Liberal economics responding to Marxism is always some hypothetical like "Ok imagine you're thirsty in the desert, but you only have two cows and your neighbor opens a flower shop."
"Couldn't I just ask the flower shop owner for water? You kinda need an excess of water to run a flower shop... Also how are they running a flower shop in the des..."
"So wait, what parts ARE relevant? Only the parts which, devoid of any context or any prior material condition, support your world view, but any reasonable outside conditions which would cause your point to collapse are irrelevant?"
Liberal economics responding to Marxism is always some hypothetical like "Ok imagine you're thirsty in the desert, but you only have two cows and your neighbor opens a flower shop."
"Enough with your real world evidence. Let's try a hypothetical I made up whole-cloth" isn't really the intellectual zinger they think it is.
Jorjor Wellington took this to its zenith, proving communism doesn’t work by inventing a story where it doesn’t
Hypotheticals, thought experiments and their ilk are the greatest disease plaguing the human mind
Whole cloth?
Like yards of linen?
No, like a coat which, incidentally, requires 20 yards of linen to produce.
"How am I raising cows in the desert?"
"What? That's not important."
"Couldn't I just ask the flower shop owner for water? You kinda need an excess of water to run a flower shop... Also how are they running a flower shop in the des..."
"SHUT UP!"
"That's not relevant."
"So wait, what parts ARE relevant? Only the parts which, devoid of any context or any prior material condition, support your world view, but any reasonable outside conditions which would cause your point to collapse are irrelevant?"
"Yes, exactly. Now you're getting it."