I still kek at Frederick the Great and Neocameralism being mentioned non-ironically together @outsideness
@soapjackal Seems to me it's the idea of a modernizing absolutism that attracts him to Fred's Prussia in the first place. ...
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@Outsideness Fred created the cameralists as the first point of irony. The second is that the cameralists were frauds with pretensions.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Outsideness 'modernizing absolutism' no need to modernize. Although I get your point. -
@soapjackal 'Modernize' Prussian-style -- to ensure a state-of-the-art military on the Central European Plain.
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@soapjackal So 'Cameralism' just designates 'economically-rational despotic governance' rather than anything more precise. -
@Outsideness oh I know how its used, with very little connection for 'aesthetics,' but the irony remains delicious.
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