tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408193484176940502.post2642514234061768977..comments2023-05-01T06:32:08.843-07:00Comments on ***A Free Market American***: Right vs. Left, the Bottom Linedefendithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07323978874600181457noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408193484176940502.post-59917870445517421532012-03-02T00:47:55.561-08:002012-03-02T00:47:55.561-08:00Correction: its Mises.org not "Moses" so...Correction: its Mises.org not "Moses" sorry about the typo it was the "auto correct feature" having a mind of its own again.defendithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323978874600181457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408193484176940502.post-90106549450661750722012-03-02T00:43:36.349-08:002012-03-02T00:43:36.349-08:00Hi parnipstew, glad to give it a shot.
Well as fa...Hi parnipstew, glad to give it a shot.<br /><br />Well as far as the first question goes, I am pretty familiar with the view and charge that America is "dangerously right wing" and needs to change into something more left-wing and therefore and presumably less dangerous. If people are concerned about the power which corporations hold by controlling great amounts of wealth and capital then why wouldn't you be even more concerned when big business joins forces with big government or worse, when government takes over businesses and when industries are nationalized and monopolized? Think about it, going towards the left, towards bigger government is going towards the ultimate monopoly and towards less competition. This means lower performance stagnation and slower development and progress especially in terms of innovation and efficiency. Never mind the time and potential that is lost and squandered in that scenario. <br /><br />The case for free market economics and limited government is the case which says that it is the govts job to catch cheats sneaks and thieves. To stop fraud and violence, not to give and manage its citizens affairs for them because one of the things that happens is you develop nanny-state big brother knows best POWERS while basic human nature remains unchanged. Greed, lust, temptation, and the bounded rationality factor remains in the equation only it becomes more difficult for potential victims of exploitation/deception and error to abstain from "the program" or interest which they may not wish to partake in and would rather employ their time/efforts/savings/assets in ways which they believe to be more producti e or valuable to themselves. Corporations have to serve their investors and business to profit. In order to profit they need to have more revenues than expenses. And if a corporation can't make it without bailouts or corporate welfare then it really can't create jobswithout distorting the economy and setting a castle upon sand that will collapse once a few waves of reality and real value hits and the "mal investment" bubble pops. Anyway, in order to become a partner in an enterprise/corporation/interest one must in est both money and in success of this enterprise. <br /><br />Now as far as the term 'liberal'in America goes, here it is a euphemism for radical and far left. Meanwhile, Classical Liberalism, of which American Capitalists, Conservatives, and Libertarians would speak well of is not quite the same thing and there are various theories on what happened to cause there to be this combined moral anarchy with big government of modern so-called liberalism. I highly recommend a Lecture titled "The Rise of the West" by prof. Raico which is available over at the Moses.org archives and also over at this YouTube link for a www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAFDXJXR-Cc analysisdefendithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323978874600181457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408193484176940502.post-87264127593002455292012-03-01T16:53:47.158-08:002012-03-01T16:53:47.158-08:00The funny thing is, here in the UK, we see America...The funny thing is, here in the UK, we see America, and Americans as dangerously right-wing, where power is increasingly taken away from 'the people' and given to faceless corporations- hardly the definition of socialism/communism. <br /><br />As to liberalism, I don't understand the American concept, it seems to be bandied around as a universal smear on political opponents an all sides. Here it would refer to someone who wishes to decrease state intervention in people's private lives. Could you explain how Americans view 'liberal' please?parsnipstewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361883267015550633noreply@blogger.com