A subtle subset of the statist non sequitur is what we may now name the statist insinuation or statist implication. This commonly occurs in conversation or media. It involves the unquestioned assumption that the state is the natural or necessary agent of moral order, safety, or progress.
The US military has been drawing up plans to launch strikes on Venezuela and potentially capture strategic ports and airfields on the path to a full-blown war.
The new bailout is said to be a “public-private partnership”: a state-sponsored corporatist scheme to bail out investors and Milei.
That is where we are today. The Federal Reserve has used its tools to lock inflation into our lives for some time to come. For most citizens, our major challenge today is to fight the rise in prices for consumables that matter most to us: food, housing, clothing, and transportation.
Prospective homebuyers around the country are cheering the Federal Reserve’s rate cut. But unfortunately, the Fed may have just made buying a house even more difficult.
Although this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science winners are relatively favorable toward free markets, we should not forget that most of its winners have been technocrats that their wisdom alone can create the prosperous and “just” economy. Joseph Stiglitz is one of the most obnoxious examples.
On its webpage explaining what democratic socialism is, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) states that its goal is to replace capitalism with an alternative system featuring collective ownership of the “key economic drivers that dominate our lives” in order to give a “real voice” to ordinary people so they can transition to a supposedly freer, more just life where all can flourish:
Rising partisanship, distrust, inflamed tempers, and even tragic acts of political violence are becoming commonplace in the United States. Leaders prone toward collectivist ideals and central planning seize upon these opportunities, thriving on divisive sentiment.
