re: #349 Obdicut

I’m sorry, but the most crucial intellectual movements of the 20th century were nowhere near the most crucial political movements. I think you’re assigning far more importance to political theory than it actually has.

It’s a fascinating story that’s very well-written, but in terms of intellectual power it’s incredibly narrow in scope.

Then we’ll leave it there. I, for one, find the analysis of the factors that drove the greatest minds of the 20th Century to consider the embrace of either Stalin or Hitler viable and credible alternative courses of action to be of great interest, but tastes vary.