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Guest Post: The Wisest Thing Ever Said By A Socialist...
Submitted by Simon Black of Sovereign Man blog,
In 1919, a prominent socialist named Nicholas Klein addressed the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Convention. And in describing their struggle, he told the crowd:
“First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.”
(A version of this quote is frequently mis-attributed to Gandhi, though there is no evidence that Gandhi ever said this…)
Though Klein was a staunch socialist, he really hit the nail on the head.
Right now there’s an obvious trend in the West. Government insolvency is rapidly pushing those societies down the path of tyranny– drone assassinations, digital spying, pointless wars, confiscation of bank balances, capital controls, and the criminalization of everything from raw milk to collecting rain water.
The world has been here so many times before throughout history. And the trend seems so clear. Yet only a handful of people get it. Most people don’t want to hear about it. And they certainly don’t want to believe it.
You may have experienced this first hand if you’ve ever tried to talk to friends and neighbors about the fallacies of fiat currency.
They’ll probably ignore you. And they’ll probably ridicule you. They’ll accuse you of wearing a tin-foil hat and having lost your mind.
But as the trend continues, we’ll continue seeing a further deterioration in both economic fundamentals and civil liberties. And it will become apparent to everyone.
More stories will break about rampant corruption and gross surveillance. Drones will become a regular part of law enforcement. US debt will pass $20 trillion. They’ll nationalize a portion of pension funds and IRA savings.
They’ll eventually pass a law connecting tax delinquency to passport registration. Social security benefits will be scaled back. They’ll authorize themselves an Internet kill switch… and use it. A national sales tax will be unrolled, and ancillary taxes on things like mobile phone useage and air transport will go through the roof.
Civil asset forfeiture will rise dramatically, and people will have their entire life’s savings caught up in a bureaucratic death trap with no hope of due process. A budding currency crisis will substantially erode people’s standard of living.
And when it does finally become apparent to everyone, they’ll bombard you with questions about what to do… and they’ll celebrate your wisdom for having seen it coming.
An old Zen aphorism wisely states “you cannot fill a cup that is already full.” In other words, you cannot change people’s minds who choose to ignore reality.
We can only strive to be in the best possible position to help our friends, neighbors, and community when they do finally wake up. (And, perhaps occasionally, point out the obvious warning signs…)
For now, the best thing you can do is take care of yourself and your family. Get your own affairs in order. Have a plan, and begin to execute it. We’ll be no use to anyone if we’ve allowed a government to destroy our liberty and wipe out our savings.
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If you’re looking for definitive answers, I once again want to strongly encourage you to check out the video series from our recent Offshore Tactics Workshop.
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Well, if it isn't our MI West Point grad again....
simon, i told you the other day to sign off with.....stay thirsty my friends.....cause i know who you are....
My friends have largely been ignoring or ridiculing my warnings for years now.... so before it got to the fighting I decided it was just easier to agree with them and smile and continually nod my head at the nice idiots...
Even told them I sold my farm.... you know... just in case they get any brilliant ideas later... :)
Well known fable:
The Little Red Hen finds a grain of wheat, and asks for help from the other farmyard animals to plant it. But no animal will volunteer to help her.
At each further stage (harvest, threshing, milling the wheat into flour, and baking the flour into bread), the hen again asks for help from the other animals, but again she gets no assistance.
Finally, the hen has completed her task, and asks who will help her eat the bread. This time, all the previous non-participants eagerly volunteer. However, she declines their help, stating that no one aided her in the preparation work, and eats it with her chicks, leaving none for anyone else.
The moral of this story is that those who show no willingness to contribute to an end product do not deserve to enjoy the end product: "if any man will not work, never let him eat."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Red_Hen
"if any man will not work, never let him eat."
A point on which both Lenin and the Bible agree. One day, even the US government may see the light.
Arthur Schopenhauer is the author of the "first they ignore you" quote
Little-known ending: the moar free shit army of barnyard animals had one really good chicken dinner that night.
The moral of the story is to maintain good OpSec.
Make that purple dragon proud!
