Comments on: Character, Liberty, and Economics

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By: Cognitive Dissonance « Without Eyes

Cognitive Dissonance « Without Eyes — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:39:42 +0000

[...] bleak — that some people will get it. But without clear, focused objectives based on principles other than merely repeating the talking points of those already in power, they are just being [...]

By: Brian Meyers

Brian Meyers — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:27:54 +0000

Talbotalban,
if you have a great American made wallet why do you buy cheap imported wallets that don’t last. Fyi, you clearly haven’t’ had your American wallet in your pocket every day for ten years if you’re also buying crappy foreign wallets. And there’s nothing wrong with so called “mega corporations” unless they become mega through force, fraud or other nefarious means.

By: Konrad Losen

Konrad Losen — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:58:34 +0000

We insist in a “value-free” society. Today, with moral principles in decadence, government and private
action is not judged if it is ethically correct, but rather if it is “politically correct”. There is almost no difference between morality and legality. Politically inspired legislation (which sadly has little to do with the LAW as the constitutionalists understood it), defines something as good or bad simply because it is said to be current law, and not because it is in harmony with eternal judeo-christian principles proven through 2000 years of history. Leonard Reed reminds us that if we try to separate political activity and economics from the sound principles of morality, failure is the result. No policy or program which fails morally can be successful in final analysis. We are facing a moral and spiritual crisis, which has produced a crisis of behavior and CHARACTER. What is good for me today is my value, what is good for me tomorrow will be my new value tomorrow. Relativism, egalitarianism,
the almighty state. We suffer from a lack of values — a lack of faith.

By: pat

pat — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:37:01 +0000

Just to whom do we “continue to surrender our freedoms,” while waiting for a restoration of morality? Certainly not to a government run by those who epitomize lack of character.

By: Craig Newton

Craig Newton — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:24:45 +0000

I have been in law enforcer 30 years. 26 years ago I
worked at San Quentin a level 4/5 Prison in San Rafael
California. 4 powerful prison gangs kept violence,
even though there was alot of it, under control.
I had little fear for my safety because the gangs actually
protected honest hard working cops.
I remember reading an article then about youth gangs
in L.A. that were making headlines. When these youth
came to prisons they disrupted the entire moral code.
now there are 17,000 gangs in Calif.
Samuel Adams said that men must be controlled either
by a power within them or a power without. Either by the word of God or by the strong arm of justice. We must continue to surrender our freedoms until we can restore morality with pure
christian religion.
just chaos and way more violence.

By: Winton Bates

Winton Bates — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:23:15 +0000

It seems to me that one of the most important characteristics of successful societies is a widespread belief among citizens that individual success depends on individual effort rather than on rent seeking. A recent post on my blog containing some international comparisons of percentages of populations who believe that hard work brings success might be of interest. For one reason or another people in countries with big governments seem to have less faith that hard work brings success.

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:12:36 +0000

Talbotalbon,
The author brought out very good substance, that of not neglecting character. He reasoned very well and logically why the policy and enducation routes were not sufficient enough on their own. It was clearly pointed out that character is what makes the policy and education ways possible.
And I believe he is correct and that is why there has been a very big shift against liberty for the last 100+ years. It is about character.
Thus a reasonable plan for individual liberty supporters would be to incorporate more character arguments into our statments when explaining to others liberty’s benefits. Obvious is the action of raising our own children with character condusive to liberty. We have to make the case and continue to do so because the statists will also never stop advocating their “character.”

By: Joe Schmoe

Joe Schmoe — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:14:54 +0000

Re: Talbotalban

If you’re looking for extensive economic analysis there’s plenty in other articles, old and new.

You’ll do naught but enable statism when you advocate “putting the means of production back under the control of the common man”, if you are truly advocating for action with such a statement.

By: Norman G. Lilly

Norman G. Lilly — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:41:01 +0000

I totally agree that a growing lack of character and honesty is at the heart of all of our social and political and moral problems. Until there is widespread transformation in the hearts of the citizenry, conditions will continue to disintegrate regardless of who may be elected. We have passed the point of no return in terms of solving our problems politically. Nothing short of individual and national repentance can save our nation from utter collapse!