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I just got through Abundance by Ezra Klein and thoroughly enjoyed it.
by chasenjohnson 10mo ago
I just got through Abundance by Ezra Klein and thoroughly enjoyed it.
- antinomicus 10mo agoDo you believe in his ideas? I think the abundist philosophy is a fake moustache and a coat of paint on third way neoliberalism, which has proven time and again to have utterly failed as a political strategy in our current era. Ezra Klein’s ideas mostly feel tired, recycled, boring, outdated, and rudderless. We need true labor reform in this country, not less regulations and more trust in “altruistic developers”.
- tptacek 10mo agoPretty rude response, right?
- sloaken 10mo agoIt is an opinion. Interestingly because of that opinion I am actually looking at the book. At least reading the Wiki summary.
- tptacek 10mo agoThe original commenter answered the question of the thread: "here's a book I'm reading". They got in response a screed about "neoliberal" politics. That the response is wrong is besides the point: it was a really rude way to respond to someone recommending a book. The civil and productive way to write that response would have been to recommend in addition another, countervailing book.
- worldsavior 10mo agoHe's trying to have discussion, who are you to tell people how to communicate?
- tptacek 10mo agoSure, it's just a totally different conversation than what the thread's about, and a super rude one. I'm not the boss of him, but I guess I get to have off-topic conversations too. "Next time, on book recommendation threas, recommend another book, instead of writing a screed about how bad the politics of some other book are."
- worldsavior 10mo agoIt's an opportunity to discuss, should he create a new thread to discuss this book and maybe the same person will see this thread? Kinda weird, especially when this doesn't hurt anyone.
- bluecheese452 10mo agoHis comment was way less rude and way more productive than your comment.
- tptacek 10mo agoAgree to disagree.
- bluecheese452 10mo agoRude