I think you have to assess the work of intellectuals in full context to determine what responsibility they have. Sometimes it's like recognizing that all Marxist-Lennist states seem to turn out really badly and the problem goes back to the theory. And sometimes its like Charles Manson telling his followers that The White Album has hidd…
I think you have to assess the work of intellectuals in full context to determine what responsibility they have. Sometimes it's like recognizing that all Marxist-Lennist states seem to turn out really badly and the problem goes back to the theory. And sometimes its like Charles Manson telling his followers that The White Album has hidden messages about race wars.
On the broader issue of liberalism, it's a strange political philosophy. It sets some broad parameters and then lets people figure out the rest themselves. When people are up for it, it's really amazing. Millions of imaginations at work in ways great and small. But it also means that sometimes people make lots of bad choices that shouldn't be crimes and that's just not the way human beings think historically There's always a temptation to create a world that generates all of our preferences.. And I don't think it's wrong to wish things came out differently: better culture, more forests, whatever. But you can't always get your way with everything. And the system where you get everything you want always seem to be run by people with preferences for gulags and concentration camps.
I think you have to assess the work of intellectuals in full context to determine what responsibility they have. Sometimes it's like recognizing that all Marxist-Lennist states seem to turn out really badly and the problem goes back to the theory. And sometimes its like Charles Manson telling his followers that The White Album has hidden messages about race wars.
On the broader issue of liberalism, it's a strange political philosophy. It sets some broad parameters and then lets people figure out the rest themselves. When people are up for it, it's really amazing. Millions of imaginations at work in ways great and small. But it also means that sometimes people make lots of bad choices that shouldn't be crimes and that's just not the way human beings think historically There's always a temptation to create a world that generates all of our preferences.. And I don't think it's wrong to wish things came out differently: better culture, more forests, whatever. But you can't always get your way with everything. And the system where you get everything you want always seem to be run by people with preferences for gulags and concentration camps.