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Milton Friedman is a chicken-shit lapdog for the CIA-billionaire conspiracy who correctly espouses the lack of money in circulation as the real driving force of economics, but then he doesn't give a shit to ever scrutinize the real logistics of how that money is distributed. All he ever advocates is handing it all off to a select clique, who he then devoutly maintains will "pass it along fairly". He was an asshole douchebag, and good riddance to him.
@TheLogicJunkie Whoa! You obviously have no clue of economics if you think that America has a lack of money in circulation. In fact, the Federal Reserve is printing trillions of dollars to pay for FEDERAL govt programs and wars which is putting tons of money in circulation and inflating the dollar...
See you want socialism which involves the govt to fix the problems when its the govt causing the problem in the first place.
Do you have any other argument other than a CIA conspiracy? Really
"Whoa"? You have a funny way of invoking that phrase "in circulation".
How much of that money "in circulation" has been given in the form of astronomical bailouts to brat-buddy bankers and others of that ilk whereby the Fed then turned around and incentivized that money NOT being circulated, by paying substantial interest for that same gang to leave it in Fed banks, earning big interest? That's really some "circulation".
And how much of that money has been going toward making treacherously fat pay-outs for trusting sucker 18 year-olds to get heavily in debt to the drooling fangs of Sallie Mae, so that they can be subsidized to more easily fall into the trap of a college degree for which there is virtually NO market nowadays, and thereby end up as debt slaves FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, or until they put loaded guns in their mouths (which may be a big driving factor in all this)?
And how much of this money "in circulation" gets initially shunted EN MASSE to an overindulged and wanton military whose real primary function is now to undermine oil-bearing nations all over the world because even James Schlesinger -- the ULTIMATE war hawk -- has said that "we are all peakists now", and so now there is a mad scramble to seize oil territories? America's ruling mob could've allowed or facilitated the development of alternative energy decades ago, but nooooo...
And then you have the vast ocean of "transfer payments" going to vast herds of people, as a reward for doing absolutely nothing -- not even developing themselves.
Meanwhile, there is a withered remnant of a class of largely self-sufficient and truly responsible people whose every effort to really contribute and innovate has been systematically illegalized and crushed, all so that their potential activities don't undermine any of the dandy darlings with subsidy monopolies.
So yeah, please do invoke that phrase "in circulation". Except, from now on, do try to be a little more forthcoming about the kinds of people and organizational organisms that all the money is being primarily circulated TO, to start off with. Because, in case you haven't realized, who money goes to FIRST makes a gigantic difference in who ends up controlling society, and in what direction it's steered.
@TheLogicJunkie Ok just because you give it to banks doesnt mean its not in circulation. its still inflating the dollar. if the fed printed it and gave it to the middle class it would still inflate. youre mad cause it was given to big companies and you think thats capitalism which in fact its corporatism. im mad that there is even the FED. Friedman is right
@TheLogicJunkie Ok just because you give it to banks doesnt mean its not in circulation. its still inflating the dollar. if the fed printed it and gave it to the middle class it would still inflate. youre mad cause it was given to big companies and you think thats capitalism which in fact its corporatism. im mad that there is even the FED. Friedman is right
@TheLogicJunkie Ok just because you give it to banks doesnt mean its not in circulation. its still inflating the dollar. if the fed printed it and gave it to the middle class it would still inflate. youre mad cause it was given to big companies and you think thats capitalism which in fact its corporatism. im mad that there is even the FED. Friedman is right
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Friedman always has a smirk on his face. He's arrogant. His ideas are a wealthy few and poverty for the majority. And using military force to keep the poor in line, to eradicate unions, etc. He endorses fascism. After his economic policies are in place, usually an angry revolution follows, i.e. Chile. Avoid this fanatic.
Friedman was right, but there is no historical precedent of any culture returning to past glories or philosophy after having become debased. There is always a collapse, followed by a rebirth.
opportunity came at the price of native american land taken.at the cost of slave labor,the cost of defeating a latin nation.the freedom to be bullies and the military
force to back it up.then and now.the freedom to ship jobs overseas.
USA was never a place of Opportunity ... it was a scam to induce slaves to migrate. Fact: very few ppl have social economic mobility. Most slaves work their lives away to enrich the exploiters.
@mba2ceoThis is really,a most asinine comment.In your opinion,has there been any other country that has created opportunity?The USA has exported the given opportunity(work)of the immigrant.The opportunity here in the US has created the automobile,airplane,computer,internet,life saving technologies & medicines etc. The world has benefited from our opportunity to create these products.Fact:: the poorest 5% of Americans are richer than nearly 70% of other people in the world. Thats opportunity!!!
@cesar333 We havent had a free market in over 100 years.How do you call,what we have, a free market?The miles of red tape of permits and regulations are put in by the big companies,specifically to eliminate free trade.Is it any wonder that GE paid $0 in taxes out of $14B in profits,while Joe's Grocery store paid $88K because the "store" made $250K?We have 6,000 corps and 27M small businesses,high taxes profits corps by eliminating small business that cannot afford to pay the taxes.Free Market?
Interesting to see these comments. The world divides into 2 types: winners and losers. The winners believe they can make it by themselves. The losers are looking for a free ride. The politicians know that and want to give them their heart's desire in return for votes. Consider that now over half of u.s. voters pay not one red cent in income tax. That's part of what MF meant by the point of no return. The u.s. has become majority loser. Sadly their concept is a ponzi scheme that cannot last.
That is utter nonsense, great many poor people from Europe and all around the world made their lives better in America.
From my homecountry of Finland for example, poor woodworkers traveled to USA and Canada and got paid more and stayed there, founded families and built homes. It's not a fairytale.
The upper-class mostly stayed in Europe. They already had what they needed.
There exists in every individual a natural desire for freedom. Human beings want to live their lives as they choose, not how another person insists they should. They are instinctively resistant to being told what to do, say, read, purchase, ingest, own, or believe. Such autonomy however, must be coupled with personal responsibility. When a citizen attempts to live up to these reputable principles, they become a steward of liberty and set an example for others to learn from and to emulate.
Engaging in 100% voluntary contracts, making more and more money in a safer less labor intense job, while everything around me costs less and less while increasing in quality. More various higher paying jobs available in more desirable fields with a small central government there to protect my life, liberty, and property from others. A GOV to provide for police, courts, and defense. Money that increases in value instead of stagnating or decreasing. No central bank. Who wouldn't want this??
@AroundSun Sounds interesting -I don't agree 100% though-, but I'm afraid it's merely an utopian vision. Libertarians usually fail to understand that implementing their ideas is not that easy. Some polls showed that even Tea Party supporters approved of Medicare. Americans are obsessed with public spending, but do they really want to cut it off? Slashing the enormous military budget seems out of the question. Let's face it, Libertarianism is attractive to many, but they are still a minority.
@HerrOttoKranz Tea Party does not equal libertarian. You are a cocksucking liberal fag who wants to control other peoples lives with other peoples money. Libertarians fail to bla bla bla..Liberals fail to realize that they are the cause of every fucking problem we face today.
