The energy that actually shapes the world springs from emotions — racial pride, leader-worship, religious belief, love of war — which liberal intellectuals mechanically write off as anachronisms, and which they have usually destroyed so completely in themselves as to have lost all power of action.
— George Orwell, Wells, Hitler and the World State
[T]he superstition that the budget must be balanced at all times, once it is debunked, takes away one of the bulwarks that every society must have against expenditure out of control. . . . [O]ne of the functions of old-fashioned religion was to scare people by sometimes what might be regarded as myths into behaving in a way that long-run civilized life requires.
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Friday, June 28, 2013
The power of action
Thursday, June 06, 2013
The 4 Types of People on Welfare Nobody Talks About
The 4 Types of People on Welfare Nobody Talks About [link fixed]
The url is http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-types-people-welfare-nobody-talks-about/
The url is http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-types-people-welfare-nobody-talks-about/
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
5 Scary Myths You Probably Believe About the Economy
Marcus O'Reilly has read his Keynes!
5 Scary Myths You Probably Believe About the Economy Contrary to what you might believe:
#5. No, China Isn't on the Verge of Owning America
#4. American Manufacturing Isn't Dead
#3. Illegal Immigrants Appear to Be Helping the Economy
#2. Deficits Aren't Always Bad
#1. America Doesn't Have a Debt Crisis (Not Yet, Anyway)
5 Scary Myths You Probably Believe About the Economy Contrary to what you might believe:
#5. No, China Isn't on the Verge of Owning America
#4. American Manufacturing Isn't Dead
#3. Illegal Immigrants Appear to Be Helping the Economy
#2. Deficits Aren't Always Bad
#1. America Doesn't Have a Debt Crisis (Not Yet, Anyway)