Historical Irony That Should Burn
Hello, liberal readers! I'm curious if anyone is still reading, so I thought I'd throw in a post and see what happens!
In another LJ user's page, I read recently of Angela Merkel's recent comments to the government of Japan concerning its relations to the nations it attacked during what Japan called The Pacific War.
Ukeru Magosaki, who served as the ( Read more... )
In another LJ user's page, I read recently of Angela Merkel's recent comments to the government of Japan concerning its relations to the nations it attacked during what Japan called The Pacific War.
Ukeru Magosaki, who served as the ( Read more... )
Interestingly Hayek supported a welfare state, far beyond many contemporary "libertarians" who cite him would be comfortable with
"There is no reason why, in a society which has reached the general level of wealth ours has, the first kind of security should not be guaranteed to all without endangering general freedom; that is: some minimum of food, shelter and clothing, sufficient to preserve health. Nor is there any reason why the state should not help to organize a comprehensive system of social insurance in providing for those common hazards of life against which few can make adequate provision."
Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
As for his cohort, von Mises, you will find his explanation of fascism quite interesting..
From Ludwig Von Mises’ 1927 book "Liberalism":
"The deeds of the Fascists and of other parties corresponding to them were emotional reflex actions evoked by indignation at the deeds of the Bolsheviks and Communists. As soon as the first flush of anger had passed, their policy took a more moderate course and will probably become even more so with the passage of time....
It cannot be denied that Fascism and similar movements aiming at the establishment of dictatorships are full of the best intentions and that their intervention has, for the moment, saved European civilization. The merit that Fascism has thereby won for itself will live on eternally in history. But though its policy has brought salvation for the moment, it is not of the kind which could promise continued success. Fascism was an emergency makeshift. To view it as something more would be a fatal error."
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