@HerrOttoKranz You don't agree because you probably believe in every economic myth and fallacy. You don't understand human behavior either. Why cant liberals do anything without conservatives? If they could, they would form collectively voluntarily instead of forcing others to participate. You morons don't believe in individual rights. You go with whats popular you say? So Justin Bieber must be the best artist in your opinion. Go away phony.
@AroundSun No need to be insulting in the first place. What the fuck do you know about me? You completely misunderstood what I said. I agree with you in many things, but not each and every of your viewpoints. I just think you libertarians are too optimistic about the things you can change. Being right does not equal being heard. Friedman, Hayek et al. are scholars whose theories are not defended by any mainstream political force as a whole. So I ask again: are Americans really libertarians?
@HerrOttoKranz Yes, Ron Paul is the only one standing up for their viewpoints. It is a tough transition phase but government has failed to let freedom actually exist. Under the guise of good intentions, government has done far more harm than good. Socialism actually working well is utopian.
@HerrOttoKranz If I see a homeless man on the street, I might very well give him some money for food. I might even be struck by his condition so bad that I might volunteer at a soup kitchen. BUT I still have no right to hold a gun to a strangers head, steal their wallet, and then give that strangers money to the homeless man. THAT is exactly what you are advocating.
@xtremejohnny69 I honestly have come to believe that they really can't do ANYTHING right! The fact that all tehy do is conduct speed traps and look for drugs on people who aren't hurting anyone shows that they are a useless waste of taxpayer dollars. The fire department is useful, the sanitation department is useful, the police department is worthless, and ummm I can't really think about any other department of on a local goverment level.
@harj2009 No actually making everyone pay for healthcare is unconstitutional, we are broke, and he was absolutely not for bailouts. Bailouts aren't part of Capitalism. He was against the Chrysler bailout in the 70's.
@AroundSun did I say make everyone pay for healthcare ? I said the ideas this guy wants make health care unaffordable and banks regulating themselves do not work and they bring down the entire economy with them.
@harj2009 Ugh...You haven't a clue about what caused the housing bubble. "banks regulating themselves do not work". I can tell you are a moron. Yes, by running a UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE system, that is indeed requiring EVERYONE to pay for healthcare. The government can't make healthcare more affordable. The government can't do anything don't you get it? Let me guess, you are just another economically illiterate liberal democrat. I don't have time to teach you how the world works.
@AroundSun its a shame youve been fed a high advanced properganda which makes you think cutting taxes will solve all of the worlds problems and GE is gods gift to america and the Top 400 Income Tax payers are perfuming a Patriotic duty by paying a less tax as % of income than their cleaners.God Bless the 2nd gilded age.
I didnt mention a universal healthcare system you once again assume I am the person your contard radio host warned u about.Free market mean more corporate control
@harj2009 It is a shame that you are the result of a failed public school system and do not understand economics at all. It is a shame that your liberal professor taught you that the constitution is a living breathing document. It is sad that you have been spoon fed talking points, slogans, and cliches from OweBama who is destroying our country. It is a shame that you think the forced participation of individuals is necessary to achieve success. It is sad that you believe in politicians.
@harj2009 Free markets do not mean corporate control you liberal drone. You don't even know what control is. You just use words like Noam Chomsky, like exploitation, force, control, and "workers". There is nothing liberating about being a liberal. Screw radio talk show hosts, you are the type our founders warned us about. Forced plunder and mob rule. Making everyone as a whole poorer, disgusting. The wealthy in this country already pay the lions share of taxes! Give me a freaking BREAK!
@harj2009 And by the way, yes, cutting taxes would solve many problems. The more money the government has, the less the people have. Giving the government all of our money to provide us with inefficient public services that go bankrupt and cause massive deficits is not very productive. In fact, not only would you be making a lot more money in a more lucrative career, but there would be way more jobs, higher paying jobs, and lower prices across the board. That is economic growth my friend.
@harj2009 Patriotic duty? When an elected official comes in to office and forces its citizens to pay up for unconstitutional programs and laws, that is not patriotic. Private charitable arrangements with voluntary transactions are far more patriotic than sticking a gun in my face and demanding money for healthcare. Let me ask you this, what exactly are the Federal Government's limits?
@harj2009 You are a hit and run liberal. You do not know anything about Austrian economics, Milton Friedman, or free markets. You do not know his views on ANYTHING. Yet, you sit here and comment, blaming Friedmans ideas somehow for high medical costs and BAILOUTS. I tell you that he is against bailouts, and you play the hit and run liberal game. Ohh, well, what about this! Defeated on one topic and move to the next, instead of realizing your mistake and stupidity.
@harj2009 Friedman was against government spending and involvement in the healthcare field. That is partially what drives prices high. Therefore, his ideas advocate more affordable healthcare. If the market can not help the many who are poor, it can not save the many who are rich. It needs to be regulated, but by the people through their voluntary actions, not the government.
look who is speaking bernarkes teacher guru may gosh ..........he should trash the dollar goback to gold standarts than confescate foreign gold stored in us belong to gemany (6000 tons)beside france and others than patrol the rest of the workd with american soldier kids great idea wonderful well his kind in melting pot is what %4 make it 7 look at all listening this shit from a second generation imigrant who come to power endorsed by the owners of federal reserves aig lehman bro etcetc
As an abstract imaginary, America remains a fabled land of liberty & opportunity. In terms less congenial to the America as romance is the exquisite brutality of its vast gulag archipelago.By the social structure Capitalism engenders it is considered reasonable & necessary to ignore millions homeless while defending the institutional ethic of a prison population of 2.5 million subjects. Friedman's prescription for capitalist utopia was pursued with a vengance by Gen Augusto Pinochet in Chile
As an abstract imaginary, America remains a fabled land of liberty & opportunity. In terms less congenial to the America as romance is the exquisite brutality of its vast gulag archipelago.By the social structure which Capitalism engenderes it is considered reasonable & necessary to ignore millions homeless while defending the institutional ethic of a prison population of 2.5 million subjects. Friedman's prescription for capitalist utopia was achieved first by Gen Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
if it wasn't for the U.S. the entire world would look like Pinochet's Chile, and our "poor" (living in public housing with televisions, dvd players etc) would be middle class to wealthy in many parts of the world. yes, i've vistited the ghetto and know what i'm talking about.
I think we are already down the road of prosperity for all. Since ameirica deindustrialized, and the folks who earned a living in manufacturing were treated like dirt. Told by society to somehow bear up, and inter into a service sector job, at half the pay. While the others that still had the jobs in the economy that counld not be outsourced, stood by and cheered the cheap product, from cheap labor markets, and embraced the Walmart business model. You are next, enjoy the pain of uncertainty.
America is the "Land of Opportunity" where everyone is judged equally under law and where people have the right to live their own lives. And where people have opportunity to be as successful in life as their skills and production will allow.
