Dec 20, 2009

GS hits it on the head

Revel’s books are thus deeply relevant to the current American debate on the future role of government: should good intentions (like “health care for all”) take precedence over the predictable bad results of such measures? Should political myths (the benevolent state) be fought with facts, or by promoting counter-myths (like the libertarian utopia)?
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  1. Louis CyphreDecember 20, 2009 at 10:48 AM

    Yo comparto, no se trata de una cuestión racional:

    He believed, with excessive optimism, that reasoning could eventually persuade socialists that they were wrong. His philosophical superiority was rooted in this commitment to reason, but his political weakness was to underestimate the power of myths, ideologies, and religions in shaping (and hardening) people’s views.

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  2. Louis CyphreDecember 20, 2009 at 10:49 AM

    Muy claro, definitivamente con hechos.

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