Originally posted by normbenign Being part of a society, doesn't dictate a loss of individual rights and initiatives, to the tyranny of the 50.1% or the populist mood of the moment.
You have no "right" to not contribute to a society you live in.
This is tedious; we've been over this time after time after time.
Originally posted by normbenign I can't argue Hoppe's credibility, as I've only read a chapter of his book. Probably more than you have. How much Rothbard or Mises have you actually read to support your assessment of the Austrian school economics as "crank".
I can see that potentially a monarchy could preserve individual liberty better than democracy. It would, of course, depend o ...[text shortened]... things correct, and others not so much, but he was far more consistently logical than Stiglitz.
Actually I've read a fair amount of Rothbard and a bit of Mises although as the latter essentially rejects scientific thinking he is particularly worthless. The idea of praxeology is well suited to your way of thinking since it starts with absolute preconceptions and is impervious to evidence to the contrary.
Austrian economics relies on deduction and rejects empirical evidence. It is some kind of religion rather than a social science.
Of course, very few support a pure democracy. I assume you know this and are just propagandizing as usual.
06 Feb '15 02:03
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