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[–] Master_Foo 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Meh, I'm 90% Austrian School. But, I have to admit, I've never read any Austrian School manifesto.
Marx is an important read, even if you don't agree with he says. Wait, no, ESPECIALLY if you don't agree with what he says.
It's kind of like reading the Bible. Christians are Christians because they've never read the Bible from cover to cover. I know lots of Atheists who were once Christians, but one day they decided to read the Bible from cover to cover without a pastor there to shove an "interpretation" in their brain and then poof, that's one less Christian.
Everyone should read Karl Marx. His works are an excellent vaccination against Communism.
[–] Broc_Lia [S] ago
Try Pierre Bastiat. The writing is a bit archaic, but he uses real world examples so it's easy enough for anyone to understand. For example, he came up with the "broken window fallacy" to explain why government stimulus programs fail, and he wrote a satire suggesting blotting out the sun to promote the candle industry.
Yeah, but these aren't people just deciding to broaden their mind and find out why communism sucks. They're a congregation being force fed marxism from the pulpit of a new religion. Do you really think the professors assigning these texts are going to give them a fair hearing? Lolno, the whole point is to teach a slanted view of politics in which marxism is successful.
[–] Master_Foo 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
OK, here's what you do. At the beginning of the semester, you find some sneaky way of replacing everyone's copy of Das Capital with the Ferengi Rules of Aquisition. Problem solved.