Blogosphere Quandary
February 24, 2011 3 Comments
What I starred today while at work turned out to be two related posts: touched off by Bryan Caplan’s Myth of the Rational Voter book, Foseti writes in (slight) favor of protectionism, and Aretae argues with him.
The quandary here is that I think they both make some decent points, as both posts are thoughtful and well-written, and I’m glad for having read them both. And that’s about it.
So NOW what am I supposed to do? Being inclined to take neither ‘side’, and with no one really to argue with, what remaining role is left for me, Blogger? Am I now supposed to get a cat and take photos of it and post them, or something?
Answer on your blog.
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To summarize the comment I left at Foseti’s site – Aretate is arguing an optimal situation (“free trade is good under conditions X”), Foseti is arguing an extant situation (“free trade not so good because factor Y”).
I support your suggestion of getting a cat and taking pictures of it. The fact that you stop to consider this before doing it speaks well of your power to create non-spammy lolcats with above-average amounts of lol.
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