That’s not false, but only half the truth. There used to be experimental sociology and economy, where entire towns would switch to a different paradigm to test its applicability in the real world. These are fundamental to our evolution as society, but they vanished after the seventies rolled in. Which I think explains a lot of what has and hasn’t happened since.
Not at all. Sociology used to receive a healthy dose off investment in the past, as evidenced by complex and expensive full-town experiments. At some point it was decided that any and all suggestion that the current capitalist system could be amended or replaced was anathema, and basic research was verbotten. The steady march into capital hoarding and oligopoly progressed unimpeded since.
That’s not false, but only half the truth. There used to be experimental sociology and economy, where entire towns would switch to a different paradigm to test its applicability in the real world. These are fundamental to our evolution as society, but they vanished after the seventies rolled in. Which I think explains a lot of what has and hasn’t happened since.
I’m confused as to what your point is. Would you mind expanding it a bit?
Not at all. Sociology used to receive a healthy dose off investment in the past, as evidenced by complex and expensive full-town experiments. At some point it was decided that any and all suggestion that the current capitalist system could be amended or replaced was anathema, and basic research was verbotten. The steady march into capital hoarding and oligopoly progressed unimpeded since.
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