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Free Market Rhetoric
There is a fundamental discord between people who are nominally for ”free markets”, and those against, and because there is literally no common ground between them, indeed there is often a void where common ground should be, no forward progress is made. Fortunately, both of these positions are wrong. On the one hand, the free market’s most vocal supporters tend to ignore the finer points of free market theory, like the part about how free markets tend towards a diminution of rents, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Agora!, Anarchy!, Left Libertarian, ponderings
We Are the 99%
My friend Dave (no, not “my friend” as in “me”) wrote this poem in response to/solidarity with the occupy movement, and asked what I thought? Well, I thought it was good enough to re-post. Enjoy & share! A disconnect of intellect Separates 1 sect Of society that has yet to see, The reality of tyranny Terrorizing our liberty Infiltrating our democracy By misinforming you and I With black, bold-face headline lies, From white papers and men with ties To planes falling from the sky! Shrouding us … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Blog Reactions, Left Libertarian, Rants
Has Libya Been Liberated?
The final image of this revolution for me will be the image of Qaddafi beaten and bloodied being harassed and tormented by his captors, what we can imagine was only moments before he was put to death. That is the only image people should see for which NATO is responsible, but it will not be the image that is produced for world consumption. What the world has witnessed in Libya is not the rosy push to … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Left Libertarian, World Politics