tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post2495374915633142321..comments2024-03-28T20:28:01.733-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: An Objectivist America would be a dark age of unhindered free enterprise, far more primitive and Darwinian than anything seen beforemike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-8052457536369896942012-06-07T13:13:36.491-04:002012-06-07T13:13:36.491-04:00Stiles, the US is no longer a frontier country. Th...Stiles, the US is no longer a frontier country. The notion that there will ever be relatively free exchange and open markets with near perfect competition and transparent knowledge is a pipe dream. There is no way to go backwards, and there was no "there" there anyway. Read some history.<br /><br />There are good reasons we got where we are an it was not because of the unfortunate ending of the use of barter and sound money under ideal conditions of exchange. These reasons are based in evolutionary theory, biology, psychology, anthropology, sociology, and philosophy, as well as economics. <br /><br />While nowhere near ideal, we are not where we are either by accident of history or conscious design. Many powerful natural forces have been and are at work, shaping collective consciousness, which manifests as the prevailing worldview that characterizes the time.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-10573524090447491352012-06-07T07:34:23.598-04:002012-06-07T07:34:23.598-04:00Maybe instead of quoting the interpretation of som...Maybe instead of quoting the interpretation of someone who has the exact opposite philosophy to Objectivism, you could quote Ayn Rand herself. Or even an established Objectivist. Or...take a look at the historical facts from when America most resembled a laizzez-faire country.<br /><br />All of that would be more credible than a self-indulgent ad-hom with no supporting facts whatsoever.<br /><br /><br />For example:<br /><br />You quoted, "Corporations would no longer be enslaved by antitrust laws, so monopolies and globe-spanning, price-fixing cartels would flourish."<br /><br />Ayn Rand had this to say about monopolies: <br /><br />"The alleged purpose of the Antitrust laws was to protect competition; that purpose was based on the socialistic fallacy that a free, unregulated market will inevitably lead to the establishment of coercive monopolies. But, in fact, no coercive monopoly has ever been or ever can be established by means of free trade on a free market. Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of competitors into a given field, by legislative action. (For a full demonstration of this fact, I refer you to the works of the best economists.)".Styles "Rad" Warrinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07688400002964968925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-43858097806594610542012-03-27T18:29:08.780-04:002012-03-27T18:29:08.780-04:00First Rule of Acquisition:
Once you have their mo...First Rule of Acquisition:<br /><br />Once you have their money, NEVER give it back.<br /><br />Now, without all those nasty regulations, the Company Town can enjoy God-given freedom. It's wonderful, isn't it? <br /><br />Take care, the wrong answer will dock your paycheck by 50 Walmart-bucks.Unforgivennoreply@blogger.com