Finally, the hen has completed her task, and asks who will help her eat the bread. This time, all the previous non-participants eagerly volunteer. However, she declines their help, stating that no one aided her in the preparation work
At which point the other animals, enraged at the unfairness of her hoarding bread from the very society that made bread-making possible ("you didn't bake that", they cried!) kill her, cook her, and feast on chicken sandwiches for a few days... before starving to death themselves.
We're in a democracy now, remember?
Wrong. They will accuse you of witchcraft for having "seen" the future...at which point you will be burned at the stake, and your assets siezed...for the children, of course.
Simon "the international man of mistory" le Noir
jealousy is such an ugly thing...
Good article:
http://johngaltfla.com/wordpress/2013/06/05/why-obamacare-requires-a-cashless-society/
+ 1000, although I wish I had not read it........
Here's the answer to that: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=231673.0
Live each day as if it were your last, because it is, lol. -Stalin-
Keep living like there is no tomorrow and you'll be right sooner than you think.
I'm pretty sure Stalin never said lol.
lol
If I lived today like it were my last, it really would be. No way I survive that shit.
Does that mean Edward Snowden gets a monument?
NO
Call it a 'headstone.' (Don't drone me, bro!)
Yeah, but in between the last two they kill you.
" and they’ll celebrate your wisdom for having seen it coming."
LOL...Chuckle....sniggle...snort.....(holding it in)......monstrous eruption of laughter!!!
I don't even know where to start. Forget it. I will be here all weekend. Forget it.
LOL, I had the same passage copied to paste here.
What they will do (or are doing in my case), is act like none of this is news, but rather, conventional wisdom that everyone has known all along, with the defensive retort, "But hey, what are you going to do about it?"
It's that good ole incrementalization of normalization.
Yeah, but short of being droned ourselves, what are we going to do about it?
OMG - dare to dream right?
Most of the folks I know would be making up reasons why I was wrong as they were getting hauled away in rail cars to take them to the camps. . . .
"They’ll eventually pass a law connecting tax delinquency to passport registration."
Most definitely. And don't forget that they'll eventually pass a law connecting student loans to it as well.
We are seriously fucked, and yet I could count on one hand the number of people I know who are thinking about what's going on. If you talk about anything deeper than sports or TV shows, people look at you like you're absolutely nuts. It's really kinda strange. Christ, I wish I could meet some people who are thinking about the important issues, even if I don't agree with their take. Hello? Anybody out there? Is there anybody out there who actually understands what a central bank is? Can we meet for coffee at a LOCAL shop some time?
The world has always had sheep, whether reptialian dinosaur types or upright humanoid types. There have always been sheep.
Some would say, "Lemmings"....but that story is of course bullshit, too!
Lemmings are actually cavernous moles that sleep in burrowed holes for the majority of their lives. They come out of hiberenation to mate and find food, and that's it.
When the British Documentary film crew found this out, the folks over at the BBC were worried because no one wants to watch a animal show about moles who sleep 70% of their life. So what did they do? They took the lemmings they found and threw them off a cliff into a lake, making it LOOK like they were "following each other off a cliff" as we are lead to believe is a practice that lemmings do.
There was even a popular videogame about lemmings doing this, and the majority of the culture actually believes it (including me...until I read about this).
Really goes to show how much people put WAY too much faith into what they hear on tv.
I heard it was a Disney production.
Actually... I heard Walt himself helmed the very bulldozer that drove the hapless rodents off the cliff edge... just for the lulz!
He got his camera crew to film it, so he could i) watch it during his fading years after he lost his bulldozer license and no one would let him drive a bulldozer any more, and ii) make a completely fictitious 'documentary' about suicidal moles so he could get a tax credit for earth-moving equipment.
True story!
who bleat nonsense; but make good cheese if there is a man of sense to guide them/
whats yur point, you don't know how to say cheese? let alone make any, or is it that you prefer to slay the sheep before you feed and nurture them. That way you stay predator but never grow the brains to be shepherd.
"never grow the brains to be shepherd."
Like the ant brain 'shepherding' the aphid?
Brings to mind my take on the familiar christian image of a benignly smiling Jesus the shepherd cradling a helpless lamb in his arms.
Protected from ravenous carnivores for only a short while, then destined to be shorn. Ultimately ending up over a fire for either dinner or a burnt sacrifice.
There's a sheeple metaphor in here somewhere. Anybody?
You can't a passport if you are late on child support payments.
"You can't a passport if you are late on child support payments."
Or owe back taxes (at least federal taxes).
At this point there are few pleasant places left that haven't turned into Nanny states, controlled by religous zealots, embroiled in civil war, rampant violence, deep poverty, or poisoning the land, water, air. Where exactly can you go that offers freedom, liberty and the Pursuit of happiness? To my knowledge the only nation that still honors liberty and isn't a clusterF, is Chile.
FWIW: The Socialist want the majority of Americans dependant on the Gov't so they have more control and power. If a person is indebted or dependent, they are enslaved. It doesn't matter how nice the slave quarters are, its still slavery.
Escargot-Nice post and we are truly in a sad state when people care more about the Katrashian's and Dancing with the Stars. No one seems to value intelligent debate anymore. It is simply not "fun" enough...I too wish more people were aware of what is going on, however if they sheep haven't woken up yet, it will take an absolute societal collapse for that to occur.
On the passport comment-The government has already instructed the IRS to furnish names of the those who currently have a tax debt exceeding $50K. Those on this list will not be able to renew their passports or obtain a new one.
Good luck finding those folks who actually want to discuss important topics.
-Tom
Escargot- I know the feeling well. I think that I am getting a tin foil hat as a gift for Father's Day. It would be nice to have some local group to be able to discuss issues with that don't include golf, football or Hollywood shit.
what part of the country are you in? As my screen name indeicates it is LA for me. I wish it was not but I am stuck here.
@escargot - That is exactly what I was telling my wife the other day. There's no one I can talk to who understands jackshit. As soon as I see the blank face I wind it down and say fuck it. Let me know if you live in Dallas.
Thunderkiss, its not so much they don't understand, they don't want to know. Even my own wife, who is largely inline with my thinking on these topics, if not the ones that really matter, prefers to not talk about it becasue she finds it too depressing. And admittedly I have no solutions to offer which only makes me a more deliberate killjoy. I had a business trip with a 30 something single women last week and I went off on one of my explanetory rants, and she commented that she had never heard that clearly before...and then we changed the subject. They don't want to know and I don't blame them. I'm not sure but that my curiosity may well be my undoing as it has killed any optimism I might have had for the future, making running a business more like funeral planning some days. And yes I work in Dallas and live in the suburbs.
Somebody gets it or there would be more ammo on the shelves.
Do you mean "a Local Shop, for Local People?" I wil just have I can I cant. It will only cost me twelvety.
Meh. Hiding out is the answer, huh? Sorry, but I don't want the end of my life to come while I'm still in my bleak little hidey-hold preaching how the end is near. I would rather try to promote change. Along those lines, I would love to see some organization of a Kucinich/Paul ticket for the next presidential election. Maybe if those two guys started a third party based on Rule of Law and the Constitution for the 2014 Senate race, things could have a chance of really changing.
signed,
A Dreamer
Politics is evil, and thus is NOT a valid mechanism for positive change. What Dr. Paul and Mr. Kucinich are doing now though, is most definitely the correct approach.
Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.
http://ronpaulinstitute.org/
More importantly than that, is his focus upon education to achieve it.
http://www.ronpaulcurriculum.com/
When given the choice of a bloody civil war or a Ron Paul/Paul Ryan ticket - I'll take the ticket every time. Insurrection only replaces one bunch of goons with another - just ask the Libians, Egyptians, etc....
RNC would not allow such a ticket, and unless the third party included progressives, no chance to defeat the duopoly.
And why would you vote for somebody like Ryan, who voted in favor of both the Patriot Act and the National Defense Appropriation Act (NDAA)? You can't really think his views on austerity are more important than his support of the creeping police state?
While I applaud the effort, and the sooner started the better; realistically it took 50 years of propaganda to produce the current crop of idiots, and it will take at least that much longer to reverse the effect. Probably longer, because 'common sense' doesn't have near the sizzle of 'sex, drugs, and rock and roll'.
i've been promoting that ticket for ten years
no one gets how you could put a democrat and republican on the same ticket
fools
Perhaps we promote a good liar that actually knows how to turn things around and jail all the crooks. He can tell the people what they want to hear and, like the current occupant of The White House, do what he wants.
