A Great Man Cannot Salvage a Bad Idea
Einstein might have been one of history's most brilliant men, but even his great mind could not have made socialism work.
Einstein might have been one of history's most brilliant men, but even his great mind could not have made socialism work.
"The first condition for the maximization of economic efficiency is the liberation of civil society with respect to the state. . . . The expansion of capitalism owes its origins and raison d’être to political anarchy."
Leftists claim that developing nations are poor because Western nations once practiced colonialism. The truth is that empires do not foster economic growth.
As geopolitical tensions rise, the Chinese political leadership tells the US government to desist pushing its "color revolutions."
People commonly believe that a society without central political authority will dissolve into chaos. But a small kingdom within Spain existed peacefully for seven hundred years under what we would call anarchy.
It's fitting that the G7 recently met in Hiroshima because the policies they are following are blowing up the world economy.
As geopolitical tensions rise, the Chinese political leadership tells the US government to desist pushing its "color revolutions."
While George Orwell wrote magnificently against totalitarianism, his attempt to defend socialism in The Road to Wigan Pier stumbled badly.
Modern progressives don't like to refer to their long-held support of eugenics. In fact, American progressives influenced the Nazis, who launched their own murderous eugenics schemes.
Einstein might have been one of history's most brilliant men, but even his great mind could not have made socialism work. Unfortunately, he wasn't smart enough to see that.