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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
I take it as a way of avoiding difficult questions.
How can anyone accurately debate the points you are attempting to raise? You can't really expect them to get these books, read, evaluate, and then come back and respond.
While identifying the sources of your ideas is good, your failure to explain them is frustrating.
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I'll come back to this thread in a couple of days perhaps and try again. In regards to recommending a book, some topics are too complicated to have without a good mutual understanding. I'm a student of political philosophy, I attend a good graduate school and will go on to do a PhD. I'm not being arrogant when I say that I have a better understanding of politics than probably most people on this board. That's totally fine. I am totally useless at just about everything else.
That said, I can't really discuss something like regime theory or history of political thought without at least recommending some background sources for other people. It's the only way I can get out of a debate sometimes. I'm not in a position of authority and frankly, I'm not well versed enough in these topics to pedagogically engage with my peers.