Shame on @zeithistoriker for distorting Mises's writings to suggest that his writings sowed the seeds of Hans-Hermann Hoppe's racist beliefs, and on @ContEuroHistory for publishing the resulting hatchet jobs. And thanks to @PhilWMagness for exposing their wrongdoings.
https://twitter.com/PhilWMagness/status/1434111708491141126
Of course it's true that Hoppe is a fan of Mises. But it hardly follows that Hoppe's racist views have their roots in Mises's writings. Prof. Slobodian apparently saw an opportunity to make Mises a victim of guilt by association...
and to make liberalism, of which Mises was a famous exponent, and which is evidently Slobodian's real bête noire, guilty in turn by its association with Mises.
Slobodian tips his hand in stating that "Despite his liberal principles the Habsburg polyglot [Mises] never became the radical anti-racist.” "Despite"? As if having liberal principles ordinarily inclines one to become an "radical anti-racist"!
As Phil shows, connecting all these dots called for some fancy editorial footwork--the sort of thing that's reminiscent, ironically enough, of some of the more egregiously bad "scholarship" put out by Hoppe and his ilk!
Whatever your feelings about Mises or liberalism, imagine your own writings being subjected to such treatment, and than decide whether this sort of thing can possibly be excused.
@threadreaderapp, kindly unroll.
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