Problem is this communist/marxist mentality has now taken root in nearly every part of our society, and much of it has become law. Lenin, and Stalin after him understood well how easily it was going to be and went to great lengths to initially infiltrate our most prestigious universities through the ranks of the professors as well as of course getting people in at all levels of government. What little we have seen of the KGB's files, which would not be as important filling in all of the "history" and "inflitration" as the GRU files, shows us that starting with FDR in particular, there were possibly as many people in his ever growing/bloated administration working for the USSR as working for the United States. Lend Lease for example was not about Jeeps- See Major Jordan's Diaries. The cultural underpinnings of many of the large agencies that still exist were put in place by these traitors and have never been erradicated and have played a major role in getting us to this place. Our public school system was created by an avowed Socialist in Thomas Dewey. What it would take for us to unwind 120 years of this crap may well be more at this point then we are capable of. I fear, in light of this amazing speech, that we are perhaps so far down the rabbit hole that even Alice can not help us.
I haven't heard a western leader issue such an unapologetic repudiation of collectivism and such a strong defense of free markets and individual liberty since Reagan/Thatcher.
Would love to see an analysis of Klaus Schwab's body language as he came out to introduce Milei
Hearing a single voice in the wilderness is important - especially in light of what we know about psychological experiments in conformity and propaganda- such as Solomon Asch.
It has always astounded me that Jefferson and the Congress at that time let Marbury vs Madison stand. John Marshall was clearly out of his lane. That said, the sooner Chevron dies the better. Maybe Congress will write legislation like they mean it. And even if they don't, the proper response of Supreme Court to 'ambiguous' legislation that does not explicitly violate the Constitution should be 'not our problem'.
"Hopefully, he will internalize, and start talking about those things on the stump. You know the other party doesn’t understand this."
This is important. Trump understands it as cliche and slogan. We would all be better off if he could articulate the deeper principles. First he has to grasp them.
Not my love....(I like DeSantis, don't hate Trump). She is the polar opposite of Milei. Trump is also NOT like Milei but I wish he would be (and neither is DeSantis)
Although, to be fair you are correct on one point---->her answer on abortion is the one Republicans ought to adopt. However, if you listen to Milei's answer on abortion, that's where policy should be.
-->"We need some common sense today! When the mainstream media chats about boys needing tampons in their bathrooms at school, you know that common sense has been abandoned."<--
I think readers would be shocked at how far along this practice has proceeded.
I was visiting friends, at Christmas time, who live in middle/upper class Saratoga County, a suburb of Albany, NY, when the husband related how the local high school "has tampons, of course, in the boy's bathrooms."
This is where "working for the state" means following in lockstep with what the govt, at whatever level, promulgates. That is because these employees are those who are doing the promulgating, under color of the school district, town or county executive, or state governor. One need only look at where their paycheck comes from to understand when their 'common sense' was abandoned.
Lots of great stuff here with one exception. I don’t think most people are hard wired to want freedom. I think they find it chaotic and scary. Most people want comfort and security. And understandably so. They will gladly hand over quite a lot of their freedom for these things.
Agree that we need more pols who understand markets and free trade. 'RINO's probably come closest to Milei in rhetoric. The current blob of populist Rs are so incoherent that it is impossible to know what they want. Can't wait to see Mike Johnson get thrown out by the blob.
You state "The thing is, every human is hard-wired to desire freedom, and property rights, and exploit gains from trade." I'm pretty sure that most people are the exact opposite. Most people are followers and can't see beyond their front yard. That's why elites are important.
Imagine falling for the demented and delusional person who spouts “EVEN EVENTS THAT ‘CROSS THE LINE’ MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY"
I do not know one RINO that trusts free markets. when something happens, they always hold hearings, or want more regulation. As Milei said, "There is no such thing as "market failure". He is correct
Markets certainly do fail sometimes. Classic examples: externalities (negative and positive), information asymmetry (lemons problem), monopolies (lots, but not all, due to gov't). Milei is a self-professed anarcho-capitalist. There are no Rs of any stripe that are anarcho capitalists. The Rs threw out their last libertarian member (who also was not an anarcho capitalist). I didn't watch much, but Haley in her town hall made the case for school choice and sending fed social spending $ to be used by states.
I share lots of your frustration with congress. The house "freedom (freedumb?) caucus" is not the alternative that will straighten anything out.
"Trumpian populism is about many things, but one of them is this: working-class people rebelling against administrators. It is about people who want to lead lives of freedom, creativity and vitality, who find themselves working at jobs, sending their kids to schools and visiting hospitals, where they confront “an immense and tutelary power” (Tocqueville’s words) that is out to diminish them."
Wow a politician who is a human being
How about it? And understands them!
