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The modern pursuit of equality in America has by and large devolved from the virtuous one in generations past into a misguided and immoral pursuit of uniformity.
How do we know that value is subjective, and not an inherent characteristic of goods? One way is to look at what goes on at Liquidation.com.
In The Deadly Isms, Matt Kibbe explains how the political spectrum doesn't go from left to right, it goes from top to bottom. Here is his political spectrum, with some definitions attached.
Deirdre McCloskey explains how libertarian policies—free markets and capitalism—actually help the poor far more than socialist ones ever could.
When we look at the failures of communism, socialism, fascism, and any form of top-down government planning, there are two common themes that emerge again and again. The first is power, and its tendency to corrupt. The second is the presumption of knowledge by government planners.
It’s not a coincidence that bloodshed on an unprecedented scale has followed the spread of Marx’s ideas wherever they’ve been fully implemented—violence is baked into the very DNA of communism and socialism.
Former WWE superstar Glenn Jacobs "KANE" throws down with Matt Kibbe, talking about socialism and why it can never work.
One of the most prosperous countries in Latin America has become a violent, destitute nightmare seemingly overnight, as the world looks on in horror.
The closer you look at the political spectrum that we’re all taught, the less sense it makes. Communists on the far left, Nazi fascists on the extreme right—on that scale, it seems like being a “centrist” is merely splitting the difference between different ways to dehumanize people.