Socialism is Force. Great clip from one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th Century. The US needs an intellectual like Milton Friendman right now.
This is a well written article which even includes Bastiat’s “Broken Window Fallacy”, but wish it was a little more in depth. Good quick read though
Personal Accountability, Government Intervention, and Bacon
I recently read an interesting article on NPR.org you can read here…
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/01/137534361/breakfast-at-libertarian-summer-camp?sc=fb&cc=fp%22
It’s about a writer’s experience at a Libertarian/Anarchist Summer Camp in New Hampshire. They have a camp set up with minimal government involvement. The point is that there is minimal regulation and taxes so as to set up a free trade environment.
It sounds fun, but I would be a little worried about any extremists there to take advantage. Nonetheless, I am all for limited government. Now I don’t know if the writer is knowingly left biased, but the article certainly is. He does, however, bring up an interesting issue within the article.
There is a vendor at the camp selling a bacon breakfast. His name is George and the pictures of that bacon breakfast make it look pretty delicious. As the writer is speaking with George, he interjects this in the article “But of course no government means no official inspection stating that George washes his hands or that he keeps his bacon cold.” I thought there was an interesting inference here which needed to be explored.
Thomas Sowell on the differences between the right and the left.
(Source: youtube.com)
That is a lesser evil, not a positive good!
At about 3MIN, Ron Paul destroys the Right-Wing POV.
Best line? “Because that’s the way dictators work.”
—Shared by Elle.
Quite possibly the smartest man of the 20th century, not because of detail orientation or semantics but because of his adherence of principle within every argument.
Intelligent argument against Drug Prohibition
