> but whenever people use the historical evidence to determine things like how well different economic systems behave, for example, all of a sudden a lot of peo

> but whenever people use the historical evidence to determine things like how well different economic systems behave, for example, all of a sudden a lot of people get very angry I mean, I tend to agree here with the straw man! That's why, for example, when arguing against commonwealth planning, one can't point at the Soviet Union as an example. One instead has to start from epistemology[1]! Then, folks don't respond with anger, they respond with glazed eyes. [1] https://cdn.mises.org/economic_calculation_in_the_socialist_commonwealth.pdf https://cdn.mises.org/economic_calculation_in_the_socialist_...