@frnksng I think that is partly a result of the Dept of de-education in favor of dumbing down society so they will not surmise what plans the left are really planing nor will they have the intellectual capacity to devise a means of escape once they do
@carlindelco: I disagree. The top universities in the world are still in North America. I think the dumbing down you refer to is the propaganda from tv and media. We are blitzed with sex, hedonism, and an overall de-humanizing of people. Look at hollywood
@frnksng Yeah true, but the liberal universities are teaching hatred, and revisionist history... more emphasis on hate and blame than any real articulation of facts or substantive learning. The break arcs of historical issues and rewrite every major event. The kids come out with contempt of our country with little or no knowledge of it's REAL heritage. The have removed critical thinking from many of the inner schools so they can't tell that they are being indoctrinated rather than learning
@carlindelco: Yeah, I agree that many students these days lack critical thinking. No debate because I've met a few and it's scarey. The amount of ignorance out there is very bad. I'm not sure if it's indoctrination rather than learning but there is a fine line. Also, the contempt that I see is not towards America but MORE towards religion like Christianity
@frnksng Well it's actually the effect of more "schooling" than education. There is more emphasis put on remediation of social ails rather than just sticking to the business of educated our students. I disagree it is a contempt of America.. some people believe that they are suffering just by looking at the American flag.. these would be people like the progs ,MEChA, Aztlan and raza look them up
@carlindelco: But you can't deny that religion is taking a beating as well. Look at the same sex marriage debate....christianity is being crucified. Liberalism is taking over America (and the world for that matter)
@frnksng It's not religion that's taking a beating.. it's character and morals. People have little regard for their commitments and think as long as I am not hurting anyone ( ahh you're NOT supposed to) it's ok. Liberalism is certainly NOT taking over now. this election is more than just a shirt vs skins game it has been a rediscovery and embrace of the principles and values that made us the great nation we are. But there are those who still love themselves and covet that's for sure
@MrCrgl Ahh what ru a marxist..? lol ok pal..there are social norms if u like "natural" norms u need to be living in the jungle, to which u wouldn't last a day..lol
@carlindelco I didnt talk about "natural" norms. THere is no such thing. You obviously dont know anything about marxism for making a question like that
@carlindelco you definetely know nothing about Marx theory. For Marx there are no "natural" norms, "natural" needs, "natural" ANYTHING !!! In Marx there are SOCIAL needs, SOCIAL norms, nothing to do with socialism, btw.
@carlindelco MORALITY is not a metaphysical entity that "comes" from somewhere...According to marxism esthetics, ethics, etc. are inherently HISTORICAL.
@carlindelco Friedman rejected religion altogether. Did you know that ? Still I dont find it ironic that you defend Friedman. You are protestant , right ? But you are not catholic for sure.
@MrCrgl The fact that he rejected "religion" is not relevant. You can believe in God without a religion. I am a Catholic and a mature conservative. I can defend him because he is RIGHT. That's what mature people are capably of doing lol
"Rejected religion"? well he was not personally religious, he simply didn't right or speak much on it though.
And you are right, the kind of ideas that Friedman espouses are mostly popular among Protestants. a few Catholics may embrace them, but much of the Catholic church is still under contrary teachings that became dominant in the Middle ages.
@Onieracraft Interesting question...only if you embrace the question seriously...are you going to complain about ancient greece ethics from a 21th century perspective ? so again we return to the same issue: historicism is behind everything, including ethics !!!
@Onieracraft how much ? and what period do you consider "ancient greece", classical greece ? In my definition, ancient greece was after 1500 AD so Im not undertanding your question. Can you explain a little ?
@Califacience Oh, sorry, I just checked this. my english is not so good. Then...can you expand your contention on this ethics not having to do with historicism regarding that period ?
Modern values are depicted, within the strains of historicism with which i am familiar (such as in Hegalianism) as the consequence of an evolution of human ethics over time, starting from the beginning of history. This contention requires one to actually demonstrate that there has been a progression. Merely showing that values now are different from values two thousand years ago is not enough. The present could just be a random moment with unique ethics that will "revert" in 200 years
@Califacience Define progression in the context of ethics, please. One observation, many socialists would agree on that primitive communism in a primitive society may share moral values that were later phased out by other not so "progressive" moral values in their view. . Do you think that given this fact they would agree on returning to that period of history ?
Well i'm asking YOU to define (and demonstrate) progression since most theories of historicism with which i am familiar posit some form of progression.
As for your last question, i don't think whether or not a group of people are willing to return to a moral code that is completely identical to some code of the past proves much about the evolution of ethics. All it demonstrates is social change. The real question is can we identify an evolution of GENERAL moral Principles
@Califacience Are you kidding me ? Do you want me to give you a class on the theme ? Another observation, there are no "GENERAL moral Principles", that is a statement that will be more akin to an idealist ? You ask me to prove that there is progression but you have stated the possibility of "The present could just be a random moment with unique ethics" without "proving" it. Or isnt that just what you think ? what do YOU think ?
@MrCrgl You have made the broad claim that all ethics are historicist, the burden of proof is upon you to prove it. The opposite of this claim, as far as i am aware, is that ethical values appear randomly throughout history.
Are you advocating a species of historicism in the vein of say, Hegel, or are you simply talking about cultural relativism?
Now the key difference between the historicism of Marx and Hegel is that Marx's historicism is materialistic (as opposed to "spiritual"). Both are theories are cyclically structured historical progression that culminate in some grand moment. The opposite of the claim that history is directed is that it is random. It is not so much my theory as it is simply the opposite of historicism.
@Califacience "historical progression that culminate in some grand moment" haha that sounds funny. Its also funny because one of the modern philosophers of capitalism, Fukuyama, states, as Friedman, that we already are living that "grand moment", but that many wont accept it. Still you talk about this subject as if you dont have an "opinion" on it. No, I dont think that history is "directed". You dont think that it is random...ok...what do YOU think ?
@Onieracraft Oh, sorry, I just checked this B.C A.D. . my english is not so good. Canyou expand your contention on ethics not having to do with historicism regarding that period ?
@Onieracraft sorry, I just checked this. my english is not so good. can you expand on your contention that ethics not having to do with historicism regarding that period ?
America is the land of the free home of the brave, land of opportunity where everyone person no matter of race, ethnicity, gender, religion or nationality is judged equally under law. Where everybody under law has an equal chance to be the best they can be & its up to them how successful they are in life.
We need another Milton Friedman. I'm sick and tired of these modern liberals tearing our society apart for ideas that have been tried repeatedly and held the same outcome throughout time.
if thats the case then it hopeless. What is necessary of an intellectual of the caliber of Buckley and Friedman. Electing a politician with Libertarian views who only appeals to particular ethnic and religious demographic during an age where government spending bailed out the financial and auto industry won't do much. Of course, I doubt he'll get elected anyway.
you idiots, we aren't a capitalist society, look at our national debt, we are a society that runs on debt. When that debt gets collected we are so FUCKED
Well the Reason for this is Because of the So called New Society created By Lindon Banns Johnson. A great man must I say so myself. He really believed in equality. This great man will not be Redeemer for the struggle for equality but sadly for the Vietnam war. This was and is a great visionary of my times. He broke the rules and stud up for it and so sadly to say suffered for it .This is truly a Great Man
@geiadude I think you mean the great society. I am not sure how you can listen to a true great man, Milton Freidman, and still praise the great society. It was jst another step in the direction of a socialist government. The type of government that makes people, states, and businesses dependant on the federal government.
