Rorty reviewed

[Charles Brown]

And colonialist, imperialist aquisitiveness. Doesn't Viet Nam have bauxite or some other valuable metal ? and of course, millions of workers.

Charles Brown


>>> Brad De Long <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU> 06/01 1:13 PM >>>
Re:


>The harsh response to Rorty may have something to do with his
>penchant for gratuitous, con-baiting asides, such as the one in which he
>absurdly states that "we caused the death of a million Vietnamese out of
>sheer macho arrogance." In the course of the book, Rorty sets even
>liberal teeth on edge with such outlandish statements

But we did cause the death of a million Vietnamese out of sheer macho
arrogance...

Brad DeLong