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I'm not saying he's right in anything! Tbh, I think he just got lucky. When I encountered his thought, through secondary sources, I was well-primed to reject it. :)

It's the old "blind squirrel" scenario!

Yeah, plus I prolly was unclear. Compte was a straight Utopian; he had no idea that the technique of modern management even existed.

Blind squirrel.

Then it was the blind squirrel effect! I never spent too much time on him... when I discern that somebody is "out there" in a utopian or otherwise nonsensical way- I move on to more reasonable stuff.