I've never met anyone so dumb as to claim the fact that the Second
International did *no* thinking about what society would look like
after the revolution played a role in opening the way for Stalin.
Until now...
>>>I have not been a part of this thread and tend to generally avoid these
kinds of discussions. I also don't know Brad. But I think this kind of
insulting, patronizing and arrogant remark is totally out of line, whoever
it is aimed at. When I was a graduate student at Berkeley, I was struck by
how common this style of rhetoric was, especially among members of the
economics department. "Look how smart I am by saying you are dumb." A
number of preceptive observers of elite academia (sorry, don't have the
cites at my figure tips) have comments on how many of personalities in
academia (especially those who have spent all there life on the graduate
school - professorship sequence) have infantisized personalities. Maybe
it's time to grow-up.
