James C. Scott is a good illustration of 'no skin in the game' syndrome among intellectuals.
It would be very persuasive to see him personally bolting for freedom between warring warlords in present-day Libya, or improving his welfare in lawless mafia-ruled cities of ex-Soviet Union in the 1990s.
But no such chance, so his views may be safely ignored.
It would be very persuasive to see him personally bolting for freedom between warring warlords in present-day Libya, or improving his welfare in lawless mafia-ruled cities of ex-Soviet Union in the 1990s.
But no such chance, so his views may be safely ignored.