Socialism, American Style, Part 1
September 30, 2020 – Jacob G. Hornberger …… Socialism doesn’t work and cannot work. It is an inherently defective system. Continue reading →
It’s Not “Just Property”: How Looting Destroys Lives and Low-Income Neighborhoods
September 10, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Advocates for looting are now claiming that looting doesn’t really hurt anybody but evil corporations. In truth, looting is a disaster for many families, business owners, and the neighborhoods themselves. Continue reading →
The Welfare State Did What Slavery Couldn’t Do
September 9, 2020 – Wendy McElroy …… Thomas Sowell concluded that “A vastly expanded welfare state in the 1960s destroyed the black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and generations of racial oppression.” Continue reading →
From Lockdowns to “The Great Reset”
August 3, 2020 – Antony P. Mueller …… The global “elites” of the World Economic Forum seek a “Great Reset” that will usher in a new and far more powerful technocracy defined by central planning and the end of freedom as we know it. Continue reading →
‘Mr. Jones’ Shows Fake News Is a Historic Reality—And No Laughing Matter
July 25, 2020 – Jen Maffessanti …… When the New York Times covered up one of communism’s worst atrocities. Continue reading →
61 Quick Facts and Observations on Socialism, Jesus, and Wealth
June 9, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… Was Jesus of Nazareth truly a socialist? An astonishing number of people seem to think so. Continue reading →
Governments Have Crippled the World’s Economies. Revolution May Soon Follow.
June 8, 2020 – Thorsten Polleit …… Mises knew: “Mass unemployment destroys the moral foundations of the social order. The young people…forced to remain idle, are the ferment out of which the most radical political movements are formed.” Continue reading →
The Origins of the Thought Police — and Why They Scare Us
February 21, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… In a sense, “1984” is largely a book about the human capacity to maintain a grip on the truth in the face of propaganda and power. It might be tempting to dismiss Orwell’s book as a figment of dystopian literature. Unfortunately, that’s not as easy as it sounds. Modern history shows he was onto something. Continue reading →
Socialism Always Fails
February 12, 2020 – William L. Anderson …… To a socialist socialism is a moral imperative, and the only thing holding back the implementation of this system in the US has been the failure of socialists to present a plausible alternative — something that socialists claim now is being done. Continue reading →
5 Personal Stories of Poverty and Oppression Behind the Iron Curtain
February 2, 2020 – Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) …… FEE staffers share their family stories about growing up under oppressive Soviet control. Continue reading →