The Road to Serfdomby Friedrich A. Hayek
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Posted on 06/21/2004 9:21:14 PM PDT by Remember_Salamis
The Road to Serfdom
by Friedrich A. Hayek
Schwarzenegger makes his entrance on page 10.
The UN's Lakdhar Brahimi in Iraq.
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Brought To You By The Democratic Party Of Amerika, Member, Communist Party Internationale
Think back to a day when a major US media organ would--could--print something like that.
Sadness.
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I'm sure that ISI, YAF, the Federalist Society or some other organization would love to reprint it if they could secure the rights.
Don't you mean the Chicago School?
The problem with the cartoon is that it doesn't touch on the most imporant step in the process of becoming serfs. It is the abolition of private property that separates the barriers between person and state.
Once productive assets are confiscated by the state for the 'common good', economics and politics merge. That is why later in the parable, civil disputes become 'crimes' against the state.
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Good catch.
I think Dajjal meant a 'pro-Mises' sentiment by saying Austrian School, in opposition to the cartoon.
Of course, the cartoon does depict a certain "Chicago style" mentality, or Berlin, or Mecca, or Beijing...
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Democrats--yup. Let's not forget that Nazi stands for 'National Socialist'.
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Check this out!
The most important point Hayek makes is that Nazism wasn't unique to the Germans ie there wasn't (isn't) some inherent evil lying in wait for the proper moment to be released.
No, his central point was that since Germany was the most socially/economically developed country in the world (dating from the 1870s), the citizens were the first people to experience the net result of democratic socialism. (Not to be confused with the Russian revolution.)
Once the essential barriers between people and state were undermined, a Hitler could waltz right in. His warning was to the English (and Americans), who believed it couldn't happen to them.
Great find, great post, RS.
It is happening in America as we speak.
Right here!
Right now!
Wake up, America!
This is worth saving.
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