If only we could be wealthy and giving like those communist countries...
Americans give more to charity than any other country. And republicans who value the free market give more than liberals who don't. Please consult data and reason before making your points. i won't always be here to help you.
you are dumber than dumb, but I can't blame you, with all the corruptive forces trying to control us, you are taught that 'greed' and freedom is your enemy and the betterknowing government needs to control you, of course that's not how they sell it. But really, we are in reality nothing but livestock for government, human farms as opposed to truly free creatures
LOL, you are confusing capitalism with government intervention! Capitalism has done more for everyday people (particularly the poor) than any other system devised by the mind of Man.
I agree capitalism is the biggest benefit to the poorest of the world
But I am sick and tired of this "educate yourself" argument being thrown around. Provide the education you wish the opposition to have, or shut the fuck up
Apologizes, if you've already exchanged 4-5 comments in pursuit of that end
hi Liberty Pen,
Thank you for uploading these videos. Is it possible to upload the entire 15 part lecture series? I will contribute money if I have to.
atreya87 2 weeks ago
Thanks for uploading all these. He's an great inspiration
micros43 1 month ago
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Milton Friedman is a chicken-shit lapdog for the CIA-billionaire conspiracy who correctly espouses the lack of money in circulation as the real driving force of economics, but then he doesn't give a shit to ever scrutinize the real logistics of how that money is distributed. All he ever advocates is handing it all off to a select clique, who he then devoutly maintains will "pass it along fairly". He was an asshole douchebag, and good riddance to him.
TheLogicJunkie 1 month ago
@TheLogicJunkie Whoa! You obviously have no clue of economics if you think that America has a lack of money in circulation. In fact, the Federal Reserve is printing trillions of dollars to pay for FEDERAL govt programs and wars which is putting tons of money in circulation and inflating the dollar...
See you want socialism which involves the govt to fix the problems when its the govt causing the problem in the first place.
Do you have any other argument other than a CIA conspiracy? Really
mtstatehk14090914 2 weeks ago
"Whoa"? You have a funny way of invoking that phrase "in circulation".
How much of that money "in circulation" has been given in the form of astronomical bailouts to brat-buddy bankers and others of that ilk whereby the Fed then turned around and incentivized that money NOT being circulated, by paying substantial interest for that same gang to leave it in Fed banks, earning big interest? That's really some "circulation".
TheLogicJunkie 2 weeks ago
And how much of that money has been going toward making treacherously fat pay-outs for trusting sucker 18 year-olds to get heavily in debt to the drooling fangs of Sallie Mae, so that they can be subsidized to more easily fall into the trap of a college degree for which there is virtually NO market nowadays, and thereby end up as debt slaves FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, or until they put loaded guns in their mouths (which may be a big driving factor in all this)?
TheLogicJunkie 2 weeks ago
And how much of this money "in circulation" gets initially shunted EN MASSE to an overindulged and wanton military whose real primary function is now to undermine oil-bearing nations all over the world because even James Schlesinger -- the ULTIMATE war hawk -- has said that "we are all peakists now", and so now there is a mad scramble to seize oil territories? America's ruling mob could've allowed or facilitated the development of alternative energy decades ago, but nooooo...
TheLogicJunkie 2 weeks ago
And then you have the vast ocean of "transfer payments" going to vast herds of people, as a reward for doing absolutely nothing -- not even developing themselves.
Meanwhile, there is a withered remnant of a class of largely self-sufficient and truly responsible people whose every effort to really contribute and innovate has been systematically illegalized and crushed, all so that their potential activities don't undermine any of the dandy darlings with subsidy monopolies.
TheLogicJunkie 2 weeks ago
So yeah, please do invoke that phrase "in circulation". Except, from now on, do try to be a little more forthcoming about the kinds of people and organizational organisms that all the money is being primarily circulated TO, to start off with. Because, in case you haven't realized, who money goes to FIRST makes a gigantic difference in who ends up controlling society, and in what direction it's steered.
TheLogicJunkie 2 weeks ago
@TheLogicJunkie Ok just because you give it to banks doesnt mean its not in circulation. its still inflating the dollar. if the fed printed it and gave it to the middle class it would still inflate. youre mad cause it was given to big companies and you think thats capitalism which in fact its corporatism. im mad that there is even the FED. Friedman is right
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@TheLogicJunkie Ok just because you give it to banks doesnt mean its not in circulation. its still inflating the dollar. if the fed printed it and gave it to the middle class it would still inflate. youre mad cause it was given to big companies and you think thats capitalism which in fact its corporatism. im mad that there is even the FED. Friedman is right
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@TheLogicJunkie Ok just because you give it to banks doesnt mean its not in circulation. its still inflating the dollar. if the fed printed it and gave it to the middle class it would still inflate. youre mad cause it was given to big companies and you think thats capitalism which in fact its corporatism. im mad that there is even the FED. Friedman is right
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friedman - fuckin jewish post nasi slave system wich work make you free because of money, its sad but true and i must live in this sick system
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Friedman always has a smirk on his face. He's arrogant. His ideas are a wealthy few and poverty for the majority. And using military force to keep the poor in line, to eradicate unions, etc. He endorses fascism. After his economic policies are in place, usually an angry revolution follows, i.e. Chile. Avoid this fanatic.
Artboredom 3 months ago
@Artboredom
Your post is possibly the most artful attempt at trolling I've ever winessed personally.
bombkangaroo 1 month ago
This is stupid, it's just bits and pieces slapped together, no answer to his title.
F4RTFAC3 3 months ago
Friedman was right, but there is no historical precedent of any culture returning to past glories or philosophy after having become debased. There is always a collapse, followed by a rebirth.
pretorious700 4 months ago
Ron Paul 2012! America is waking up, Tea Party, Conservative, libertarian, whatever you call yourself, we need to restore the Republic!
