Comments on: Cutting The Knot http://larison.org/2007/05/20/cutting-the-knot/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:22:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: alkali http://larison.org/2007/05/20/cutting-the-knot/#comment-6659 Mon, 21 May 2007 12:16:33 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/05/20/cutting-the-knot/#comment-6659 <I> [The antebellum South] represented a social and political order that was, if anything, attempting to retain some combination of aristocratic and agrarian republican structures out of a profound respect for past precedents and classical models (which is, ironically, one of the reasons why Hanson, a classicist, hates the Old South so much) ...</I> While I don't disagree with the post's ultimate point, this particular bit really calls for a spoonful of vulgar Marxism. [The antebellum South] represented a social and political order that was, if anything, attempting to retain some combination of aristocratic and agrarian republican structures out of a profound respect for past precedents and classical models (which is, ironically, one of the reasons why Hanson, a classicist, hates the Old South so much) …

While I don’t disagree with the post’s ultimate point, this particular bit really calls for a spoonful of vulgar Marxism.

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