On 15 May, 05:09, Vide...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 14, 8:48 pm, "John Galt" <whoisjohng...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Harold Burton" <hal.i.bur...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > In article
> > > <88ec7336-1eba-4980-9600-28c2a4d6e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Bret Cahill <BretCah...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> Friedman was an issue dodger just like all the remaining ****lls at
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> > >> "thank" tanks like Hoover, Heritage, Am. Enterprise, the Chicago
> > >> School, etc.
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> > >> Friedman would never address the land issues raised by the
Georgists
> > >> and he'ld never touch the "free markets w/o free speech" issue
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> > >> When you dodge issues that are fundamental to your field you are a
> > >> fraud.
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> > > Care for some cheese with that whine?
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> > > Yeah, and let us know when you win a Nobel Prize.
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> > It's also a classic straw man. "I'll decide what issues should be
> > fundamental to 'your field', so I can criticize you when you don't
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> > them."
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> > > Love the sound of leftards whining.
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> > Well, there are plenty (a substantive majority, even) who are free
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> > and have no quarrel with Friedman. The head of Obama's economic team
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> > U of Chicago.
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> > That said, there are indeed those who exist on the political fringe
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> > have no idea how intertwined human behavior is with economic needs,
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> > thus doomed to criticze men like Friedman ad infinitum (and for the
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> > us, ad nauseum) based on some Cliff Notes they read about him on some
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> > socialist/communist/anarchist site.
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> > JG
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> =A0he never had one success. but, he had lots of disasters. of course,
> you are a chanter, reality is not one of your stronger suits:)
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> There is =A0a great deal of psychological comfort to be found in a fully
> fledged ideology such as laissez faire =A0because it removes the need
> for
> critical thought. =A0The 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 =A0at 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. =A0This is especially
> appealing =A0to the less intellectually curious.
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> =A0Psychologically, political ideologies are akin to religion and their
> practitioners behave in an essentially religious manner. =A0For example,
> in the case of laissez faire, its disciples =A0chant "let the market
> decide" in the manner of Christians saying "God will provide."
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> =A0Those amongst the elite who are not true believers in laissez faire
> will, =A0in most cases, =A0toe the ideological line because they deem it
> prudent to do so for their own careers =A0and security. =A0The few who
> speak
> out against it are simply sidelined.
> ROBERT HENDERSON- Hide quoted text -
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Instead of attacking Dr Friedman's reputation why not share your
vision of a successful economy?
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