JoKo203 5 months ago
ROOOONNNN PAAAAUUUULL
RPJunky 7 months ago
opportunity came at the price of native american land taken.at the cost of slave labor,the cost of defeating a latin nation.the freedom to be bullies and the military
force to back it up.then and now.the freedom to ship jobs overseas.
stealthgerm 7 months ago
USA was never a place of Opportunity ... it was a scam to induce slaves to migrate. Fact: very few ppl have social economic mobility. Most slaves work their lives away to enrich the exploiters.
mba2ceo 7 months ago
@mba2ceoThis is really,a most asinine comment.In your opinion,has there been any other country that has created opportunity?The USA has exported the given opportunity(work)of the immigrant.The opportunity here in the US has created the automobile,airplane,computer,internet,life saving technologies & medicines etc. The world has benefited from our opportunity to create these products.Fact:: the poorest 5% of Americans are richer than nearly 70% of other people in the world. Thats opportunity!!!
quinnrasta 7 months ago
How are you suppose to trust the "free market" when in the past 10 years alone the free market has demonstrated that they cannot be trusted.
cesar333 7 months ago
@cesar333 We havent had a free market in over 100 years.How do you call,what we have, a free market?The miles of red tape of permits and regulations are put in by the big companies,specifically to eliminate free trade.Is it any wonder that GE paid $0 in taxes out of $14B in profits,while Joe's Grocery store paid $88K because the "store" made $250K?We have 6,000 corps and 27M small businesses,high taxes profits corps by eliminating small business that cannot afford to pay the taxes.Free Market?
quinnrasta 7 months ago
Interesting to see these comments. The world divides into 2 types: winners and losers. The winners believe they can make it by themselves. The losers are looking for a free ride. The politicians know that and want to give them their heart's desire in return for votes. Consider that now over half of u.s. voters pay not one red cent in income tax. That's part of what MF meant by the point of no return. The u.s. has become majority loser. Sadly their concept is a ponzi scheme that cannot last.
jjohngalt 7 months ago
@Omnicron777
That is utter nonsense, great many poor people from Europe and all around the world made their lives better in America.
From my homecountry of Finland for example, poor woodworkers traveled to USA and Canada and got paid more and stayed there, founded families and built homes. It's not a fairytale.
The upper-class mostly stayed in Europe. They already had what they needed.
Loomr 7 months ago
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@Loomr It's called the "American Dream" because you have to be asleep to believe it.
DrComputerGuy 7 months ago
There exists in every individual a natural desire for freedom. Human beings want to live their lives as they choose, not how another person insists they should. They are instinctively resistant to being told what to do, say, read, purchase, ingest, own, or believe. Such autonomy however, must be coupled with personal responsibility. When a citizen attempts to live up to these reputable principles, they become a steward of liberty and set an example for others to learn from and to emulate.
jeffersonianideal 8 months ago
Fact: freedom is a lie told to the slaves to justify their exploitation.
mba2ceo 9 months ago
@mba2ceo The answer, then, is to never trust the masters' words.
ariuszarim 7 months ago
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A Free Market does not = A Free People.
mknomad5 9 months ago
Now that we're using electronic voting machines, it is all over but the crying.
mknomad5 9 months ago
Did he say: "The WHITEST range of people"?
emptybrink 9 months ago
@emptybrink Is that what Jew heard?
fzqlcs 9 months ago
@emptybrink widest....as in far and WIDE
Hyena62 9 months ago
@emptybrink lolol that would be funny!
fishslappr 9 months ago
Engaging in 100% voluntary contracts, making more and more money in a safer less labor intense job, while everything around me costs less and less while increasing in quality. More various higher paying jobs available in more desirable fields with a small central government there to protect my life, liberty, and property from others. A GOV to provide for police, courts, and defense. Money that increases in value instead of stagnating or decreasing. No central bank. Who wouldn't want this??
AroundSun 10 months ago 30
@AroundSun The ignorant masses.
bloodhawk122 8 months ago
@AroundSun People that want a national minimum income, government run health care, no private property, and taxation.
ariuszarim 7 months ago
@ariuszarim Oh yea, the ones who believe in politicians. Angels and messiahs in washington who constructed 15 digit debt + unfunded liabilities
AroundSun 7 months ago
@AroundSun Sounds interesting -I don't agree 100% though-, but I'm afraid it's merely an utopian vision. Libertarians usually fail to understand that implementing their ideas is not that easy. Some polls showed that even Tea Party supporters approved of Medicare. Americans are obsessed with public spending, but do they really want to cut it off? Slashing the enormous military budget seems out of the question. Let's face it, Libertarianism is attractive to many, but they are still a minority.
HerrOttoKranz 7 months ago
@HerrOttoKranz Tea Party does not equal libertarian. You are a cocksucking liberal fag who wants to control other peoples lives with other peoples money. Libertarians fail to bla bla bla..Liberals fail to realize that they are the cause of every fucking problem we face today.
AroundSun 7 months ago
@HerrOttoKranz You don't agree because you probably believe in every economic myth and fallacy. You don't understand human behavior either. Why cant liberals do anything without conservatives? If they could, they would form collectively voluntarily instead of forcing others to participate. You morons don't believe in individual rights. You go with whats popular you say? So Justin Bieber must be the best artist in your opinion. Go away phony.
AroundSun 7 months ago
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HerrOttoKranz 7 months ago
@AroundSun No need to be insulting in the first place. What the fuck do you know about me? You completely misunderstood what I said. I agree with you in many things, but not each and every of your viewpoints. I just think you libertarians are too optimistic about the things you can change. Being right does not equal being heard. Friedman, Hayek et al. are scholars whose theories are not defended by any mainstream political force as a whole. So I ask again: are Americans really libertarians?
HerrOttoKranz 7 months ago
@HerrOttoKranz Yes, Ron Paul is the only one standing up for their viewpoints. It is a tough transition phase but government has failed to let freedom actually exist. Under the guise of good intentions, government has done far more harm than good. Socialism actually working well is utopian.
AroundSun 7 months ago
@HerrOttoKranz If I see a homeless man on the street, I might very well give him some money for food. I might even be struck by his condition so bad that I might volunteer at a soup kitchen. BUT I still have no right to hold a gun to a strangers head, steal their wallet, and then give that strangers money to the homeless man. THAT is exactly what you are advocating.
AroundSun 7 months ago
@HerrOttoKranz At the moment we are a minority but we are growing
o13starsnstripes 7 months ago
@AroundSun I agree with all that except police. I think we would be better off and safer if we reduced the police force by 90 percent!
o13starsnstripes 7 months ago
@o13starsnstripes Or at least gave them something better to do than running speed traps or looking for drugs.
xtremejohnny69 7 months ago
@xtremejohnny69 I honestly have come to believe that they really can't do ANYTHING right! The fact that all tehy do is conduct speed traps and look for drugs on people who aren't hurting anyone shows that they are a useless waste of taxpayer dollars. The fire department is useful, the sanitation department is useful, the police department is worthless, and ummm I can't really think about any other department of on a local goverment level.
o13starsnstripes 7 months ago
If we just did what this man said, our economy would be flawless.
TenaciouslyWinning 11 months ago
@TenaciouslyWinning its the kind of thing this guy promotes that means healthcare is unaffortable and banks needed bailouts
harj2009 10 months ago
@harj2009 No actually making everyone pay for healthcare is unconstitutional, we are broke, and he was absolutely not for bailouts. Bailouts aren't part of Capitalism. He was against the Chrysler bailout in the 70's.
