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The Illustrated Road to Serfdom (Short Cartoon Describing Planned Economies)
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| 1944
| Friedrich Hayek
Posted on 02/20/2009 1:37:26 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Jeff Head; joanie-f; Dukie; Squantos; JohnHuang2; RobFromGa; k.trujillo; Travis McGee; ...
Many socialists have the tragic illusion that by depriving private individuals of the power they possess in an individualist system, and transferring this power to society, they thereby extinguish power. What they overlook is that by concentrating power so that it can be used in the service of a single plan, it is not merely transformed, but infinitely heightened. By uniting in the hands of some single body power formerly exercised independently by many, an amount of power is created infinitely greater than any that existed before, so much more far-reaching as almost to be different in kind. It is entirely fallacious to argue that the great power exercised by a central planning board would be no greater than the power collectively exercised by private boards of directors. There is, in a competitive society, nobody who can exercise even a fraction of the power which a socialist planning board would posses. To decentralize power is to reduce the absolute amount of power, and the competitive system is the only system designed to minimize the power exercised by man over man. Who can seriously doubt that the power which a millionaire, who may be my employer, has over me is very much less than that which the smallest bureaucrat possesses who wields the coercive power of the state and on whose discretion it depends how I am allowed to live and work?
Ping
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posted on
02/22/2009 4:25:02 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(The MSM will trumpet every hard luck housing story they can find to undermine Santelli.)
To: GOPJ; All; Spunky; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1035rep; 2ndDivisionVet; 4woodenboats; 5Madman2; ...
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posted on
02/22/2009 5:24:41 PM PST
by
FARS
To: aruanan
There is no justification for the widespread belief that, so long as power is conferred by democratic procedure, it cannot be arbitrary; it is not the source of power which prevents it from being arbitrary; to be free from dictatorial qualities, the power must also be limited. I've read books that had less to say than the paragraph above...
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02/22/2009 5:49:58 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(The MSM will trumpet every hard luck housing story they can find to undermine Santelli.)
To: All
BUMP!
email to all
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posted on
02/22/2009 6:10:03 PM PST
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: GOPJ
I've read books that had less to say than the paragraph above... Truth-tellers desire to be understood. Liars don't. Thus, liars often require more verbiage to hide their true meaning.
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posted on
02/22/2009 6:23:20 PM PST
by
supercat
(Barry Soetoro == Bravo Sierra)
To: supercat
Truth-tellers desire to be understood. Liars don't. You've got a great tagline there...
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posted on
02/22/2009 6:28:54 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(The MSM will trumpet every hard luck housing story they can find to undermine Santelli.)
To: Jacob Morgan
I personally can’t stand to read any philosophy, along with anything by Shakespeare.
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posted on
02/22/2009 7:27:45 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
To: Bon mots
I don’t understand why people are interested in the Peace Corps. They’d be better off enlisting in the Marine Corps.
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posted on
02/22/2009 7:34:17 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
To: FARS
To: Alamo-Girl; All; Spunky; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1035rep; 2ndDivisionVet; 4woodenboats; 5Madman2; ...
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posted on
02/22/2009 11:29:11 PM PST
by
FARS
To: Recovering_Democrat
"If you're fired from your job, it's apt to be by a firing squad. What used to be an error has now become a crime against the state." Best quote of the comic. :)
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posted on
02/22/2009 11:41:16 PM PST
by
PureSolace
(Trust in God)
To: Vn_survivor_67-68
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posted on
02/23/2009 12:27:12 AM PST
by
Gigantor
(Socialists always claim to be doing something for you while they're actually doing something to you.)
To: Recovering_Democrat
Great Post!
I’m reading Hayek’s “The Fatal Conceit - the Errors of Socialism” this week. I have another on the stack. He had a GREAT mind.
Again, a very good post.
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posted on
02/23/2009 1:41:05 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
($1 million a day since Christ was born would not equal the amount of the stimulus)
To: Vision; definitelynotaliberal; Mother Mary; FoxInSocks; 300magnum; NonValueAdded; sauropod; ...
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posted on
02/23/2009 2:07:58 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
($1 million a day since Christ was born would not equal the amount of the stimulus)
To: Loud Mime
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posted on
02/23/2009 5:38:08 AM PST
by
gondramB
(Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)
To: gondramB
Good cartoon. But, I would have the infant visible with a horrified look on its face.
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posted on
02/23/2009 6:28:26 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
($1 million a day since Christ was born would not equal the amount of the stimulus)
To: kalee
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posted on
02/23/2009 6:32:47 AM PST
by
kalee
(01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
To: Vn_survivor_67-68
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posted on
02/23/2009 7:34:26 AM PST
by
zeugma
(Will it be nukes or aliens? Time will tell.)
To: Cacique
Be Ever Vigilant!
Molon Labe!
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posted on
02/23/2009 8:56:46 AM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: central_va
ping — this backs you up too, central va
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posted on
02/23/2009 9:01:20 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(The MSM will trumpet every hard luck housing story they can find to undermine Santelli.)
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