Tag Archives: socialism
Hayek disappoints.
“The Road to Serfdom” is F. A. Hayek’s most famous work. Marketing itself as an attack on socialism, it is very popular among Republicans, many of whom haven’t actually read the thing. I finally broke down and read the thing, and it explained a great deal about Hayek — especially as to why he is [...]
Occupy Wall Street: An Ominous Development
I feel sorry for the Occupy Wall Street people. They recognize that our economy is very, very sick. They see bits and pieces: rising income inequality, massive fluctuations in the banking system, the stock market moving up and down like a yo-yo, mass unemployment, increased political polarization, hypocritical politicians, and fraud everywhere. And so they [...]
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Is the market degenerate? And what do socialism and Calvinism have in common?
I like Paul Graham. From one of his essays: . . . it may be more accurate to describe a market as a degenerate case—-as what you get by default when organization isn’t possible. Related Posts:Adam and the Enslavement of Humanity, Part 2Christian Reconstructionism Series, Part 2: Francis SchaefferLiberalism as Denial — A Response to [...]
Winston Churchill was on to something: Michael Moore illustrates.
But I will go farther. I declare to you, from the bottom of my heart, that no Socialist system can be established without a political police. Many of those who are advocating Socialism or voting Socialist to-day will be horrified at this idea. That is because they are short-sighted, that is because they do not [...]
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toward a glossary of fontwords.com
Words are, as I’ve said before, too sticky. Therefore, unless we want to trade in mere impressions, we have to use language precisely, which is difficult given the way that words are (ab)used in many different ways. So for the sake of clarity, I’m going to define some terms here. Here’s a start. I’ll add [...]
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foxnews, arepas, internet publishing
No. I’m not on politics again (for the present). But I couldn’t help but comment on this article I saw on foxnews.com. It’s a fun little piece on Chavez responding to some joke Obama made. The point is not the story, though, it’s the way foxnews is failing to adapt itself to the digital age: [...]
the owens-campbell debate
I finished lately reading the famous Campbell-Owen debate on the evidences for Christianity and the correct principles by which society ought to run. It is a book-length discussion between Alexander Campbell, the restorationist preacher, and one of the founders of socialism, Robert Owen. Related Posts:Liberalism as Denial — A Response to John FenselHayek disappoints.Is the [...]
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fifty links to our healthcare future
Go here to see if you’d like to browse the fruits of socialist medicine and see a pretty good guess at where US healthcare is headed. Related Posts:Liberalism as Denial — A Response to John FenselHayek disappoints.Occupy Wall Street: An Ominous DevelopmentIs the market degenerate? And what do socialism and Calvinism have in common?toward a [...]
On the recent house bill, socialism, etc.
As most likely all of you know, there was a very significant healthcare bill passed yesterday. A friend of mine went so far as to say (via facebook), Hurray, the United States government just declared the Church is officially off the hook in regards to the care of the sick and infirm. Now all we [...]
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Liberalism as Denial — A Response to John Fensel