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Commented on Martial arts and the cycle of bullshit
Excellent points all. I suspect that you are right in saying that all martial arts evolve in their emphasis. Learning an art as it was created; learning the "true" art if you will is extremely difficult. I certainly haven't gotten...
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Commented on Martial arts and the cycle of bullshit
Just adding to the previous comments. I've been doing Aikido longer than I really care to remember (35 years, as well as ten years doing Tang soo do) and the "Aikidoka can beat..." meme has been around forever. I've never...
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Commented on Political failure modes and the beige dictatorship
Since he was my favorite professor, I feel obliged to say that Mancur Olson was an economist not a sociologist. I agree that his books (The Logic of Collective Action and The Rise and Decline of Nations) speak directly to...