Re: Leftists knocking Friedman ?

On Feb 16, 2:04 am, problems@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

 i will boil it down to its most rawest form for you. hayek and
freidman tried in vain to window dress the failures of the robber
baron era, the golden age, imperiaism, colonialism. into a system that
appeared to benefit the wolds population.
 of course they could not have pulled off the scam without the backing
of the millionaires, and billionaires that their policies so richly
rewarded.
 in other words, they attempted to put lipstick on a pig, and the
world has now seen thru it.
 enjoy the size and power of your cult right now because it is
shrinking fast. about the only ones who still believe their economics
works, are a few aging cranks in colleges and universities and right
wing funded think tanks, and their indoctrinated herds.
 to say leftists, is a attempted smear that no longer carries any
weight. a smear that is not even correct. lots of conservatives have
now seen thru the facade, and are quite alarmed. even many in
thatchers/reagans regimes recoiled in horror.
 this is the best definition of your form of cult driven economics i
have ever seen, i give the author his full credit.

 "There is  a great deal of psychological comfort to be found in a
fully
fledged ideology such as laissez faire  because it removes the need
for
critical thought.  The ideology is used as an algorithm. All the
individual has to do in any situation is to ask what the ideology
requires by way of action. The fact that the action may be harmful or
the ideology objectively  at odds with reality is emotionally
unim****tant for the individual. What matters is that an answer has
been
found which is compatible with the ideology.  This is especially
appealing  to the less intellectually curious.

 Psychologically, political ideologies are akin to religion and their
practitioners behave in an essentially religious manner.  For example,
in the case of laissez faire, its disciples  chant "let the market
decide" in the manner of Christians saying "God will provide."

 Those amongst the elite who are not true believers in laissez faire
will,  in most cases,  toe the ideological line because they deem it
prudent to do so for their own careers  and security.  The few who
speak
out against it are simply sidelined.
ROBERT HENDERSON"