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Wow, the section “the psychology of modern leftism” is pretty much point for point criticism of the modern left by the modern right.

Were those critiques in the air at the time or was he just a nascent conservative?

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There's a pattern of left-leaning mathematician he fits into, that I also see in some other mathematicians, one example being LKY and probably his son. People who would have equality of outcome as a goal, but see through the bullshit, aren't inclined to play along with it, are smart enough to understand concepts of trade-offs and incentives, and stay tied to reality instead of drifting off into a world of words and analogies. They look kind of right wing, but they'd support an inheritance tax that real right wingers would oppose.

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