tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353680062320179256.post8114460627532938736..comments2023-12-29T17:12:14.653-08:00Comments on Shaving Leviathan: Progressive Anti-Goals and How They Get Away With Them - Part IJeffrey Perrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841019772535869442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353680062320179256.post-1015337035067138392009-05-30T15:29:26.152-07:002009-05-30T15:29:26.152-07:00"They also love to throw free-market words around"..."They also love to throw free-market words around"<br /><br />Brother, you are so right. That's the Fascist method in a nutshell. Obscure the goal by retaining the nominal appearance of freedom while you regulate voluntary trade - and the liberty that phrase implies - out of any real existence.<br /><br />Amazing how many are still haven't seen through this illusionist's trick. All you need to do to get away with it is blame "Wall street" or "the rich" or "greedy businessmen." <br /><br />Some of the more clever go all the way and ask us to pretend that, in the end, we'll all actually be better off financially. I'd like to be able to say that most Americans are too savvy to fall for that one again but so far the jury is still out on that.Jeffrey Perrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841019772535869442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353680062320179256.post-3758882972603603172009-05-28T10:51:15.168-07:002009-05-28T10:51:15.168-07:00"The environmental movement, for example, uses the..."The environmental movement, for example, uses the cover of science to advance a radical, Luddite (and, hence, inherently anti-technology) agenda." They also love to frame themselves as "capitalists" by telling everyone that "green" jobs will be plentiful if you just accept their policies--which are really regulatory nightmares. <br />They also love to throw free-market words around like "profit" and "investment" when they try to sell their massive government scheme; Obama does it all the time.VHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02070864512034930080noreply@blogger.com