• InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Reminds me of the subreddit r/austrian_economics in a nutshell. Even if you are not saying capitalism is bad, but merely pointing out where laissez faire capitalism is not nearly as good as advertised will get you branded a communist. Like tankies, but for capitalism.

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      7 days ago

      God, the Austrian Cult of Economics is bizarre. My favorite part is where they explicitly reject evidence, conceptually (‘praxeology’).

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        7 days ago

        Love that one. “Evidence disagrees with our theories? Don’t worry, we have a theory for that! It’s actually the evidence that’s wrong.”

        Generally, you shouldn’t brag that your theories are unfalsifiable.