I hope that it's Biden/Clinton 2016 so we can put an end to this political savior nonsense once and for all......
And go back to resignation that There Is No Alternative (TINA) and accept duopoly rule and police state fascism?
Because those are our only choices.........
Until things change, as they always do...
"For the first time in recent memory, participants in the political process, many of them newly engaged, are openly imagining and pushing for a world other than the one they currently live in. Voters are seizing control over the means of production, meeting up with strange new subgroups, and having a blast in the process. The future—even the present—belongs not to the central re-election committee but to the decentralized single-issue swarm. Wherever both parties have colluded in erecting a roadblock to the desires of American voters, there are citizen groups creating angry and effective coalitions to confront the status quo."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230384810457638592244992295...
A Benjamin ain't worth the paper it's printed on. A copper penny saved is a copper penny earned, right?
A good revolver cost about $4.50 and the U.S circulated a small $5 gold piece.
My Dear Mother still speaks of the U.S.A. as if it is 1958 and Eisenhower is President.
She watches the Nightly News with Brian Williams so she can try and believe it.
Moochelle is a very far cry from Mamie, thass fo sho ...
RE:
I agree...I also expect a gun registry (if not full confiscation), data austerity in mobile plans and service providers, and jail time for copyright abusers (which will be used to silence political dissidents).
BTW the "internet kill switch" exists....I know for a FACT that the Boston PD and the FBI used it in my neighborhood (only 10 min from the shootout in Watertown, MA) as well as other areas of Boston when they were looking for D.Tsarnaev as he was hiding in a boat (as well as to stop people from tweeting out the shit they say over the scanner.....they will also eliminate this eventually, btw). My internet went out for 20 minutes at a time; I think they killed the 'net for this short period while they tried to ping Dzhokhar's phone.
Aaron Swartz was one of the very few to see this all coming. Which makes his death even more sucky.
Is he biologically dead and we have independent confirmation, or has he been extracted from deep cover and is only 'officially' dead?
Sorry, but I've become so skeptical, that since 'Ben Ladin', I see double agents (super-deep undercover guys) in every large & controversial event. The problem is this: Given the known fact that the LEAs and other Gov agencies create double-agents and deep-cover agents, how do you know that they aren't one of them? If I were the lead Gov guy running such an operation, I'd make damn sure that my guy founded a large movement -- just so he can be above suspicion and beyond reproach. Which is why I think they dumped a fake OBL corpse into the ocean. "Burial at sea", my eye!
FYI, going back centuries, it is known that... "the British monarchy and aristocracy would rather lead an inevitable Reform, than fight it and be excluded". Didn't they teach you that in your history classes? ;-)
We can only strive to be in the best possible position to help our friends, neighbors, and community when they do finally wake up....
but we are supposed to be like simon........globe trekkers!!!.....the world is our community!!! my neighbors are on 7 continents!!!! how can i help all!!! such a daunting task!!......
" if you’ve ever tried to talk to friends and neighbors about the fallacies of fiat currency"
Commentary right on the money. Any time I mention this among certain friends I get a "million mile away stare" and silence in response. Douche nozzle savants....
"And then they build monuments to you.”
And fortunately for "they", you are dead by then.
Unfortunately, there are always fools who don't remember.
Off topic:
NSA guy walks into a bar.
Bartender says: hey, I've got a new joke.
NSA guys says: heard it.
NSA guy walks into a bar.
Bartender says: Stop me if you've heard this.
NSA guys says: Stop.
NSA guy walks into a bar.
Patrons yell: Hit that mother fucker again Billy Joe.......!!
NSA guy breathes through a straw now
I've rarely seen this quote attributed properly. Thanks, ZH!
hey spas, im hungry, lets make another bet :)
they already have an internet kill switch... it is called dns servers... the military still controls them... wonder why.....
what?
What do we want? Why do we want it? How many 40 and under remember doing some sort of 'if you could biuld the perfect society' exercise in school? What was the purpose of that exercise? Why are we so discontented with what we had or especially with what we have? Why are we marching into the abyss in the name of 'progress'? What idiot defined progress, anyway? Because I just don't see it as progress anymore. What was wrong with freedom? What happened to 'take your chances', 'take your own risks', or 'pull yourself up by your own bootstraps'? Everyone now days needs help? Why? "You didn't build that"? Really? How can this be defined as progress for the human spirit?
