These people are the reason gulags were invented
These people are the reason gulags were invented
“The essence of the strike, then, is the resort to coercion to force unwilling exchange or to inhibit willing exchange. No person, nor any combination of persons, has a moral right to force themselves—at their price—on any employer, or to forcibly preclude his hiring others.” — Leonard Read
Any cappie scum blackmailing workers to stop striking needs to face the wall. No exception.
What compels people to sign their own execution warrants? This person would have written about how slaves don't have the right to runaway because it compels their master to chase them down.
This person would write how aristocracy is inherently superior to peasants due to higher breed
Not reading that (assuming) Nazi dogshit.
Let me guess: Workers have no moral right to strike because they see "stealing" value and specifically surplus value aka profits from their magnanimous capital-owning bosses?
Pathetic argument to justify exploitation and (actual) theft. Sad. Baby brained.
Not reading that (assuming) Nazi dogshit.
Gist of the "argument" is morally blackmailing workers from the pure libertarian position and suggesting those unwashed masses would all turn perfect randroids if only weren't so woefully uneducated. No kidding it's "blocking the job" when striking from someone who would want it, thus violating the sacred competition. So the strikers should just quit instead if they don't like it (it's also super old argument but was laughed away like century ago).
Holy shit how the author can be so smug while being absolute doormat for the worst that porky has to offer is beyond me.
Oh right, the usual attempt to falsely equalise the positions of the worker and the exploiter. "Why did you take the job if you hate it so much! Huehue I am very intelligent!"
"Woefully uneducated"... that's something else. Where I live, our schools are so badly underfunded it's insane. I remember in high school, we had to read a bunch of Ayn Rand and I wondered why the fuck we had to do that. I mean, Orwell was bad enough but kinda made sense because he's just always been on the reading list. Then I read the covers of the brand new Rand novels we got in spades, and they were all donated by the Ayn Rand Society.
Libertarians rely on undercutting education and state restrictions on what can be taught in public schools, specifically so they flood the schools with their "charitable donations" of free propaganda. Started working in education and it's even worse being on the other side of the school desk, lol.
Smugness is their state of being. All they want is that feeling of superior smugness. It's why they never attempt to hear any argument against their position and lash out at anyone that does. All their arguments are ones made in the shower from fake conversations against adversaries they imagine up, because they are otherwise incapable of arguing against someone with actual theory and understanding on their side.
My favourite pasttime is just looking at the other bylines these authors have to see if they are just as shitty as I think they are. (Spoiler: Yes, they always are).
This man brought us such bangers as:
"How Minimum Wage and Rent Control Laws Fail the ‘Bronowski Test'"
"The Biggest Thing That Separates Authoritarians From Supporters of Freedom"
"35 of Ayn Rand’s Most Insightful Quotes on Rights, Individualism, and Government"
"The Myth That the Rich Don’t Pay Their “Fair Share” of Taxes"
Sounds like a real winner.
I went to the homepage to see what the FEE acronym stood for and dear lord, every article has such a vile headline and thumbnail.
To save anyone else the trouble, it stands for “Foundation for Economic Education” which is a US conservative libertarian economic think tank.
FEE
Bruh
"FEE"
Is this the same organization that created a political media review channel, to argue that Jurassic Park failed because it was based on a centrally planned model?
Edit: I think it was this video? named "the Subtle Socialism of Jurassic Park"
LMAO I didn't even know about that.
What about the wall though? It hungers
That's for when they can't be helped