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Unfortunately this article doesn't penetrate this extremelly important topic. It doesn't arrive anywhere. > Ceaseless change gave birth to liberalism, which, f
by guard-of-terra 10y ago
Unfortunately this article doesn't penetrate this extremelly important topic. It doesn't arrive anywhere.
> Ceaseless change gave birth to liberalism, which, for all the mistakes made in its name, continues to adapt. Despite those mistakes, it remains the best response today.
I mean, seriously? That's proof by assertion.
- akkartik 10y agoIt's the Economist. Quotes like this are par for the course: "..in Iraq and Syria, where what used to be called the civilising hand has proven incapable of stemming the bloodshed." I read it for the data (in this case the stated facts about the book being reviewed) and try to filter out the editorializing.
- ewood 10y agoBefore you get angry, you probably need to read the other 404 pages of the essay.
- iak8god 10y agoThis "article" is a book review. The author of the review is trying in 1200 words to give the reader of this review a sense for what the 400+ page book is about -- not to present a compelling and penetrating argument for any particular point of view.
- guard-of-terra 10y agoThis means I don't like book reviews on HN, that's like paywall but worse.
- joyeuse6701 10y agoit's a book review.