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Man as a Rationalist Animal – sam[ ]zdat

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Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott, and also some stuff about fundamentalist christianity

Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott, and also some stuff about fundamentalist christianity On Seeing Like a State I Subconsciously or not, most of us presuppose malice behind failure. This goes doubly for historical failures, and quadruply for political failures. The daily form of this hisses about “corrupt politicians” (past and present), perhaps about “businessmen and special interests”. The more extreme forms fall into conspiracy theory. Often this is diagnosed as a form of pessimism, especially “pessimism about politics”. That’s wrong; it’s

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