The Struggle Over Egalitarianism Continues
"Eventually, if trends continue the result must be the twin death of parasite and host alike, and an end to any flourishing economy or civilization."
"Eventually, if trends continue the result must be the twin death of parasite and host alike, and an end to any flourishing economy or civilization."
From “Capitalism the Creator: The Mises Circle in Seattle,” a Curt and Allora Doolittle Seminar. Recorded 17 May 2008.
From “Capitalism the Creator: The Mises Circle in Seattle,” a Curt and Allora Doolittle Seminar. Recorded 17 May 2008.
They are not in fact proposing less intrusive government nudges to replace more intrusive government coercion, but yet still more government on top of what we have today.
At the outset of the American “experiment,” the tax burden was light. Money was gold and silver.
"It is absurd to believe that an agency that may tax without consent can be a property protector. Likewise, it is absurd to believe that an agency with legislative powers can preserve law and order."
It was the basis of the belief of our ancestors that they could throw off tyrannical rule and still not have society descend into poverty and chaos.
Capitalism is an economic system that allows people to make choices free from government intervention. Capitalism is just. Socialism is unjust. There is no "messy middle."