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kleinbl00 · 3079 days ago · link · · parent · post: The new debt slaves

1) David Brooks is an asshat.

2) Pop sociology is gonna be called bullshit by anyone and everyone even if it's largely correct.

3) Shit can be out'n'out wrong and still be influential if enough of the wrong people believe it.

That said, I ordered Fourth Turning today. May read it once I've plowed through this thing.

user-inactivated · 3079 days ago · link ·

3) Shit can be out'n'out wrong and still be influential if enough of the wrong people believe it.

Or right, but only because enough people believe it. See: economics.

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kleinbl00 · 3079 days ago · link ·

Discovering the power of "Castle in the Air Theory" caused a base-level revision on my understanding of the human animal.

blackbootz · 3079 days ago · link ·

2) Pop sociology is gonna be called bullshit by anyone and everyone even if it's largely correct.

This... is definitely true. If Fourth Turning does something for you, it would be interesting to hear what.

I'm sympathetic to your "To Read" list. I order about five or six books per book I read.