as seen in Britain: ‘The real lesson from Europe,” wrote Paul Krugman in January 2010, “is actually the opposite of what conservatives claim: Europe is an economic success, and that success shows that social democracy works.” Here are some postcards from the social democracy that works. • In Britain, 239 patients died of malnutrition in…
DetailsProgressive ideals require government enforcement of several notions that oppose human nature. For example, equality (meaning “sameness” in leftist circles) requires the coercive hindering of some and the unnatural aid of others. Erasing economic disparity requires taking money by force from a person who worked to earn it and giving it to someone else. Government…
DetailsFrom Reason Magazine: The Obama administration is on pace to have more American soldiers killed in casualties related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan than the George W. Bush administration did in its first term. Already, hundreds more American troops have been killed in Afghanistan during the less than three years of the Obama…
DetailsThe IQ of a mob is the IQ of its dumbest member divided by the number of mobsters. – Terry Pratchett The IQ of this mob seems to be lower than usual: The problem with this type of thinking (“We will destroy and steal your stuff unless you give us benefits.”) is that there is…
Detailsmay never come, or at least if it does, it will come as Britain’s did: for all the wrong reasons. Here are a few reasons why, according to an interesting systemic analysis: 1. Student-Loan Debt. Large debt—and the fear it creates—is a pacifying force. 2. Psychopathologizing and Medicating Noncompliance. 3. Schools That Educate for Compliance…
DetailsOver at RogueOperator, there is another defense that every conservative should know. Frank Chodorov caveat: “As for me, I will punch anyone who calls me a conservative in the nose. I am a radical.” Still, sometimes I have the urge to defend conservativism, which at least pays lip service to free markets, freedom, and small…
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