From: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Time to shed the right -vs- left, socialism -vs- capitalism hyperbole and purchase Thomas Piketty's new book " Capital in the Twenty-First Century. " PARIS — Thomas Piketty turned 18 in 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell, so he was spared the tortured, decades-long French intellectual debate about the virtues and vices of communism. Even more telling, he remembers, was a trip he took with a close friend to Romania in early 1990, after the collapse of the Soviet empire. “This sort of vaccinated me for life against lazy, anticapitalist rhetoric, because when you see these empty shops, you see these people queuing for nothing in the street,” he said, “it became clear to me that we need private property and market institutions, not just for economic efficiency but for personal freedom.” (emphasis mine) But his disenchantment with communism doesn’t mean that Mr. Piketty has turned his back on the intellectual ...
The Radical Redneck, Michael "Savage Weiner" wing heard from.
ReplyDeleteRadicals Redneck (aka Radical Redass), and Rusty Shackelford (aka Chucklenutz) are two of the biggest rightwing partisan and bigoted reactionary idiots traveling Lisa's Stench Trench.
ReplyDeleteOf course the blog proprietor isn't far behind.
Ah, I actually didn't click the link to the specific source blog until now. My bad. I see now your reference to the troll hole.
ReplyDeleteThis does sum up the progressive doctrine. Give us everything you take from the rich while we protest against them.
ReplyDeleteThe right has the same difficulty. They preach smaller less intrusive government who tells you how to live your lives. That's kinda like Hillary saying trust me, just doesn't work.
Democrat and Republican Politicians are very similar in their biggest desire is to keep their job, spend you money and devise ways to get more.
The vast majority of recipients of government assistance do not game the system. In the minds of the Lisas of the country, however, the opposite is true. The couple in the cartoon represent the evil "takers" that Ayn Rand hated and wished to see dead. This demonization/hatred for the poor is something Libertarian/Objectivism has in common with Conservative/Republicanism.
ReplyDeletei reject your interpretation of Ayn Rand out of hand. You are certainly entitled to your opinion. However, be advised this post is not about Ayn Rand and therefore this discussion is ended.
DeleteHate is a powerful emotion and I've found over my many years on this earth those who incessantly accuse others of hating are the ones filed with the most hate. It that you Dervish?
I've found that opinions can change about Rand if you actually read her. But yes this item is not about her. Looking forward to the next one that is.
Delete