> I'm not being facetious. That criticism is obviously correct -- and also
> obviusly, given the realities of mid-century U.S., utter nonsense.
>
> That is what I mean by a Platonic Fart. Criticism of Mao for creating an
> authoritarian state is just as accurate -- and just as nonsensical. It
> is a Platonic Fart.
>
That's true, Carrol. But by that logic, criticism of anything that ever happened would be a Platonic Fart.
Which would naturally exclude ruthless criticism of all that exists.
SA