
The Disaster of Libertarian Reform of Socialism
• https://www.fff.org, by Jacob G. HornbergerPrior to my discovery of libertarianism back in the late 1970s, when I was in my late 20s, I had no doubts that I lived in a free society.
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Prior to my discovery of libertarianism back in the late 1970s, when I was in my late 20s, I had no doubts that I lived in a free society.
In my blog post yesterday, I pointed out some of the questions that have long befuddled me in my life as a libertarian:
Take a closer look at those passages in Acts. The "communal" arrangement was voluntary.
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about newly elected President of Argentina Javier Milei warning Tucker Carlson about America's drift toward socialism; UFC's Dana White giving one of the best smackdowns of the media ever; Claire McCaskill
"Never embrace the ideals of socialism," leading Argentinian presidential candidate Javier Milei warned Americans in his interview with Tucker Carlson.
The Central Bank of Argentina does not have to devalue the peso due to the victory of Javier Milei in the primaries.
Argentina's problem is not Milei.
A basic premise of the "progressive" (actually, regressive) left is that the rich have too much money and the poor have too little. Therefore, they say, it is justified to take wealth away from the former and give it to the latter.
HOW SOCIALISM WORKS IN PRACTICE
As those of you who are newsletter or Patreon subscribers know, I spent a month in Romania learning more about the history of this fascinating country.
Democrats and the corporate media in general have invested an intense amount of energy into a propaganda campaign that paints California as the central pillar of the US economy and American governance.
"All the time we hear socialists say, 'Next time, we'll get it right.' How many next times do you get?"
Socialism always fails! But people still want it. They should listen to Gloria Alvarez.
Think of totalitarian societies like in The Hunger Games, with a District One and everyone else, or perhaps the old Soviet Union in which the party elites dined in luxury and everyone else stood in bread lines, or perhaps a scene from Oliver! in whic
Socialism is a Race to the Bottom
Authoritarianism in religion and science, let alone politics, is becoming increasingly accepted, not particularly because so many people explicitly believe in it but because they feel themselves individually powerless and anxious.
People on the Left Claim the PRC is a Socialist Country.
Unfortunately for the stupid indolent would be Communists it does not work that way and never has. The reasons are obvious and tautological ( true by logic of use ) as follows:
Calls for Biden to socialize industry have moved quickly from fringe to mainstream
I was recently contemplating the run-off election for president in Brazil between right-winger Jair Bolsonaro and left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The roots of socialism's tragedies can be found in Marx's famous Manifesto.
Mackey describes himself as a "free market capitalist" and believes in "conscious capitalism." He called our economic system the "greatest thing humanity has ever done, and he was an early and vocal opponent of Obamacare.
Today it is conclusive that Africa's socialist experiments failed, as did the state-led development approach. Not only was the heavily statist approach unable to develop African economies, but it made poverty worse.
Dave Rubin speaks on how young believe they are oppressed despite the great privileges they enjoy that past generations could only dream of. Jordan Peterson then enters the discussion, stressing that labelling our society as an oppressive patriarchy
USA Is COLLAPSING, Leftist Anti Work Subreddit Hits 1.7M Users As Millennials Embrace Socialism
Relating a quip by Soviet economist Nikolai Fedorenko, Yuri Maltsev illustrated the problem with socialism in his foreword to Ludwig von Mises's Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth. Fedorenko said, at the time, in Maltsev's words,
Socialism destroyed what used to be one of the healthiest economies in the world. Here's what Christmas was like after the collapse of Venezuela.
The Night Witches were the first all-female combat unit in modern world history. This is their story.
The list of voices on the left who were either silent or openly supportive of what happened was long indeed.