24
Sep
2008
For
decades, writers such as Friedrich Hayek , Ludwig von Mises , and Ayn
Rand have been warning us that the mixed-economy "welfare" state
is not a third alternative between capitalism and collectivism but
is, instead, an explosive and unstable mixture that must, by the
logic of the principles involved, become one or the other.
As
an object lesson to the political philosophers of the United States -
those "practical" advocates of "democracy" who do not have an
adequate knowledge of South America, just mainstream media
"information" - one need only pause and consider the recent
(and past) assumptions about Venezuela to realize the profound impact
ignorance has on human affairs. (See "
The
recent Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency was a wash. Both
candidates, who claim to be Christians, spent much of their time
pandering to the nearly 3 million television viewers who tuned in.
But in terms of what presidential candidates John McCain and Barack
Obama had to say, their responses were largely lacking in content.
