Interesting observation and correct use of the word 'libertarianism' with the small "l" here:
What does it say about libertarianism that the only country which tried Milton Friedman's ideas was Pinochet's dictatorial Chile? #ISFLC17
— Richard 🥛 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) February 19, 2017
Shame Milton Friedman never tried analyzing the Declaration of Independence where he would have discovered that equality of power (democracy) is necessary for liberty! See Danielle Allen's book "Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration Of Independence in Defense of Equality."
ReplyDeleteHis 1930s haircut doesn't help his cause.
ReplyDeletehmmmmm..... might have to scratch hairstyle plans for membership in the alt-MMT movement then....
ReplyDeleteI think MNE gets the bastard-step-child of MMT treatment already from the MMT academics even without the alt-MMT label. Except Tom, who I think is a theo-prof, but he seems to tolerate the unorthodox everything that pervades comments here.
ReplyDeleteTom's a true Philosopher Ryan...
ReplyDeleteShould've known.
ReplyDeleteHe does a 15 minute post on Hegel and then I'm stuck at home reading for 4 nights all the obscure links that won't make sense until another month has passed to even grasp what it's all about.
such is life.
Pinochet was our boy, installed after the CIA interfered in the election.
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ReplyDeleteThe Deep State at work.
ReplyDeleteA fierce supporter of economic neoliberalism, Pinochet has been called the "ultimate free marketeer", although he did not respect dissidents' self-ownership enough to refrain from interning them in soccer stadiums, brutally torturing and murdering them.
Our kind of guy.
Tom's a very interesting fellow. The more I've read his comments, the more I've been seeing the contradictions and paradoxes with things like liberal democracy.
ReplyDeletePinochet's also very easy to remember. The poster-child for all that Milton Friedman esque ideology and look how that turned out.
Penguin, I wish I had come across MNE and Tom years ago. More than anything, though, I wish I had come across Bill Mitchell's blog when it first appeared: it would have saved a lot of time, energy, walking around in confusion and banging my head against a brick wall.
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