Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
The world of economics certainly has the depth of knowledge to call Rothbard a tard; and it does. He has a grand total of zero published works, and he was relegated to an irrelevant institution(the glorious university of Nevada). The reason is simple; the world of economics does not consider his ideas to have any merit at all.
Not true. He has a large quantity of published works, just all published by the Austrians. lol

His economics were of little concern to me, however. It was primarily the essay on the State, which I find to be a truism, and one way to look at it. A very critical way, of course. Most of the rest I find fairly cracked. A small amount of what he say on war I can agree with.

I tend to weigh individual ideas by there own merit rather than looking at the man. At least initially.

Most anyone can have a flash of brilliance regardless of how pedestrian or even wrongheaded the rest of what they may say is.

One may adopt one principal without adopting the whole of an ideology.

I don’t fear being colored by the examination of a particular cause by looking at its parts. Pure democracy might prove very authoritarian but allowing someone choice and casting a vote is not tyrannical. Collectivism may be bad in some areas yet desirable in others. An enemy’s tactics may be sound even if you disagree on his philosophy and motives.

If you ever believe I except everything someone say because I link to it, you are very much mistaken. It is only the one idea I offer and who said it is immaterial to me.