You know what I found both powerful and charming about this “virtual address”?
He largely made his points without having to attack. He created his points by sticking up for them, not resorting to tearing down his object of criticism.
I remember years ago I was in the market for a car, and it was going to be a Ford Taurus or a Saturn. When I went to the Ford dealership, the sales guy asked us what we were looking at as an alternative to his product. When we said a Saturn sedan, he didn’t tell us anything about the Taurus, but spent plenty of time tearing down the Saturn.
As we left, my wife and I looked at each other, and saw a mirror of distaste in each of our faces. When we had previously gone to the Saturn dealer, the approach was 100% no deviation the opposite. The Saturn dealer also asked what alternatives we were considering, but he didn’t even bother doing a comparison. He never even mentioned the Taurus. He simply explained the features of the Saturn, and did it well and convincingly.
Anyway, Bill Whittle’s defense of capitalism was remarkable in that it was entertaining, educational, convincing and nearly irrefutable. It likely would have made a believer out of Marx, in my opinion.
