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[–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

historian is not a leading scholar on economics

Their major area of study and impact as scholars is contextualizing the institution of slavery as a primarily economic relation. You're being confidently incorrect.

Jacobin is a leading left publication, if you're a right wing or liberal you probably don't agree with it's editorial stance, but dismissing leading scholars on a topic because of this is pure anti-intellectualism. Here's one of her essays Ideology and Race in American History that a prof seems to have hosted on their university site which contains some of her main ideas, you can lead a horse to water after all...

[–] SCB@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Jacobin is a rag, regardless of its leanings. It is poor quality reporting, writing, and commentary.

That it happens to be leftist is not part of why it sucks.

[–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes you have made your opinion known, I would just say don't read it if it makes you uncomfortable. This is what happens when you get between an American and his anti-intellectualism I guess. For someone who is so self-aggrandizing about their superior intelligence it's surprising you don't know who someone as renown as Barbara Fields is. Your other pedestrian remarks make it obvious you don't know about the ideas being discussed here either.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It doesn't make me uncomfortable though. My OP says, straight out, that I read it for the laugh.

Same reason I read shit from Heritage Foundation.

pedestrian

Have you ever seen the old Nicktoons show Doug?

[–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Only thing I'm hearing is that I need to share way more Jacobin links on lemmy now, but I'll block you so you can't see them, best of both worlds. Move over New Left Review it's Bhaskar's time to shine.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago