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Reason: addendum

a GamerGate supporter and online friend of mine, Propyne, has correctly pointed out that the term has potential Marxist associations in German because, within certain contexts, "Praxis" is a philosophical term to mean "action oriented towards changing society".

Praxis (Greek, "action, deed," from the same root as "practice") is the whole motivation behind Marxist political correctness. And they use the word a lot ("revolutionary praxis").

But not just them. Praxeologie, or praxeology, was developed by Ludwig von Mises, one of the brightest lights of the Austrian School of economics, because he saw that economics was only a sub-discipline of the study of human action (in Greek, praxis).

But the Austrians use it differently. We study praxis, what and how humans decide what to do (economically). We do not have a praxis, which is A Minutely Detailed List of Permitted Behaviors. All we have is advice. :-D

the ideology works its way into peoples' heads anyway and makes antifascists look like killjoys.

You didn't need our help for that, pal. ;-) We don't make you, we just expose you.

3 years ago
1 score
Reason: Original

a GamerGate supporter and online friend of mine, Propyne, has correctly pointed out that the term has potential Marxist associations in German because, within certain contexts, "Praxis" is a philosophical term to mean "action oriented towards changing society".

Praxis (Greek, "action, deed," from the same root as "practice") is the whole motivation behind Marxist political correctness. And they use the word a lot ("revolutionary praxis").

But not just them. Praxeologie, or praxeology, was developed by Ludwig von Mises, one of the brightest lights of the Austrian School of economics, because he saw that economics was only a sub-discipline of the study of human action (in Greek, praxis).

But the Austrians use it differently. We study praxis, what and how humans decide what to do. We do not have a praxis, which is A Minutely Detailed List of Permitted Behaviors. All we have is advice. :-D

the ideology works its way into peoples' heads anyway and makes antifascists look like killjoys.

You didn't need our help for that, pal. ;-) We don't make you, we just expose you.

3 years ago
1 score