There is a difference between engaging with an allusion, and accusing the author of making a claim he did not make. None of the other comments took what the author said at face value in the way your OP seems to do. (I.e. the author definitely does not believe that no liberal policy ever had any effect)
There is a difference between engaging with an allusion, and accusing the author of making a claim he did not make. None of the other comments took what the author said at face value in the way your OP seems to do. (I.e. the author definitely does not believe that no liberal policy ever had any effect)