extremely Twitter user: I'm so mad about liberals I hate liberals

Obā-san

here now let me retweet this 5 part Karl Popper quote infographic thing

Klinotaxis

i've seen people in three different places suddenly learning about the paradox of tolerance. what gives

Odradek

Heehee

Salix Babylonika

who is Karl Popper

Klinotaxis

a philosopher and epistemologist who is dead

if you've heard of "unfalsfiability" relating to creationism or whatever that's his deal

and here's his take on marxism

Salix Babylonika

eyes glaze over, sirens blare

Klinotaxis

what kind of sirens.............

Odradek

Jane said:

who is Karl Popper

Literally the kind of person people are comparing themselves too when they call themselves a "classical liberal"

Klinotaxis

i think he's more of a liberal than a "classical liberal" which is more like, i dunno, locke

Odradek

Well he was pro free-market

Sredni Vashtar

Odradek said:

Well he was pro free-market

Not really? I know he was friends with Hayek and hated Marxism but last I checked he considered himself a democratic socialist or at least a social democrat.

Klinotaxis

apparently he tried to invite socialists to that mount pelerin society thing, which, lol

Odradek

Oh I might be mistaken then, because he was part of the Mont Pelerin society which I generally associate with free market ideas

Sredni Vashtar

Looking into it a bit further, he did abandon socialism, as he felt that prioritising equality over freedom tended to result in a system which favoured neither and he found reconciling the needs of both within a socialist framework impossible; however, he strongly disagreed with the Mont Pelerin charter's uncritical embrace of the free market and rejection of socialists out of hand. From what I can tell, he was still big on welfare and regulation, just not on the total overthrow of capitalism.

Odradek

https://twitter.com/shaviro/status/898334324683976705

Wait no, at least one person on twitter has read a book in their life