Problem is this communist/marxist mentality has now taken root in nearly every part of our society, and much of it has become law. Lenin, and Stalin after him understood well how easily it was going to be and went to great lengths to initially infiltrate our most prestigious universities through the ranks of the professors as well as of course getting people in at all levels of government. What little we have seen of the KGB's files, which would not be as important filling in all of the "history" and "inflitration" as the GRU files, shows us that starting with FDR in particular, there were possibly as many people in his ever growing/bloated administration working for the USSR as working for the United States. Lend Lease for example was not about Jeeps- See Major Jordan's Diaries. The cultural underpinnings of many of the large agencies that still exist were put in place by these traitors and have never been erradicated and have played a major role in getting us to this place. Our public school system was created by an avowed Socialist in Thomas Dewey. What it would take for us to unwind 120 years of this crap may well be more at this point then we are capable of. I fear, in light of this amazing speech, that we are perhaps so far down the rabbit hole that even Alice can not help us.
Have Hope... Solomon Asch showed after WWII how susceptible people were to propaganda and how willing they were to conform to a false "fact"
But he also learned that hearing a single voice stand against the false narrative can help us also stand against the tide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Asch
Gotta love that crazy Argentinian! Great post Mr Carter!
I haven't heard a western leader issue such an unapologetic repudiation of collectivism and such a strong defense of free markets and individual liberty since Reagan/Thatcher.
Would love to see an analysis of Klaus Schwab's body language as he came out to introduce Milei
Hearing a single voice in the wilderness is important - especially in light of what we know about psychological experiments in conformity and propaganda- such as Solomon Asch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Asch
It has always astounded me that Jefferson and the Congress at that time let Marbury vs Madison stand. John Marshall was clearly out of his lane. That said, the sooner Chevron dies the better. Maybe Congress will write legislation like they mean it. And even if they don't, the proper response of Supreme Court to 'ambiguous' legislation that does not explicitly violate the Constitution should be 'not our problem'.
I can't believe they let him speak
He won't be invited back. We know how those parties work.
"Hopefully, he will internalize, and start talking about those things on the stump. You know the other party doesn’t understand this."
This is important. Trump understands it as cliche and slogan. We would all be better off if he could articulate the deeper principles. First he has to grasp them.
Don't disagree. Surface salesman.
What happened to your love for NeoCon Nikki? Surely you see that she is the polar opposite of Milei and Trump.
Not my love....(I like DeSantis, don't hate Trump). She is the polar opposite of Milei. Trump is also NOT like Milei but I wish he would be (and neither is DeSantis)
Although, to be fair you are correct on one point---->her answer on abortion is the one Republicans ought to adopt. However, if you listen to Milei's answer on abortion, that's where policy should be.
-->"We need some common sense today! When the mainstream media chats about boys needing tampons in their bathrooms at school, you know that common sense has been abandoned."<--
I think readers would be shocked at how far along this practice has proceeded.
I was visiting friends, at Christmas time, who live in middle/upper class Saratoga County, a suburb of Albany, NY, when the husband related how the local high school "has tampons, of course, in the boy's bathrooms."
This is where "working for the state" means following in lockstep with what the govt, at whatever level, promulgates. That is because these employees are those who are doing the promulgating, under color of the school district, town or county executive, or state governor. One need only look at where their paycheck comes from to understand when their 'common sense' was abandoned.
Lots of great stuff here with one exception. I don’t think most people are hard wired to want freedom. I think they find it chaotic and scary. Most people want comfort and security. And understandably so. They will gladly hand over quite a lot of their freedom for these things.
Agree that we need more pols who understand markets and free trade. 'RINO's probably come closest to Milei in rhetoric. The current blob of populist Rs are so incoherent that it is impossible to know what they want. Can't wait to see Mike Johnson get thrown out by the blob.
You state "The thing is, every human is hard-wired to desire freedom, and property rights, and exploit gains from trade." I'm pretty sure that most people are the exact opposite. Most people are followers and can't see beyond their front yard. That's why elites are important.
Imagine falling for the demented and delusional person who spouts “EVEN EVENTS THAT ‘CROSS THE LINE’ MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY"
Thatt assertion is false. RINOs do not trist free mkts
As I said, rhetoric. There are some that truly are, though. And as you say below neither Trump nor DeSantis are particularly free market oriented.
I do not know one RINO that trusts free markets. when something happens, they always hold hearings, or want more regulation. As Milei said, "There is no such thing as "market failure". He is correct
Markets certainly do fail sometimes. Classic examples: externalities (negative and positive), information asymmetry (lemons problem), monopolies (lots, but not all, due to gov't). Milei is a self-professed anarcho-capitalist. There are no Rs of any stripe that are anarcho capitalists. The Rs threw out their last libertarian member (who also was not an anarcho capitalist). I didn't watch much, but Haley in her town hall made the case for school choice and sending fed social spending $ to be used by states.
I share lots of your frustration with congress. The house "freedom (freedumb?) caucus" is not the alternative that will straighten anything out.
The Chevron case is complex. Just overturning the precedent isn't a "solution". Someone is going to make regulatory decisions: https://blog.simplejustice.us/2024/01/18/chevron-deference-in-the-age-of-a-captive-bureacracy/
David Brooks is on your side! Really!
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/opinion/american-life-bureaucracy.html
"Trumpian populism is about many things, but one of them is this: working-class people rebelling against administrators. It is about people who want to lead lives of freedom, creativity and vitality, who find themselves working at jobs, sending their kids to schools and visiting hospitals, where they confront “an immense and tutelary power” (Tocqueville’s words) that is out to diminish them."