[lbo-talk] blog post: a nation in decline, part 2: signs of distress

[c b]

You know folks all these historical figures are still so hotly debated
that I've had a very difficult time trying to tease out some standard
liberal academic consensus. Everybody seems to have their version.
Each one of these guys has a damned school associated with him were
scholastic wars still rage.

CG

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CB: Might this be partly explained by the "publish or perish" and " no
copycat/no plagerism" rule of American academe ? The no copycat rule
is an expression of American hyper-individualism and
anti-collectivity, by the way.  Everybody has their own version
because  they must publish "original" ideas. If they moved to
consensus , they'd be admitting lack of original ideas.  There's
extreme anarchy of intellectual production in the US. ( I have deja vu
on this exchange with Chuck)