Upstream by Alfred Regenery is a history of Conservatism the US.
Very informative, occasionally dry, but generally a good read.
Very informative, occasionally dry, but generally a good read.
Then we should stop developing all technology. Everywhere. Right now. Agreed?Whether they intended to help with the "Final Solution" or not, the fact that their technology helped make it the most efficient attempt at extermination in history isn't really a question AFAIK.
I'd love to continue this discussion, but this isn't the place. Maybe it will come up in a more appropriate thread.No. I never said that. Why do people have such trouble discussing things without resorting to ridiculous hyperbole?
I'd love to continue this discussion, but this isn't the place. Maybe it will come up in a more appropriate thread.
I assume you are a big fan of Edwin Black...or is that more ridiculous hyperbole?
[Amartya Sen's] hero is Adam Smith: not the Smith of free-market legend, but the father of political economy who grasped the force of moral constraint and the value of sociability. To encapsulate the shift in attitude that Mr Sen has sought to bring about, ethics and economics are to be seen as Smith saw them: not two subjects, but one.