This is interesting.
@jamesd23x tells that Stalin saved the USSR from a leftist holiness spiral, but if Caplan is right, he did it (partly?) by being a sincere believer in theory.
=> the holiness spiral is a distinct thing from leftist theory, even Marxist theory.https://twitter.com/Isegoria/status/999611427483611137 …
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Replying to @anomalyuk @jamesd23x
You know, we tend to not read Michael Oakeshott because he is seen something like a too moderate conservative, but his philosophy, namely that theory almost never informs practice, predicts this. That only previous practice, experience informs practice.This predicts that Soviet/1
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politics would not be informed by M-L theory but 1) previous, Tzarist political experience and practice 2) their experience of being illegal conspirators. 2) predicts paranoia 1) predicts authoritarianism /2
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Replying to @DividualsTweet @jamesd23x
That is what I always assumed. The cited article is evidence of the contrary, though.
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