I have read many of Thomas Dowell's books, and both Atlas Shrugged and Fountainhead. Your article reminded me of a quip attributed to Feynman - I can accept questions that cannot be answered but not answers that cannot be questioned. Thanks for writing
An excellent article introducing great men with great ideas who (sadly) will never be known in the greater public. Instead of being household names, posers like Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh are named that are instantly recognizeable who are unworthy of our respect. If a vote is an act of respect, on what basis did Trudeau and Singh receive enough votes to gain their thrones on power? As a Libertarian who wants much LESS GOVERNMENT, I admit to have NO RESPECT for the judgement of any Canadian to voted Liberal, NDP, Green or BQ in the last two federal elections?
I too, had trouble with Ayn Rand's idea of selfishness as a virtue. I think what she really meant was altruism is a sin, "ATLAS SHRUGGED" turned me into a libertarian.
I also respect Thomas Sowell, . "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" provide a good explanation of slavery as long standing and still practiced, and how the war on poverty did what Jim Craw laws could not; destroy the black family. Charles Murray also did a great job on analysing the statistics for blacks and how their progress was stopped in the mid-1960s, about the time of Johnson's declaration of war on Poverty. I also recently read David Friedman's book, "The Machine of Freedom." Basically he said that if there is a problem that enough people want solved, there will be enterprising people coming up with solutions. We don't need government to provide solutions, especially for the problems they have created.
I recently bought copy of "Loosing Ground" but It must have been a revised version. I couldn't find the graph of the progress blacks had made before the War on Poverty and the decline after. And I don't remember his last line you quoted. It fits with my theory that we have to convince people they are being fooled by the government.
Your experience with health care in Canada is no different in the US. It took 6wks to see primary care then outside referrals which I am still working through 6mos later to get some kind of resolution. The way it is going ,looking like a year before any resolution.
I have read many of Thomas Dowell's books, and both Atlas Shrugged and Fountainhead. Your article reminded me of a quip attributed to Feynman - I can accept questions that cannot be answered but not answers that cannot be questioned. Thanks for writing
I swear I wanted to put that very quote at the end of the post, I was just late with the posting and I did not have a witty handle for it. 😎
Sowell, autocorrect is out of control
An excellent article introducing great men with great ideas who (sadly) will never be known in the greater public. Instead of being household names, posers like Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh are named that are instantly recognizeable who are unworthy of our respect. If a vote is an act of respect, on what basis did Trudeau and Singh receive enough votes to gain their thrones on power? As a Libertarian who wants much LESS GOVERNMENT, I admit to have NO RESPECT for the judgement of any Canadian to voted Liberal, NDP, Green or BQ in the last two federal elections?
I agree with your points with one tiny exception: I cannot blame the Block for being Quebecois.
They are taking advantage of a bad system.
I am thinking about writing a post: "Let my people go!"
I am a supporter of Quebec independence.
I too, had trouble with Ayn Rand's idea of selfishness as a virtue. I think what she really meant was altruism is a sin, "ATLAS SHRUGGED" turned me into a libertarian.
I also respect Thomas Sowell, . "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" provide a good explanation of slavery as long standing and still practiced, and how the war on poverty did what Jim Craw laws could not; destroy the black family. Charles Murray also did a great job on analysing the statistics for blacks and how their progress was stopped in the mid-1960s, about the time of Johnson's declaration of war on Poverty. I also recently read David Friedman's book, "The Machine of Freedom." Basically he said that if there is a problem that enough people want solved, there will be enterprising people coming up with solutions. We don't need government to provide solutions, especially for the problems they have created.
I recently bought copy of "Loosing Ground" but It must have been a revised version. I couldn't find the graph of the progress blacks had made before the War on Poverty and the decline after. And I don't remember his last line you quoted. It fits with my theory that we have to convince people they are being fooled by the government.
Your experience with health care in Canada is no different in the US. It took 6wks to see primary care then outside referrals which I am still working through 6mos later to get some kind of resolution. The way it is going ,looking like a year before any resolution.
Any government run business is set to degenerate over time.
There may be some difference in the speed and the style of decline.