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Equality, Liberty, And Justice Caused – And Continue To Cause – Great Enrichment For All.

October 8, 2020

You may object that ideas are a dime a dozen and that to make them fruitful we must start with adequate physical and human capital and good institutions. But the root cause of enrichment was and is the liberal idea, spawning the university, the railway, the high-rise, the internet and, most important, our liberties.

Throughout History, Free Market Policing Has Proven To Be A Better Solution.

October 7, 2020

Free-market police would not only be efficient, they would have a strong incentive to be courteous and to refrain from brutality against either their clients or their clients’ friends or customers. A private Central Park would be guarded efficiently in order to maximize park revenue, rather than have a prohibitive curfew imposed on innocent—and paying—customers.

Government Corruption Extends Far Beyond What Politicians Admit.

October 6, 2020

The purpose of the state’s rules is to create a perception of legitimacy for state activities so long as the behavior of politicians and bureaucrats remains within the boundaries which they define. Moreover, these boundaries do not consider the collecting and spending of taxpayers' money, per se, to be an act of corruption.

Pragmatism, Good Intentions, and Proletariat Lives Are All That Matter. To Avoid Death. For Now.

October 5, 2020

In Chapter 8 of We the Living, Victor Dunaev betrays everything he had ever claimed about self-sacrifice being a virtue and self-interest being a vice. He paid his dues by informing the Soviet secret police about his sister Irina's 'counter-revolutionary' behavior.

Who Controls The Past, Controls The Future. Which Is Why The Left Wants To Rewrite History.

October 4, 2020

Here is a simple example: students all learn that Thomas Jefferson was a slaveholder and that he wrote the Declaration of Independence. But you cannot claim him to be a hypocrite unless you study what he says. And what he says consistently about slavery is that it is wrong and must be got rid of.

Fear The New Ideology: Lockdownism.

October 3, 2020

Lockdownism's vision of hell is a society in which pathogens run freely. Its heaven is a society managed entirely by medical technocrats whose main job is the suppression of all disease. The mental focus is the viruses and other bugs. The anthropology is to regard all human beings as little more than sacks of deadly pathogens.

There Is No Coronavirus Pandemic.

October 2, 2020

As of this moment, according to the World Life Expectancy tables, total deaths have reached over 44 mm out of a total population of 7.734 bn people. Extrapolating out for this year, total deaths worldwide will be approximately 58.7 million. Average deaths per year worldwide currently average close to 60 million deaths per year, so this year is certainly not abnormal.

Are We Living In A Pre-Totalitarian Society?

October 1, 2020

America is sleepwalking into soft totalitarianism. If we ignore the prophetic voices of those who survived Communism, we deserve what we get. The best defense ordinary people can mount, said Solzhenitsyn, is to refuse to stay silent in the face of ideological lies.

German Scientists: COVID-19 Presents No Significant Risk To Healthy People, Old Or Young.

September 30, 2020

In violation of “all international medical guidelines” “every deceased person who had tested positive for the virus entered the official records as a coronavirus victim”. When deaths are counted properly, Reiss and Bhakdi argue, it becomes evident that only those with serious underlying conditions are at risk of dying.

A Sickening Reminder Of How Quickly Politicians – Who Never Miss A Paycheck Or A Meal – Can Wreck Things For Others.

September 29, 2020

Lockdowns were instituted, supposedly for our own good. Sorry, but economic growth is what's for our own good. It doesn’t just produce resources for those eager to find cures for viruses that make us ill or kill us, economic growth also frees us to quarantine or shelter-in-place if we feel some kind of virus threatens us.

The Price of Priest, Potentate, or Party ‘Protection’ Is One’s Mind, Happiness, and Future.

September 28, 2020

Kira asks Leo, "This isn't a joke you're playing on me, is it? Or have you lost your mind entirely?" Leo replies, "I'm glad to find some use for it." This neutering of the mind continues at Pavel Syerov's house party, the one celebrating Morozov's business deal with Leo that will make the three of them wealthy,

Economic regulations are a brake on economic growth.

September 27, 2020

Key Takeaway: Empirical evidence supports the theoretical hypothesis that economic regulations can reduce growth. Policymakers should be very cautious about increasing economic regulation. The burden of proof should be on policymakers to show that such regulation is likely to do more good than harm.

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