tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post1248920520662136293..comments2023-10-30T01:52:04.961-07:00Comments on Miniver Cheevy: Informed radicalism and Korman's LawJonathan Kormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06249159323930786199noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-64190971237184670352015-01-25T13:26:50.932-08:002015-01-25T13:26:50.932-08:00Indeed, Dorian, that reminds me of John C Wright&#...Indeed, Dorian, that reminds me of John C Wright's telling of <a href="http://www.scifiwright.com/2013/06/on-politics-part-six-barbarism-oppression-tyranny/" rel="nofollow">a similar tale.</a>Jonathan Kormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249159323930786199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-85708021477372268242015-01-25T12:43:24.607-08:002015-01-25T12:43:24.607-08:00Reminds me of Kling's "three languages of...Reminds me of <a href="http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2013/06/kling_on_the_th.html" rel="nofollow">Kling's "three languages of politics"</a>:<br /><br />* Liberals are worried about oppression<br />* Conservatives are worried about barbarism<br />* Libertarians are worried about coercion<br /><br />…and as such they often speak across purposes.Dorian Taylorhttp://doriantaylor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-2024750242852241162014-04-11T08:10:43.787-07:002014-04-11T08:10:43.787-07:00Activists are not necessarily more informed.Activists are not necessarily more informed.stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105782520431757380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-92022954898424885472013-12-01T16:26:36.948-08:002013-12-01T16:26:36.948-08:00A radical without a strong understanding of demand...A radical without a strong understanding of demand side economics is an idiot.<br /> <br />Understanding Shermer's The Believing Brain is a prerequisite to trying to deal with radicals of any type from fundamentalists to anarchists.<br /> <br />But in general your title is an oxymoron. Radicals have the TRUTH.™ Information is dysfunctional and repressed. An informed radical is an activist.J'Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11811626573349505654noreply@blogger.com