AroundSun 10 months ago
@AroundSun did I say make everyone pay for healthcare ? I said the ideas this guy wants make health care unaffordable and banks regulating themselves do not work and they bring down the entire economy with them.
harj2009 10 months ago
@harj2009 Ugh...You haven't a clue about what caused the housing bubble. "banks regulating themselves do not work". I can tell you are a moron. Yes, by running a UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE system, that is indeed requiring EVERYONE to pay for healthcare. The government can't make healthcare more affordable. The government can't do anything don't you get it? Let me guess, you are just another economically illiterate liberal democrat. I don't have time to teach you how the world works.
AroundSun 10 months ago
@AroundSun its a shame youve been fed a high advanced properganda which makes you think cutting taxes will solve all of the worlds problems and GE is gods gift to america and the Top 400 Income Tax payers are perfuming a Patriotic duty by paying a less tax as % of income than their cleaners.God Bless the 2nd gilded age.
I didnt mention a universal healthcare system you once again assume I am the person your contard radio host warned u about.Free market mean more corporate control
harj2009 10 months ago
@harj2009 It is a shame that you are the result of a failed public school system and do not understand economics at all. It is a shame that your liberal professor taught you that the constitution is a living breathing document. It is sad that you have been spoon fed talking points, slogans, and cliches from OweBama who is destroying our country. It is a shame that you think the forced participation of individuals is necessary to achieve success. It is sad that you believe in politicians.
AroundSun 10 months ago
@harj2009 Free markets do not mean corporate control you liberal drone. You don't even know what control is. You just use words like Noam Chomsky, like exploitation, force, control, and "workers". There is nothing liberating about being a liberal. Screw radio talk show hosts, you are the type our founders warned us about. Forced plunder and mob rule. Making everyone as a whole poorer, disgusting. The wealthy in this country already pay the lions share of taxes! Give me a freaking BREAK!
AroundSun 10 months ago
@harj2009 And by the way, yes, cutting taxes would solve many problems. The more money the government has, the less the people have. Giving the government all of our money to provide us with inefficient public services that go bankrupt and cause massive deficits is not very productive. In fact, not only would you be making a lot more money in a more lucrative career, but there would be way more jobs, higher paying jobs, and lower prices across the board. That is economic growth my friend.
AroundSun 10 months ago
@harj2009 Patriotic duty? When an elected official comes in to office and forces its citizens to pay up for unconstitutional programs and laws, that is not patriotic. Private charitable arrangements with voluntary transactions are far more patriotic than sticking a gun in my face and demanding money for healthcare. Let me ask you this, what exactly are the Federal Government's limits?
AroundSun 10 months ago
@harj2009 You are a hit and run liberal. You do not know anything about Austrian economics, Milton Friedman, or free markets. You do not know his views on ANYTHING. Yet, you sit here and comment, blaming Friedmans ideas somehow for high medical costs and BAILOUTS. I tell you that he is against bailouts, and you play the hit and run liberal game. Ohh, well, what about this! Defeated on one topic and move to the next, instead of realizing your mistake and stupidity.
AroundSun 10 months ago
@AroundSun
"Is it a land of squabbling groups seeking to control the political levers of power. Of divisive tendencies, that are producing not only...."
"hit and run liberal game"
Just sayin'.
donfolstar 9 months ago
@harj2009 Friedman was against government spending and involvement in the healthcare field. That is partially what drives prices high. Therefore, his ideas advocate more affordable healthcare. If the market can not help the many who are poor, it can not save the many who are rich. It needs to be regulated, but by the people through their voluntary actions, not the government.
AroundSun 10 months ago
it seems today as if it is too late :(
xsumuhdihx 1 year ago
It has happened before, going from enlightened democracy in Greece to oppressive tyranny.
Califacience 1 year ago
4 people are hopeless
z4nizzle 1 year ago
look who is speaking bernarkes teacher guru may gosh ..........he should trash the dollar goback to gold standarts than confescate foreign gold stored in us belong to gemany (6000 tons)beside france and others than patrol the rest of the workd with american soldier kids great idea wonderful well his kind in melting pot is what %4 make it 7 look at all listening this shit from a second generation imigrant who come to power endorsed by the owners of federal reserves aig lehman bro etcetc
artregeous 1 year ago
We obviously went the wrong way :(
jtizz711 1 year ago
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As an abstract imaginary, America remains a fabled land of liberty & opportunity. In terms less congenial to the America as romance is the exquisite brutality of its vast gulag archipelago.By the social structure Capitalism engenders it is considered reasonable & necessary to ignore millions homeless while defending the institutional ethic of a prison population of 2.5 million subjects. Friedman's prescription for capitalist utopia was pursued with a vengance by Gen Augusto Pinochet in Chile
jazzbo66zz 1 year ago
As an abstract imaginary, America remains a fabled land of liberty & opportunity. In terms less congenial to the America as romance is the exquisite brutality of its vast gulag archipelago.By the social structure which Capitalism engenderes it is considered reasonable & necessary to ignore millions homeless while defending the institutional ethic of a prison population of 2.5 million subjects. Friedman's prescription for capitalist utopia was achieved first by Gen Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
jazzbo66zz 1 year ago
@jazzbo66zz
if it wasn't for the U.S. the entire world would look like Pinochet's Chile, and our "poor" (living in public housing with televisions, dvd players etc) would be middle class to wealthy in many parts of the world. yes, i've vistited the ghetto and know what i'm talking about.
Onieracraft 1 year ago
this is boring
MrCrgl 1 year ago
I think we are already down the road of prosperity for all. Since ameirica deindustrialized, and the folks who earned a living in manufacturing were treated like dirt. Told by society to somehow bear up, and inter into a service sector job, at half the pay. While the others that still had the jobs in the economy that counld not be outsourced, stood by and cheered the cheap product, from cheap labor markets, and embraced the Walmart business model. You are next, enjoy the pain of uncertainty.
louiethegreater 1 year ago
America is the only country where you can live your life to the full human potential
God Bless America...
hayden50 1 year ago
@hayden50 yeah, by fucking the rest of the world !!!!
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl who the hell cares about inferior Nations,get a life moron !
hayden50 1 year ago
@hayden50 ah, "superior" being, hahah
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@hayden50 yeah, when Friedman talked about the "great values" of American society he was sure thinking of you
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl oh yeah, Survival of the Fittest !!!
hayden50 1 year ago
@hayden50 hahaha, this people never learn...remember 911 imbecile
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl Oh I remember vividly,but we came back strongly didn't we ??
hayden50 1 year ago
MILTON YOU ROCK BROTHER
AroundSun 1 year ago 14
@AroundSun I think that if Milton heard you would think twice about giving so called "liberty" to stupid people who "rock" like you.
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl I don't think our liberty comes from Milton, and I think you must be the half retarded one for judging me based on a youtube comment
AroundSun 1 year ago
@AroundSun You are right. I cannot judge just by your "milton you rock" comment. But you cannot deny it is a good inference.
