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Originally Posted by Dan.Linehan 
Let me predict now that Americans will be shocked, SHOCKED, when these companies all go under.
Almost like some sort of Shock Doctrine, isn't it? Literally.
Nothing like a stock market / banking collapse to create panic. |
Thanks for providing the link. I completely disagree with this lady. I hadn't studied much Milton Friedman. Now I'm on my second hour of youtube videos.
Let me ask you:
A bank collapses. In a libertarian government, this would be simply part of the market cycle. Instead, a conservative government which gives lip service to libertarian doctrine, bails them out. What is the better system?
The US is attacked by radical Muslims (who happen to be CIA-government- operatives). In a libertarian government, the protection of US territory steps up. In a conservative government, a profiteering campaign of attacking Iraq is commenced. What is the better system?
In terms of politics, we come to a basic choice. Either we allow more people to be free or we try to control them. Over and over again, those governments who have allowed people to be free have societies that flourished. Those governments who have essentially fleeced the people of their freedom have faltered if not entirely collapsed.