SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: JohnM who wrote (333687)11/12/2009 3:37:34 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk20 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 794349
 
On reflection, the drivel you posted deserves a little more comment. Serious refutation lies in boatloads of literature that hasn't penetrated the sewage infested backwaters, inhabited by smug incompetents that confuse themselves with the intelligentsia. But consider this:

Our kind have been around for quite a long while. Till very recently existence was as described by Hobbes and analyzed by Malthus. Getting beyond mere subsistence required forcible theft of others fruits.

That began to change with the spontaneous evolution of concurrent and intertwined discoveries. Among these would be refinements in the division of labor and pricing mechanisms to assign shifting values to real and potential assets. Increasingly, we could get rich(er) by catering to others wants and needs.

Ayn Rand celebrated the most extreme examples. Her base principles apply equally to, say, a dishwasher, janitor, or day laborer. They can make a living by providing more input that they extract. Their potential bounty is impeded by interferences in provision of an ever cheaper basket of old and new -- stuff.

There's another cancer underlying the again fashionable re-distributionist nonsense. That's the corrosion of the soul inherent in becoming a ward of the state. It happens over decades and generations. America's black underclass seems one of the most concentrated examples.

Didn't have to be this way. Inadequate boobs, some of great wealth and influence, thought they could improve the human condition by replacing founding principles. Perhaps due to Bastiat's "what is not seen", they're getting away with it.

It stinks!
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2026 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News