MrCrgl 1 year ago
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@AroundSun Friedman Rocks U 2:
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f4wpeace 10 months ago
America is the "Land of Opportunity" where everyone is judged equally under law and where people have the right to live their own lives. And where people have opportunity to be as successful in life as their skills and production will allow.
FRSFreeStatePlus 1 year ago
@FRSFreeStatePlus and you believe that bullshit ?
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl
In one word yes but its not "bullshit"
FRSFreeStatePlus 1 year ago
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It's like this:
[Liberal] Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
[Conservative] teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Knowledge is the best charity.
To learn a lesson is a far better reward than to receive a gift.
It's better to know how to help yourself, than to beg from others.
Stop expecting and taking the "hand-outs" from the government.
When will Americans wake up?
IamPorterhouse 1 year ago
2:23 Sadly, he will never see that change. Looks like we won't either.
AroundSun 1 year ago
As for myself I would be willing and indeed to give of my self to 0thers.
geiadude 1 year ago
@geiadude well I am not.
evilsceptic 1 year ago
One thing that is missed here is America is also a land of INNOVATION.
frnksng 1 year ago 2
@frnksng I think that is partly a result of the Dept of de-education in favor of dumbing down society so they will not surmise what plans the left are really planing nor will they have the intellectual capacity to devise a means of escape once they do
carlindelco 1 year ago
@carlindelco: I disagree. The top universities in the world are still in North America. I think the dumbing down you refer to is the propaganda from tv and media. We are blitzed with sex, hedonism, and an overall de-humanizing of people. Look at hollywood
frnksng 1 year ago
@frnksng Yeah true, but the liberal universities are teaching hatred, and revisionist history... more emphasis on hate and blame than any real articulation of facts or substantive learning. The break arcs of historical issues and rewrite every major event. The kids come out with contempt of our country with little or no knowledge of it's REAL heritage. The have removed critical thinking from many of the inner schools so they can't tell that they are being indoctrinated rather than learning
carlindelco 1 year ago
@carlindelco: Yeah, I agree that many students these days lack critical thinking. No debate because I've met a few and it's scarey. The amount of ignorance out there is very bad. I'm not sure if it's indoctrination rather than learning but there is a fine line. Also, the contempt that I see is not towards America but MORE towards religion like Christianity
frnksng 1 year ago
@frnksng Well it's actually the effect of more "schooling" than education. There is more emphasis put on remediation of social ails rather than just sticking to the business of educated our students. I disagree it is a contempt of America.. some people believe that they are suffering just by looking at the American flag.. these would be people like the progs ,MEChA, Aztlan and raza look them up
carlindelco 1 year ago
@carlindelco: But you can't deny that religion is taking a beating as well. Look at the same sex marriage debate....christianity is being crucified. Liberalism is taking over America (and the world for that matter)
frnksng 1 year ago
@frnksng It's not religion that's taking a beating.. it's character and morals. People have little regard for their commitments and think as long as I am not hurting anyone ( ahh you're NOT supposed to) it's ok. Liberalism is certainly NOT taking over now. this election is more than just a shirt vs skins game it has been a rediscovery and embrace of the principles and values that made us the great nation we are. But there are those who still love themselves and covet that's for sure
carlindelco 1 year ago
@carlindelco your history is full of Calvinist morality inbued in capitalism, nothing more, nothing less. From "those old white wise guys " till now.
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl Ahh what ru a marxist..? lol ok pal..there are social norms if u like "natural" norms u need to be living in the jungle, to which u wouldn't last a day..lol
carlindelco 1 year ago
@carlindelco I didnt talk about "natural" norms. THere is no such thing. You obviously dont know anything about marxism for making a question like that
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl LOL apparently you don't know that's what marxist believe in regard to social morality..where and who sets the moral code? lol
carlindelco 1 year ago
@carlindelco you definetely know nothing about Marx theory. For Marx there are no "natural" norms, "natural" needs, "natural" ANYTHING !!! In Marx there are SOCIAL needs, SOCIAL norms, nothing to do with socialism, btw.
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl Where does MORALITY come from? according to marxism??
carlindelco 1 year ago
@carlindelco MORALITY is not a metaphysical entity that "comes" from somewhere...According to marxism esthetics, ethics, etc. are inherently HISTORICAL.
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl Morality is given by God, we simply discovered it ,NOT created it. It's called natural law.
carlindelco 1 year ago
@carlindelco Friedman rejected religion altogether. Did you know that ? Still I dont find it ironic that you defend Friedman. You are protestant , right ? But you are not catholic for sure.
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl The fact that he rejected "religion" is not relevant. You can believe in God without a religion. I am a Catholic and a mature conservative. I can defend him because he is RIGHT. That's what mature people are capably of doing lol
carlindelco 1 year ago
@MrCrgl
"Rejected religion"? well he was not personally religious, he simply didn't right or speak much on it though.
And you are right, the kind of ideas that Friedman espouses are mostly popular among Protestants. a few Catholics may embrace them, but much of the Catholic church is still under contrary teachings that became dominant in the Middle ages.
Onieracraft 1 year ago
@MrCrgl
Historicist ethics defy history. How much ethical progress was there really between Ancient Greece and 1500 B.C.?
Onieracraft 1 year ago
@Onieracraft Interesting question...only if you embrace the question seriously...are you going to complain about ancient greece ethics from a 21th century perspective ? so again we return to the same issue: historicism is behind everything, including ethics !!!
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl I meant from Ancient Greece to 1500 A.D. I wrote "B.C." by accident.
So my question was,how much ethical progress was there from Ancient Greece to 1500 A.D.?
Onieracraft 1 year ago
@Onieracraft how much ? and what period do you consider "ancient greece", classical greece ? In my definition, ancient greece was after 1500 AD so Im not undertanding your question. Can you explain a little ?
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl A.D. not B.C. 1500 A.D. is around the High Renaissance.
Califacience 1 year ago
@Califacience Oh, sorry, I just checked this. my english is not so good. Then...can you expand your contention on this ethics not having to do with historicism regarding that period ?
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl
Modern values are depicted, within the strains of historicism with which i am familiar (such as in Hegalianism) as the consequence of an evolution of human ethics over time, starting from the beginning of history. This contention requires one to actually demonstrate that there has been a progression. Merely showing that values now are different from values two thousand years ago is not enough. The present could just be a random moment with unique ethics that will "revert" in 200 years
Califacience 1 year ago
@Califacience Define progression in the context of ethics, please. One observation, many socialists would agree on that primitive communism in a primitive society may share moral values that were later phased out by other not so "progressive" moral values in their view. . Do you think that given this fact they would agree on returning to that period of history ?
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl
Well i'm asking YOU to define (and demonstrate) progression since most theories of historicism with which i am familiar posit some form of progression.
As for your last question, i don't think whether or not a group of people are willing to return to a moral code that is completely identical to some code of the past proves much about the evolution of ethics. All it demonstrates is social change. The real question is can we identify an evolution of GENERAL moral Principles
Califacience 1 year ago
@Califacience Are you kidding me ? Do you want me to give you a class on the theme ? Another observation, there are no "GENERAL moral Principles", that is a statement that will be more akin to an idealist ? You ask me to prove that there is progression but you have stated the possibility of "The present could just be a random moment with unique ethics" without "proving" it. Or isnt that just what you think ? what do YOU think ?
