[lbo-talk] [SPAM_ISU] :Re: Of flying cars and the declining rate of profit

Wojtek S wsoko52 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 5 09:00:38 PDT 2012


Carrol: " Origins of a phenomenon DO NOT EXPLAIN IT. Historicists assume that origins define meaning. That fallacy pervades Graeber's thought.."

[WS:] Good point. I think what he does is telescoping which is worse than just historicism. In other words, this argument goes like "X was found in the ancient times in Y territory, therefore X is is the source of modern institutions in Y territory." However he does this mainly to denounce modern institutions - but this is not a fatal flaw in his argument - just a minor annoyance.

-- Wojtek

"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."



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