Famed economist Murray Rothbard touched on the answer: “It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.” — Murray Rothbard

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2019/03/brian-wilson/socialism-and-the-epidemic-of-ignorance/

By Brian Wilson

The Big Debate among all the Brainiacs these days (Real, Faux, Wishful, Self-Anointed): Will Socialism and its Simplistic Sycophants be successful here in the bastion of (crony) Capitalism,  America? From FOX to C-SPAN, WaPo to NYT, Conservative pundits pound the podium prognosticating “NEVER”! They slice and dice the Russians (of course), the “Chi-Coms” (Limbaugh varietals), Little Rocket Man, Maduro, Bernie and AOC with an admonition from noted political critics Rocky and Bullwinkle: “That trick never works!”.

This is one of those rare occasions when Pundits R Us got it absolutely correct: the “Socialism Never Works” part. Never has; never will. At least, not in the sense of the True Believers and Newly Converted who stay up nights watching Rachel Maddow making Kool-Aide in giddy anticipation of its paradisiac arrival (see also Linus/Great Pumpkin, Santa Claus/Sack of Goodies). Put bluntly: there is no Freedom Fairy.

But for those jive-talkin’, silver-tongued, lyin’, connivin’, manipulative scum out selling this poison door-to-door to children and those with child-like minds, their concept of Socialism appears to be coming along just fine! While mostly in its gestation period, the Podium Pounders are making great headway! With the litany of Spectacular Failures throughout history, how and why can this be happening? Read the rest of this entry »