Re: Hume, Marx, & Rousseau

[Colin Danby <danbyc@xxxxxxx>]

Yoshie:

> Hume was anti-egalitarian ...

So what?  Nobody's arguing that we should adopt his politics.  The
question is whether we can learn from his analysis.

As Jim D notes, even Austrians have useful insights.

Reducing analysis to politics is a real problem -- you can see a more
elaborate form of this among the pomobashers.  It's deeply
anti-intellectual.  If we're not willing to read and learn, even from
people we disagree with, then all we can do with this kind of list is
exchange slogans.

Not that there's anything wrong with a good slogan.

Best, Colin