Who Was Ludwig von Mises

"it then dawned on me that all the improvements in the conditions of the working classes were the result of capitalism. social laws brought about the very opposite of what the legislation was intended to achieve"

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[mofreedom]

People don't care, sadly.  Academics has been lost to the commies.  What do we need to do?  Stop fighting the enemy directly!  I say incite violence in their own ranks!  There are so many examples of liberal and evil action conflicting with their same liberal and bleeding heart words.  Do it in the open, on the street corner, in the marketplace.  And keep it lawful.  Make the ordinary liberal defend the evils thet have perpetrated.  So much fun one can have.

[Seer]

So, instead of spending my energies on doing my own work I should do YOURS?

Talk, talk, talk...  That's what word-slingers are good for (same non-productiveness as those they lash out at).

[Anusocracy]

The problem is government, not which clown suit it is wearing.

[Seer]

Close...

The problem is centralized power: could also be exhibited via BIG corporations.

[Anusocracy]

Corporations are government sanctioned legal entities.

Government is the problem.

[SAT 800]

Yes, that's true; I'm not going to argue with that. the actual ruling class are probably major owners of multi-nationals; there always seems to be problems of scale. Probably a simple, but enforced, law limiting the size and scope of an enterprise would be useful.

[OneTinSoldier66]

"Probably a simple, but enforced, law limiting the size and scope of an enterprise would be useful."

In other words, "there oughta be a law!"

No, we don't need more government laws. We don't "need the government to do something." What would be useful would be to have the strictest regulation of all, the free market. With the free market, if some company is becoming corrupt, overbearing, or tyrannical, then people would have, the choice, to stop doing business with it. If there were no institution, that we call government today, to bail it out on the backs of taxpayers(slaves), it would fail and go out of business. That's how the free market rolls. It's a crying shame that we don't have a free market.

I would like to persuade you to watch Stefan Molynuex's metaphorical interpretation of Statism here...

True News 13: Statism is Dead - Part 3 - The Matrix

[RockyRacoon]

Citizen's Arrest:

"Statutes and codes strictly construct lawful procedures for once the powers of justice, or just powers, have been consented to, or authorized, by the governed through the process of making an accusation and facing the accused with the accusation in a Court of Law. In California, the following Penal code sections provide strict construction for arrests by anyone:

837. A private person may arrest another:

1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his/her presence.
2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence.
3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and he or she has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.

839. Any person making an arrest may orally summon as many persons as he/she deems necessary to aid him/her therein.

841. The person making the arrest must inform the person to be arrested of the intention to arrest him, of the cause of the arrest, and the authority to make it, except when the person making the arrest has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested is actually engaged in the commission of or an attempt to commit an offense, or the person to be arrested is pursued immediately after its commission, or after an escape. The person making the arrest must, on request of the person he is arresting, inform the latter of the offense for which he is being arrested.

844. To make an arrest, a private person, if the offense is a felony, and in all cases a peace officer, may break open the door or window of the house in which the person to be arrested is, or in which they have reasonable grounds for believing the person to be, after having demanded admittance and explained the purpose for which admittance is desired.

845. Any person who has lawfully entered a house for the purpose of making an arrest, may break open the door or window thereof if detained therein, when necessary for the purpose of liberating himself, and an officer may do the same, when necessary for the purpose of liberating a person who, acting in his aid, lawfully entered for the purpose of making an arrest, and is detained therein.

846. Any person making an arrest may take from the person arrested all offensive weapons which he may have about his person, and must deliver them to the magistrate before whom he is taken.

847. (a) A private person who has arrested another for the commission of a public offense must, without unnecessary delay, take the person arrested before a magistrate, or deliver him or her to a peace officer. (b) There shall be no civil liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against, any peace officer or federal criminal investigator or law enforcement officer described in subdivision (a) or (d) of Section 830.8, acting within the scope of his or her authority, for false arrest or false imprisonment arising out of any arrest under any of the following circumstances:(1) The arrest was lawful, or the peace officer, at the time of the arrest, had reasonable cause to believe the arrest was lawful.(2) The arrest was made pursuant to a charge made, upon reasonable cause, of the commission of a felony by the person to be arrested.(3) The arrest was made pursuant to the requirements of Section 142, 837, 838, or 839."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen%27s_arrest#United_States

[Seer]

" Probably a simple, but enforced, law limiting the size and scope of an enterprise would be useful."

But, BUT... we can say this, but it's a matter of application.

Folks like Jamie Dimon doing "God's work" will always latch on to the little bit of "enforcement" in order to, well, do "God's work."  And if you disagree with someone doing "God's work" then you can, because you're a threat to "God's work" (or, "national security" as is what is currently in vogue), be eliminated.

I'm not saying that there isn't another way (and I certainly know the way we're going is not going to hold up), it's just that we cannot expect results without properly challenging the underlying premises of that which we might be considering.

The probability of being able to limit a controlling power is like the probability of a pubescent teen male following through with his statement that he will "pull out before..."

[SafelyGraze]

at 02:35 "grain rotting in the fields and no bread"

a.k.a. beer

[Seize Mars]

vonMises was a genius and visionary.

[economics9698]

Thanks Tyler, this guy is a economic God.

The reason statism will forever be popular throughout time is there are always emotionally handicapped people who would prefer to kill someone than work an honest days labor.

The political garbage is just to get the intellectually lazy public to buy into their thievery.  If the dysfunctional group can promise the public enough theft and seizure of assets from the capitalist producers then they have made a sale.

Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Evita Peron, Chavez, Castro…

[SAT 800]

You know they have a website; the von mises institute, I think it;s called; that has a big on-line library where you can read some very rational analysis of libertarian ideas for free.

[Oldrepublic]

http://www.mises.org

[SAT 800]

Dont't foget Obama and Hilary Clinton who fit the criteria for your list perfectly; she's the product the hypnotists on television are going to have you elect in 2016 to finish up the job.

[Seer]

Spoken like a true Party Pussy!