tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774848724259616420.post721285052336083345..comments2023-12-19T19:28:28.619-08:00Comments on Wealth is not the Problem: Wealth Truly is the SolutionHaynesBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263223513305886233noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774848724259616420.post-85945669345880758672010-01-13T14:57:13.718-08:002010-01-13T14:57:13.718-08:00Garret,
I assumed you knew that....i just didn&#...Garret, <br /><br />I assumed <i>you</i> knew that....i just didn't want that statement to go unclarified.HaynesBEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263223513305886233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774848724259616420.post-17143996303953131752010-01-13T13:20:02.193-08:002010-01-13T13:20:02.193-08:00Of course. I apologize for being unclear. My Thoug...Of course. I apologize for being unclear. My Thoughts were about the people using political force to deny others the opportunity to compete by closing off a field of endeavor. Like in everything else, while the heroes may be obscured by villains, there is no excuse for forgetting that the heroes make our world available.garret seinenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05137149912929606588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774848724259616420.post-40133986728114646232010-01-11T08:21:28.818-08:002010-01-11T08:21:28.818-08:00Garret,
I agree that the less well-off need capi...Garret, <br /><br />I agree that the less well-off need capitalism as much if not more than the "rich"---but I am not willing to say that all (or even most) the well-off, or even the very well-off, "don't really care how they got there as long as they can stay there." Only the <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Market-Entrepreneurs-and-Political-Entrepreneurs&id=256484" rel="nofollow">political entrepreneurs</a> deserve castigation.HaynesBEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263223513305886233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774848724259616420.post-54740670066416949412010-01-10T23:02:31.835-08:002010-01-10T23:02:31.835-08:00Good one Beth, To be first should cost more.
Inter...Good one Beth, To be first should cost more.<br />Interesting take by Chip as well, shows why the little people need to fight for capitalism - it's their means to survival. The rich don't really care how they got there as long as they can stay there.garret seinenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05137149912929606588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774848724259616420.post-17381850060978988412010-01-09T12:28:19.429-08:002010-01-09T12:28:19.429-08:00i really think it goes back to the Rockefeller Fou...i really think it goes back to the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Institute. i believe that both organizations set out to change our society from one based on the pioneer spirit and individual freedom and responsibility to one based on the Marxist philosophy of economic equality and relative morality. i believe that both organizations heavily influenced public education, foreign and domestic policy, and the direction of the schools of economics, philosophy, law, public policy, political science, etc.<br /><br />one might ask why they would do this, given that their wealth was amassed thanks to capitalism and free markets. and the answer is easy. to protect their empires from competition and to leverage that wealth into power. if they can convince people that the market needs regulation to make things "fair" then that makes it that much harder for anyone to compete against them. <br /><br />the very regulation that people believe is necessary to make things fair is the substance of the chains that will make them slaves.<br /><br />p.s. removed comment and reposted it to correct misspelling.Chip Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167019880569116634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774848724259616420.post-86829332237810475022010-01-09T12:26:21.873-08:002010-01-09T12:26:21.873-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chip Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167019880569116634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774848724259616420.post-79575338844391201442010-01-09T11:09:45.180-08:002010-01-09T11:09:45.180-08:00Thank you for stopping by and for your comment.
...Thank you for stopping by and for your comment. <br /><br />I don't think there is a simple answer as to why people advocate government coercion over freedom. Some of it is the failure to understand just what constitutes individual rights. Some of it is a misplaced valuing of democracy and majority rule--part of which arises from skepticism toward the idea of objective knowledge in general and in the realm of ethics in particular. Some conflate freedom and license. I guess it would be important to ask whomever you happen to be discussing it with just what their thinking is.<br /><br />Thanks again. I am glad you found something of value here.HaynesBEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263223513305886233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774848724259616420.post-42307906644749896002010-01-09T10:46:13.081-08:002010-01-09T10:46:13.081-08:00Great Blog!
why is it so hard to get people to un...Great Blog!<br /><br />why is it so hard to get people to understand that freedom is the solution, not the problem? One would think that it would be self-evident, and if it were not, that out of self interest, most would desire to try to prove it to be so... Instead, I find that almost everyone I know will go to great lengths to attempt to prove that freedom must be curtailed. Their arguments never make sense when dissected, and you show this to them, and then they just accuse you of being an idealist...<br /><br />Chalk it up to a lifetime of Marxist brainwashing by the school system and the media...<br /><br />Anyways, keep up the good work, I will check back often.Chip Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167019880569116634noreply@blogger.com