Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Caring, Central Planning on Feb 26th, 2021
https://mythreadreader.com/wintercow20/1365293275377197061 Pasted from Twitter, sorry it can use a lot of editing … So, no one is willing to have an open and public conversation about who, exactly, is reticent about getting the COVID vaccine. It’s not a surprise to any person of good faith who is willing to actually ask questions And hey “science […]
Posted in Caring, Central Planning, Disingenuous on Jan 28th, 2021
Your politicians and the elites who move them think the American people are stupid. Policy has to be dumbed down to make it understandable and supportable by the masses. That, itself, is, to be frank, stupid. We have to pander on the minimum wage, when it is awful policy. And even if it wasn’t awful […]
In my house, we celebrate Thanksgiving, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day, we love the Fourth of July. We revere Veterans Day and celebrate May 8. We recognize and respect and learn from all of our mistakes and achievements, and believe that the American IDEA is an idea worth fighting for, worth preserving and protecting. […]
Posted in Caring, Central Planning, Disingenuous, Environment on Dec 18th, 2019
Simply buying all of the coal that is in the ground would be fantastically less expensive than almost any climate solution, and respect the property rights of companies and sectors that have invested for many decades in that sector. It would avoid the bounceback problems vis-à-vis carbon taxes and other demand limiting ideas (or the […]
Posted in Caring, Central Planning, Disingenuous, Economic Illiteracy, Environment, Government Gone Wild on Mar 30th, 2019
For years I have waffled back and forth between being way too reactionary and concerned about the insane ideas that are put forth, or way too lax in trying to stay out of the news. For my own mental health and for what I thought would help contribute to good debate, I have chosen to […]
Posted in Caring, Disingenuous, Environment on Sep 18th, 2018
We need not recount here the very simple economics required to determine whether recycling makes sense. The reality of the recycling world is that most of the “valuable” stuff out there is already being recycled and reused, and the question on residential recycling is about how we deal with low-value or even value-less trash in […]
Posted in Caring on Sep 6th, 2018
While we go tweet-crazy about plastic straws … millions of people die from easily curable infectious diseases. Have a nice day.
Posted in Caring, Disingenuous, Inequality on Sep 5th, 2018
Realtors are quite well known for trying to make their properties sound good, and use language and discuss amenities that potential customers find attractive. If inequality were such a huge concern, how come we don’t see reports of Gini Coefficients in real estate listings, or some other such similar measures? Now, sure, this is my […]
Posted in Caring, Classical Liberalism, Extended Order, Religion, Tribalism, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Aug 20th, 2018
Gifts are the original sin of commerce. My theory is that this is why “the gift economy” is so cherished by critics of anonymous, ephemeral, market exchange. Market exchanges allow us to free ourselves from the power that our families and others exercise over us. The wider the extent of market competition, the less we […]
Posted in Caring, Disingenuous, Methodology, The Din, Tribalism on Aug 14th, 2018
It is good intellectual practice (probably not dinner party practice) to take your ideas until they can go no further. If I had one magic wand to wave, one feature I might consider is that all of our attempts to be liked or at least not appear to be one of the deplorables were seriously […]