The von Mises Institute is wonderful, and this article is right on the money...sort of. I am an anarcho-capitalist, so I agree entirely with the sentiment that [most] intellectuals need to shut up and participate. However, I think it is also simultaneously true that most humans are weak and value many nonproductive or counterproductive activities. If the masses were willing to pay more attention to the fact that most homes are fittable with solar tech, we could virtually dump the oil barons and their system of greed and politics. Personally, I plan to fit any home that I consider "permanent" with enough solar panels to sell enegy back to the grid.
But that's just one tangent in a million. Many people who participate in the market do so in destructive ways. It is one thing for me to buy goods and services from you. It is another thing for me to use those goods and services to [literally] murder my opposition. That is an extreme example of course, but the trivial examples do add up.
I know, I know, I am not really criticizing the heart of the article. I just like rambling about the finer points some times...
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Date: 2002-11-21 11:01 am (UTC)But that's just one tangent in a million. Many people who participate in the market do so in destructive ways. It is one thing for me to buy goods and services from you. It is another thing for me to use those goods and services to [literally] murder my opposition. That is an extreme example of course, but the trivial examples do add up.
I know, I know, I am not really criticizing the heart of the article. I just like rambling about the finer points some times...