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl You have made the broad claim that all ethics are historicist, the burden of proof is upon you to prove it. The opposite of this claim, as far as i am aware, is that ethical values appear randomly throughout history.
Are you advocating a species of historicism in the vein of say, Hegel, or are you simply talking about cultural relativism?
Califacience 1 year ago
@Califacience Not in the vein of Hegel but of Marx. Yours is a broad claim also. Is it YOUR claim ?
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl
Sorry, i haven't been back in awhile.
Now the key difference between the historicism of Marx and Hegel is that Marx's historicism is materialistic (as opposed to "spiritual"). Both are theories are cyclically structured historical progression that culminate in some grand moment. The opposite of the claim that history is directed is that it is random. It is not so much my theory as it is simply the opposite of historicism.
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MrCrgl 1 year ago
@Califacience "historical progression that culminate in some grand moment" haha that sounds funny. Its also funny because one of the modern philosophers of capitalism, Fukuyama, states, as Friedman, that we already are living that "grand moment", but that many wont accept it. Still you talk about this subject as if you dont have an "opinion" on it. No, I dont think that history is "directed". You dont think that it is random...ok...what do YOU think ?
MrCrgl 1 year ago
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@Onieracraft Oh, sorry, I just checked this B.C A.D. . my english is not so good. Canyou expand your contention on ethics not having to do with historicism regarding that period ?
MrCrgl 1 year ago
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@Onieracraft sorry, I just checked this. my english is not so good. can you expand on your contention that ethics not having to do with historicism regarding that period ?
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@frnksng SOME of the top universities are in the US. Hollywood also is in the US, dumbing the rest of the world.
MrCrgl 1 year ago
sadly we may now be at the point of no retun. ;(
SuperRandy117 1 year ago
A giant.
I am embarrassed for midget clowns like Paul Krugman.
alphecca2539 1 year ago
America is the land of the free home of the brave, land of opportunity where everyone person no matter of race, ethnicity, gender, religion or nationality is judged equally under law. Where everybody under law has an equal chance to be the best they can be & its up to them how successful they are in life.
ErikS1975FreeState 1 year ago
@ErikS1975FreeState
"America is..."
I believe you mean 'was'.
MigDanskeren 1 year ago
@MigDanskeren
The Prince of Darkness rears their ugly head
ErikS1975FreeState 1 year ago
We need another Milton Friedman. I'm sick and tired of these modern liberals tearing our society apart for ideas that have been tried repeatedly and held the same outcome throughout time.
thebestsumoeva 1 year ago 11
@thebestsumoeva We do have one, his name is Ron Paul and he is running for president in 2012.
bluefootedpig 11 months ago 67
@bluefootedpig
if thats the case then it hopeless. What is necessary of an intellectual of the caliber of Buckley and Friedman. Electing a politician with Libertarian views who only appeals to particular ethnic and religious demographic during an age where government spending bailed out the financial and auto industry won't do much. Of course, I doubt he'll get elected anyway.
TangomanX2008 9 months ago
@bluefootedpig I love how Ron Paul is the #1 candidate of the internet, for economists, and for individual liberty.
wallstreetatheist 4 months ago 2
Where else have I heard this intro music before?
TheSupremeSkeptic 1 year ago
@TheSupremeSkeptic like every other video from liberty pen on youtube
samm1809 1 year ago
Have we crossed the point of no return? I find myself looking for proof that we have not , almost every day. Man, but it's hard.
joelubbock 1 year ago 2
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I don't where this shit headed but it scares me.
coolmerc3 1 year ago
you idiots, we aren't a capitalist society, look at our national debt, we are a society that runs on debt. When that debt gets collected we are so FUCKED
DickeyRogers 1 year ago 3
I don't think that makes you capitalist or not capitalist
but I agree, when the bill comes due we are in for some turbulent times
LordVigeous666999 10 months ago
I hope its not too late to save the United States
Pantalaimon345 2 years ago 13
@Pantalaimon345
I agree with you..
coolmerc3 1 year ago
@Pantalaimon345
And Australia
domenicsergi 11 months ago
i'll tell you what america is...A CONTINENTTTTTTTTT
hotdude23 2 years ago
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LOL, you can't have your cake and eat. Your capitalism fosters the greed and the needs that you're shaking your head at.
yohaneuano4 2 years ago
So called "greed" is why we all have food to eat, houses to live in, cars to drive in and hospitals to stay in when we're sick.
The reason so many of these things are screwed up is due to Government intervention in all of the above.
Watch this video if you want a better explanation of this: watch?v=OGvYqaxSPp4
imre1000 2 years ago 53
@imre1000
Well the Reason for this is Because of the So called New Society created By Lindon Banns Johnson. A great man must I say so myself. He really believed in equality. This great man will not be Redeemer for the struggle for equality but sadly for the Vietnam war. This was and is a great visionary of my times. He broke the rules and stud up for it and so sadly to say suffered for it .This is truly a Great Man
geiadude 1 year ago
@geiadude I think you mean the great society. I am not sure how you can listen to a true great man, Milton Freidman, and still praise the great society. It was jst another step in the direction of a socialist government. The type of government that makes people, states, and businesses dependant on the federal government.
rakuck 1 year ago
@imre1000 This stupid "libertarian" cliche argument always resurface in these times....from very the very ignorant people
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl, so you'd prefer if food wasn't produced for profit?
What about cars and houses?
imre1000 1 year ago
@imre1000 when did I advocated for free things for everyone ?
MrCrgl 1 year ago
@MrCrgl, i don't know what you mean.
imre1000 1 year ago
@imre1000 Totally true. Couldn't agree more.
modelfan1979 1 year ago
If only we could be wealthy and giving like those communist countries...
Americans give more to charity than any other country. And republicans who value the free market give more than liberals who don't. Please consult data and reason before making your points. i won't always be here to help you.
darwinkilledgod 2 years ago 5
you are dumber than dumb, but I can't blame you, with all the corruptive forces trying to control us, you are taught that 'greed' and freedom is your enemy and the betterknowing government needs to control you, of course that's not how they sell it. But really, we are in reality nothing but livestock for government, human farms as opposed to truly free creatures
Sivels 2 years ago 2
LOL, you are confusing capitalism with government intervention! Capitalism has done more for everyday people (particularly the poor) than any other system devised by the mind of Man.
Lose your preconceptions. Educate yourself.
FletchforFreedom 2 years ago 8
I agree capitalism is the biggest benefit to the poorest of the world
But I am sick and tired of this "educate yourself" argument being thrown around. Provide the education you wish the opposition to have, or shut the fuck up
Apologizes, if you've already exchanged 4-5 comments in pursuit of that end
LordVigeous666999 2 years ago