Well, there is the fact that its hard to compete with those who have the dough to create a PAC. That and the fact that all the capital is being siphoned up to the top, making it extremely difficult to just put food on the table. But, yeah. Nice American dream. Didn't know it was still alive.
That was then. Now they insist that no one could have seen it coming (including themselves), yet they are still the only ones with the knowledge and wisdom to see the way out.
(Look Lenny, it doesn't have to make sense, it just has to be sellable to at least 51%).
But... first... realize... that you are a very sick mofo! And then... ahm... I dunno... something... maybe... I seem to have forgotten - sorry.
Tmust problably've been some a-ancient wiseguy-quote... send into existance by the first commie ever... heheh - or not / whatever;)
But what did this other guy say, I mean in this very large book which always comes in handy during very long and cold winters...? Drugs is bad... something like that? I forgot this quote as well, it seems.
So... never mind.
Hands up who didn't know the Pledge of Allegiance was written by a socialist, then popularized by the flag making industry?
The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy (1855–1931), who was a Baptist minister, a Christian socialist, and the cousin of socialist utopian novelist Edward Bellamy (1850–1898). The original "Pledge of Allegiance" was published in the September 8 issue of the popular children's magazine The Youth's Companion as part of the National Public-School Celebration of Columbus Day, a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. The event was conceived and promoted by James B. Upham, a marketer for the magazine, as a campaign to instill the idea of American nationalism by selling flags to public schools and magazines to students...
Bellamy's original Pledge read as follows:
The Pledge was supposed to be quick and to the point. Bellamy designed it to be recited in 15 seconds. As a socialist, he had initially also considered using the words equality and fraternity but decided against it – knowing that the state superintendents of education on his committee were against equality for women and African Americans.
God had nothing to do with it until much later. (1948, it was part of a deliberate drive to separate the pledge from looking too much like the Nazi's form of Nationalism, it was also at this point that the Bellamy salute was removed; God got shoved in due to the (entirely incorrect) thesis that the Nazis weren't Christian. Actually, most of them were, only a handful of the inner circle were paid up batshitcrazy esoteric "find the Holy Grail" cultists).
I'd also push you to research "The Bellamy Salute" and see if it reminds you of anything. So, every time you've made that pledge, you've made it as a socialist. A Christian one, of course, 'cause early Christianity is basically indentical to socialism. If you can grow beyond the fear of the Communists (Leninists / Stalinists) you might realize something about the basis of America, and how you've been played by the fear of the bogey-men. So, next time one of your esteemed Law makers froths at the mouth over "How God has always been part of the pledge of allegiance...", tell them where to stick their propaganda.
They just want control, and know the easy buttons to push. Problem is, their grasp of the craft is somewhat limited.
You've been living in a dream world Neo...
Yes, I've pointed out this bit of flag waving national socialist propaganda many times.
I quit saying it in elementary school, my parents (fortunately) backed me up, them knowing, it is improper to indoctrinate a child into an allegiance with the state that cannot be explained or understood at that age.
I've never felt guilty about it, never will. Any allegiance I have is with the people, not a flag and certainly not a government which seems to think they can spend my labor more intelligently than me and spy on me at their leisure.
In about 1960 I saw a kid win a Halloween costume contest at the local VFW hall by dressing like Uncle Sam...and right then, even as a kid, I knew that the whole thing was rigged. Wish that I had heard that pledge history earlier...kind of makes you sick when you think about it.
Like Twain said: Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
We differ here. Nationalism is a dead ideology, wandering Zombie like through the new century, for sure. And yes, Socialism or Communism or Fascism or Capitalism are all indoctrinating ideologies (thank >insert whatever you want here< that the 20th Century is over).
However, I think that socialism (small "s", not a big "S") has lots to offer (you can be a capitalist and a socialist and a christian all at the same time, for reference[1]). It's largely to do with just being a fucking human being. What came first? The homo sapiens or the ideology? YEP - THAT'S THE TRAP THEY SET, making you think you need these thoughts to be a "rational thinking member of society". Bullshit, none of this existed 500 years ago, and it doesn't have to exist 50 years from now, ideology is pure bullshit. That's the magic trick, the way to tap into the God Zone of the brain and make you a zombie. "I'm a COKE / STEELERS / MAN. UNITED fan and I hate <insert opposite of said BRANDS>". I hope you all understand this by now, they're just hot-wiring your brain to make you unthinking.
