Let the Circular Be Unbroken 0
George Monbiot reviewed a book recently, pointing out that the central thesis of the author was completely false, his evidence questionable, and his reasoning circular (in fact, I think I might have linked the review, but I’m too lazy on a Saturday afternoon to check).
The author begged to differ.
In responding to the author’s dissent, Monbiot explains how the circular reasoning of right wing economics works and why it is successful:
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When, as I have found many times before, you explain an inconvenient truth about neoliberal or anti-environmental ideas, it is met with silence. The media simply looks the other way. There is a massive rightwing echo chamber. Nothing comparable exists on the left.
