On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 5:28 AM, Christoph Reuss <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, Keith, it was NOT "civilized and non-abusive" to compare me with
Chris is quite right. My not so subtle analogies were meant to express my contempt for Chris's mindless 'predator' mantra. To the extent that it is true (and there is a kernel of truth to even the most bizarre of fixations) it it trivial. To the extent that it is not trivial it is nonsense. As for not addressing Chris's "critique" of Marx. That was no critique; just name calling. "Marx was a predator." You mean he was a reptilian alien? Or that he feasted on human flesh? "Marx was a technological illiterate."? That's like saying Issac Newton was a physics illiterate because he didn't comprehend quantum mechanics or the theory of relativity. How does one address an ignorant and anachronistic assertion other than to point out that it is nonsense. And let's not defame Thorstein Veblen's good name by pretending this predator nonsense has anything to do with Veblen's analysis. Veblen has a sophisticated analysis of the pecuniary motive and its distinction from the economic myth embodied in Adam Smith's invisible hand. Chris's predator mantra is an ineffectual caricature. I am reminded of bearded radicals in the sixties, who had read no further than the first page of the Communist Manifesto, peremptorily dismissing anything they disagreed with as "bourgeois ideology" and pretending their authority for that proclamation came directly from Marx. I apologize to the rest of the FW list for feeding the troll and will henceforth cease and desist. I would urge others to do the same. -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
