting of its name any more.

Why do you think scientists are so attracted to socialism?

low understanding of it sosial impact. a lot of smart people cant human very well

witch is strange as under socialism the science tends to stop all up, and they end up relying on stealing from capitalistic nations

Scientists probably like socialism because they are good with systems and they like systems, but not knowing much about politics or economics they mistakenly believe that a planned economy is a good idea.

tl;dr - They're scientists, not people

It doesn't really matter what else you know, if you don't know at least some of the basics about economics, you're only lucky if you happen to support the policies which would actually be beneficial.

Studying economics changes peoples political opinions more than any other field of study.

are not economics the field with most conservative people in it?

Pretty much, conservative and libertarian.

Which in my opinion are the two political ideologies worth debating between.

and it said if you want to make a person conservative over night, make him rich

yea I lean as a right leaning liberteran. I want freedom to do what ever I want reasonable inside the law and that my government dont spend my tax money like a drunk sailor on shore leave

You've got Mises and Cato, both Libertarian think tanks full of economists

You see any socialist think tanks full of economists?

kenyesians aren't economists
change my mind

most of the socialist think tanks I have seen is full of hippes and delusinal dreamers that have not been outside since 1976

Conservatives and libertarians just disagree on things like military interventionism, military spending, military deterrents, trade, and social liberalism. Probably either system would sustain a society just fine but the debate is about which would be best to promote freedom.

Oh, I guess I should include immigration if we're including all the libertarians.

This is an excerpt from a really good talk on the disparities of opinion between Economists and the general public https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du2TTDEb5AY

@Fitzydog there are think tanks with economists in them

As @Deleted User says, Keynesians aren't real economists lol

Well

why is that?

What's wrong with Keynesianism?

They think you can plan an economy. It's essentially socialism wrapped in mathematics, to try and get what they want

Keynesian theory is valid and proven

though not *planning* the economy, it is more of "jumpstarting" it

Keynesians believe that the economy is demand driven, and that using government expenditure you increase said demand

Ehh....

> theory
> proven

bruh

I'm a fan of Austrian economics, tbh

Makes the most sense

I think a mix of keynes and Hayek would make the most sense

Internal free trade with government spending where it is nessesary

And some protectionist measures internationally

@Thomas the Sowell Train [USA] FDR's New Deal, though before Keynes published his *General Theory of Labour, Interest and Money* showed how important government intervention could be, in a time dominated by classical and austrian economics

the latter theories, being the reason the economy went bust