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by YorkshireSeason 2705 days ago
> "the logic of capital"

There is no logic of capital. The context "of capital" disambiguates the phrase and makes it clear that the discussion is about a politics, and has about as much to do with logic as the holy roman empire was holy, roman, or an empire.

> Hacker News are only able to understand a very limited definition of "logic"

Why underestimate HN? Why not ask: how is using a word in non-standard meaning helping people's understanding?

As an aside, there's quite a few working logicians on HN, including two how have published on features of Hegel's conception of (what he called) logic, albeit filtered through Sellars and Brandom's Hegel reading.