tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post4318789318517485490..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Food For Thought: Bolsheviks And Billionairesmark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-21538161786934480962021-06-17T10:28:23.775-05:002021-06-17T10:28:23.775-05:00Well put.Well put.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-71564948042357230042021-06-17T09:35:02.347-05:002021-06-17T09:35:02.347-05:00@anon
Perhaps this is where labels like bolshevik...@anon<br /><br />Perhaps this is where labels like bolshevik do more to obscure than to reveal. I think we all understand what is conveyed-- that the apparent contradiction between big banks/big corp and marxist/socialist agitators is no contradiction afterall. In fact, it makes perfect sense (which may be one reason these malefactors use terms to cloud and disguise their alliances).<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-24609923806010827502021-06-17T08:24:11.418-05:002021-06-17T08:24:11.418-05:00It would change a lot faster if "many America...It would change a lot faster if "many Americans" would speak out about the Marxist ambitions of the first black president who's still residing in DC not far from the White House and sitting in the board of NetFlix. It's sort of like the first boy at the dance to walk up to a girl and invite her to the dance floor. You're going to get smeared as a racist. It's going Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-53601377810164759022021-06-16T21:21:34.512-05:002021-06-16T21:21:34.512-05:00Tell that to the Cadets, who purported to lean soc...Tell that to the Cadets, who purported to lean social-democrat, but who covered for the Reds, 'til it was far too late to matter.aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-64896568089871905092021-06-16T19:21:39.034-05:002021-06-16T19:21:39.034-05:00Assuming by "Bolsheviks" we mean Soviet-...Assuming by "Bolsheviks" we mean Soviet-style communists (Stalinist USSR, Maoist PRC, Kim'ist North Korea, etc.) as opposed to Western-European-style social-democrats, this theory is garbage.<br /><br />The is a reason why communists systems are dictatorships - they tolerate no competition. First thing (real) communists do when they get to power is eliminate any and all competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-12455059845664010222021-06-16T19:19:57.926-05:002021-06-16T19:19:57.926-05:00I'd say he's hit the nail on the head with...I'd say he's hit the nail on the head with his assessment re: rent-seeking economic actors behave in the context of state centralization.<br /><br />Inflationary pressure on housing costs, reduced access to credit, etc etc doesn't help the middle class. Lack of savings doesn't help the lower class. Throw in a pandemic where people lose jobs and homes due to politically induced Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-60570937098722727722021-06-16T17:51:19.818-05:002021-06-16T17:51:19.818-05:00"They are an achievement of scholars and inte..."They are an achievement of scholars and intellectuals, of sons of the well-to-do, of writers and artists pampered...."<br /><br />The "great insight" of Lenin was, to stress that the proletariat would *need* a Vanguard (the intelligentsia), to lead the charge toward the dictatorship of the proletariat, which would of course actually be a *dictatorship of the intelligentsia*, aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-42353173757990242492021-06-16T16:21:38.772-05:002021-06-16T16:21:38.772-05:00Thanks. Actually "ueber" is not a typo--...Thanks. Actually "ueber" is not a typo--it was intended. Adding an "e" is an alternative way to type the German umlaut. So, ae, oe, ue = ä ö ü. It's easier for me. Good examples for proper names: Goethe, Goering, etc.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-7858695645190018702021-06-16T16:01:07.323-05:002021-06-16T16:01:07.323-05:00No need to publish this, Mark, just letting you kn...No need to publish this, Mark, just letting you know you've got "ueber," "Obvoiusly," & "extennded" in the 3rd and 4th paragraphs.Brad Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279535300119367177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-10292236379927178172021-06-16T15:05:48.414-05:002021-06-16T15:05:48.414-05:00Right. That's what I meant by saying that it d...Right. That's what I meant by saying that it doesn't offer a "theory of everything".mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-23380363603418127322021-06-16T14:42:28.880-05:002021-06-16T14:42:28.880-05:00Mark I appreciate your point on "you don'...Mark I appreciate your point on "you don't need to agree with everything the author says to derive some benefit" <br /><br />That is true with many things and something we should all do better with especially in our disagreements in political "sides". <br /><br />IMHO Libertarianism holds many merits within its philosophies, partially in it's economic and devilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00256049667739001018noreply@blogger.com