A "centrally planned economy" by definition discourages and despises participation by the masses. It's a bureaucratic oligarchy.
Some capitalism suffers from cronyism. All of socialism is perverted by the crony statism of the powerful few.
I was once a statist, and then I researched The Holocaust. I am now a Libertarian.
There is no more precious currency than the unfettered liberty to explore while engaged in an "Idea Economy". You cannot centrally plan the "Idea Economy" any more than you can plan fun or spontaneity...
Democracy is not a form of government. It is a tool of government. Case in point, Stalinist USSR was a "democracy".
Knowledge can never imprison you, but you can be captive to your ignorance.
If God were mortal and had but one life to give, he would have been more careful about how he created the world.
There is a very dangerous myth that #Hitler was solely fueled by racism. His desire to engineer society was pervasive. Racism alone cannot explain what happened in The Holocaust without also addressin...
WHITE NATIONALISTS & BLACK LIVES MATTER: The harder you swing the pendulum one way, the more violently it will swing back.
Capitalists desire purchasing power. Socialists lust for the power to plan society. Which is worse?
Regulations in an "Idea Economy" are restraints on innovation.
Liberty will never yield equality. Freewill produces a mess that you either accept or reject in favor of slavery.
I am not interested in having freedom from burdens. I don't need any authority to free me from responsibility.I am not interested in having freedoms within an authoritarian's parameters. I am only int...
Socialism is not a meritocracy. By definition it places increasingly confining restraints on those that succeed the most.
History is indeed stranger than fiction. The twists and turns of human history are too outlandish for to be believable in any work of fiction.
It is incredible that this must be said, but the obvious seems to escape politicized academics, so we must state the obvious: Genocide is deliberate; it is premeditated. There is no genocide without p...
The spoken word is ephemeral. The written word, eternal. A symphony, timeless.
I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a duplicitous diplomat.
Civil Wars happen when the victimized are armed. Genocide happens when they are not.
Despots are elected and deposed.Laws are passed and repealed.Nations rise and fall.Individual liberty is eternal.
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