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Jenn Griffin's avatar

People don’t want to believe this. And we will all suffer because of that. It’s precisely why we’ve been so critical of the Dems because we know if it’s not stopped it will just roll up everything in its path. It’s a catch 22 & it really shouldn’t be.

James Burnham's avatar

With respect to your opening quote from Friedrich Hayek, it should be noted that Hayek was a libertarian who opposed inheritance and progressive taxation. That near-sightedness alone should raise a red flag when considering otherwise sensible remarks, and he made a few. Hayek advocated authoritarianism over democracy because he believed collectivism, i.e. socialism, always resulted in a dictatorship that could only be cured by another strong man - a benevolent dictatorship run by intelligent capitalists, a misnomer. His involvement with the Austrian Economics of Ludwig von Mises exposes his trust in the free market and the inevitable resort to austerity as the only justifiable means of economic regulation. Margaret Thatcher idolized him. We know better.

Ronald Wieland's avatar

Just outside of my window, a young turkey is peeping frantically because it cannot find a way through a wolf and wire fence 4 feet tall. I must go out there and threaten it with capture in order for it too know that it has wings to fly..

Jenn Griffin's avatar

What a great metaphor. Fly turkey fly!

William Farrar's avatar

Water, electricity, animals and humans take the path of least resistance.. Monopolies, oligopolies, dictatorships exist, because there was no blocking agent.

The U.S,. had a blocking agent, a Constitution and a tripartite government, but the dark forces, eventually learned how end run them, by capturing them.

And they captured them by playing on our fears and needs. The same way Adolph, Benito, Franco and Lenin captured their countries.

All societies devolve to bi classial , in essence the overlords and the peasants

The bane of the overlords, aka nobility, aka oligarchs, is a healthy middle class. Otherwise known as Bourgeoisie

The middle class presents a threat from below, from which competition can emerge and threaten them, it also represent a rung on the ladder down..

The solution from their perspective, eliminate the middle class

Bill Hoyer's avatar

Wow, what a powerful piece! It give me a framework for arguing in favor of the need for strict and clear regulations of powerful entities. Thanks, Jim!