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No laws of historical development here

Posted by: Samuel Day Fassbinder ( Citizens for Mustard Greens, USA ) on March 16, 1999 at 14:59:20:

In Reply to: No you resort to mere words posted by Joel Jacobson on March 10, 1999 at 11:35:39:

: Give up the blatantly falacious 'laws of historical development' ideas and start developing real, feasible solutions to waht you see wrong with the world.
Since I have argued here that there are no 'laws of historical development' ("political theories of the predominance of fascism or communism aren't 'testable,') whereas you argued that there were such laws ("utilitarian collectivism always defeats egalitarian collectivism"), this isn't something for me to "give up".
As for real solutions, ask Gideon Hallett -- I pretty much agree with what he's said so far. Abolishing the IMF is a good idea -- don't know how you're going to do it...

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