I just disagree with it being a form of indoctrination, which entirely defeats the purpose of the idea over making it an ideology. socialism has many virtues. As long as you treat it with a tiny "s"; take the good parts, and always adapt your thoughts to the current now. Only a fool ignores tools she has in front of her to allow her to survive and make her environment a pleasant place.
If you've not realized this yet, I'll make it clear: RELIGION - IDEOLOGY - BRAND. They're the same trick, they all control the same portion of your neural network, all dressed up differently by the same beings. Welcome to the Red Pill, Neo. It's a control device, and they're all the same, not quantitatively but qualitatively.
Adaption is not limited to biology. These are cold, hard, rigid once installed control methods. And you can't even see them.
When was the last time you bought off-brand? (And don't worry, they're all owned by the same Corporations anyhow, your feeble attempts at choices are priced into the Control Method). They Control You. More importantly, they control the "God-Zone" of your neural network (Mind) which is the key.
[1] If you don't get this, I'd suggest looking at yourself: are you part of a Church? Do you give to a Charity? (That may-or-may not be a total scam, many of the USA's finest Charities are pure scams. Pink Ribbons, *cough* *cough*) Yep, the Church is socialism hidden under the name of God. That's why Bellamy was a Christian socialist. Myself, I think all Charity is evil, and never partake: it's a way to alleviate your conscience on an issue without actually solving said issue. It's for the morally weak. Oh, and I'm probably going to get mind-wiped for my posts here, threats have been made. Fuck it - Fear is the mind killer, so either do it yourself or let me dance. Not all of us are weak ones fearing the Other so much that absolute control is necessary - cowards, cowards, cowards.
I don't think we differ at all actually, outside of the concept of charity. Forced charity is coercion, only voluntary giving can been considered as charity.
Socialism & Communism (large S & C) rely on the state to force something resembling charity. It is impossible to make the one forced (against his/her will) to think of it as charity.
Outside of the state is where charity takes place.
Voluntary giving does nothing either. Voluntary doing does.
But, hey. I'm a dead-being-walking anyhow, so might as well go out in style.
Giving is not always monetary, it can be, simply a flower or knowledge ;-)
Exactly. Fuck 'em.
The gift of fear is a warning to you. This is a stickup. They are not going to stop until they have it all. Everything. Your stuff, Your country. And you can't be here because no one wants to look into the eyes of the loser when the winner is annouced. You'll be asked to exit the stage.
What causes fear is holding on to life too tight (or, tightly, if you prefer adverbs).
The pledge of allegiance is a cute little ditty .... it doesn't rise to the level of once and for all enshrining Socialism as the true way forward .... however .... it's just anecdotal crap .... like that stupid little Canadian girl they trotted out .... Victoria Grant .... leftist, economic child porn ! Weaving Klein and Bellamy into our national fabric to show the relevancy of their socialist thought ? These are shameless, cheap socialist tricks that showcase the poverty of their ideas ! LOL
As always, there's more than one story to consider when attempting to unravel American history:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55107823
That's exceptional research skills, I learnt something.
Doesn't hurt that the link is darkly humorous in context of this thread either. +10
Is this a trick question ? I haven't read the thread yet .... but let me say something .... then I'll get a beer and read the thread .... and edit whatever I've written ! To compare a misunderstood Socialist and a misunderstood Von Mises Hoarder .... is obscene .... what is this .... impute intelligence to a stupid socialist .... by suggesting that they have both suffered injustice .... for their brilliant avant garde minds ? Edit: Nicholas Klein = Keynes = stupid Von Mises = Milton Friedman = brilliant
Von Mises = Milton Friedman
No...
Stalin built monuments to himself .... last time I looked .... they were all knocked down !
here a weird thought I can't entirely dismiss.
jesus was crucified before it was cool to crucify
socialists, or maybe that was the apex of crucifying
socialists?
....
It won't be too long before you have to move to Russia or Bulgaria to find any real freedom How bout renaming our country the United Socialist States of America?