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The Antidote to Economic Malaise: A Culture of Collective Mindfulness

Excellent retort!


On Dec 22 09:27 AM Alan von Altendorf wrote:

> There is so much wrong with this article, I will confine my remarks
> to three items. The President of the United States should be and
> is constitutionally charged with the duty to faithfully execute the
> laws enacted by Congress, as interpeted by the Supreme Court, full
> stop. He is not "president of the world," nor dictator. In fact,
> he has fewer legal rights than Joe Sixpack. That's the essence of
> American law. Public officials are restrained from exercising arbitrary
> power. They are keenly scrutinized by a free press, subject to frequent
> and fair election, and checked by separation of powers among the
> three branches of Federal government and the 50 states.
>
> Item two, quoting Ayn Rand, what the Have Nots have not is freedom.
> The world's worst suffering is caused by warlords, ethnic hate, corrupt
> governments, and tribal whim-worship. There is nothing to be done
> about it, except withdraw our support for dictators like Mubarak.
> If you want idealism, fine. The American ideal is liberty.
>
> Lastly, your appeal to "high reliability organizations" is ghastly.
> NHS is reliable only in the sense of appalling waste and gross incompetence.
> If you think aircraft carrier organization is preferable to a competitive
> free market, it amounts to praise for fascist military dictatorship.