Pretty sure if you steal a little girls lemonade you will get that very unfriendly tap on the door, but if you steal $500 million dollars, you get to keep it and that's because there has never ever been a free market as all market's going back to the Palace/Temple complex 5,000 years ago are confections of the state
I've read 7 of the books listed and many other great ones. Thanks for the others I can consider. I have noticed more people and more energy surrounding these ideas, so I am encouraged.
Thank you for this article, it's excellent. I start every morning at Lew Rockwell's website and thrilled to see your bibliography and free market thoughts. Carry on Sir!
I could turn up with my mates and thier guns which trumps dad's with baseball bats. This is how big bullying countries operate and negates any notion of a free market.
"Humans are driven by self-interest. This is neither good nor bad; it is what it is. Those who pretend to be self-sacrificial altruists are selling you something or they love playing the role of the victim - victimhood comes with the privilege of sympathy from pity."
That philosophy is equivalent to the life experiences of some over indulged thirteen year old boys who have lived such sheltered lives they know little of reality.
I have experienced multiple instances of altruistic self-sacrifice where the giver was neither false nor received the "rewards" of victimhood.
They did these things for reasons that are beyond your comprehension. At least for now.
Spoiler alert (for you apparently) - altruism is real and it is actionable.
Do not misinterpret and straw-man what I say. Any kindness you do is to satisfy your needs to be kind and identify by your kindness. This doesn't take away from your good deed. The fact that you are satisfied by being kind is where the virtue of kindness lies. But to be self-sacrificial is a manipulable state of mind exploited by grifters and deceivers since the beginning of time.
Pretty sure if you steal a little girls lemonade you will get that very unfriendly tap on the door, but if you steal $500 million dollars, you get to keep it and that's because there has never ever been a free market as all market's going back to the Palace/Temple complex 5,000 years ago are confections of the state
Good article, especially the bibliography.
Excellent. Thank you.
I've read 7 of the books listed and many other great ones. Thanks for the others I can consider. I have noticed more people and more energy surrounding these ideas, so I am encouraged.
Great read! thanks
This is great to hear. At least we find each other. Thank you.
King of salvation? I’m curious about the name!
or savior king, saving onself, a king of oneself.
Thank you for this article, it's excellent. I start every morning at Lew Rockwell's website and thrilled to see your bibliography and free market thoughts. Carry on Sir!
Thank you, Fred!
Great post. Thank you for sharing your work.
Friendly suggestion: substitute “honesty” for “humility” and “honest” for “humble”.
Thanks. I’ll keep the wording.
I could turn up with my mates and thier guns which trumps dad's with baseball bats. This is how big bullying countries operate and negates any notion of a free market.
"Humans are driven by self-interest. This is neither good nor bad; it is what it is. Those who pretend to be self-sacrificial altruists are selling you something or they love playing the role of the victim - victimhood comes with the privilege of sympathy from pity."
That philosophy is equivalent to the life experiences of some over indulged thirteen year old boys who have lived such sheltered lives they know little of reality.
I have experienced multiple instances of altruistic self-sacrifice where the giver was neither false nor received the "rewards" of victimhood.
They did these things for reasons that are beyond your comprehension. At least for now.
Spoiler alert (for you apparently) - altruism is real and it is actionable.
Do not misinterpret and straw-man what I say. Any kindness you do is to satisfy your needs to be kind and identify by your kindness. This doesn't take away from your good deed. The fact that you are satisfied by being kind is where the virtue of kindness lies. But to be self-sacrificial is a manipulable state of mind exploited by grifters and deceivers since the beginning of time.