Piekoff: Modern Pragmatists Make a Fetish of Complexity

Posted by mshupe 6 years, 3 months ago to Government
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How much did Brookings spend to discover that: Americans in many ways experience a different economy based on where they live, generating substantial gaps in life outcomes. Poverty rates are three times higher in the poorest 20 percent of counties compared to the top counties.

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  • Posted by mshupe 6 years, 3 months ago
    Their rationale is simple, because of the unprecedented choice created by entrepreneurs and technology, life is too complicated for us poor dumb slobs, and we need a massive government bureaucracy loaded with experts to protect us from information overload. To them, the exponential increases in life expectancy, economic productivity, high speed travel, and electronic communication have outgrown the quaint ideals of the Enlightenment.
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  • Posted by mshupe 6 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I understand, but I disagree. It always hinders productivity, but I am amazed by the resilience of America's entrepreneurs in the face of the 2008 financial meltdown and everything else these stupid little turds throw in our faces.
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  • Posted by mshupe 6 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Not sure I understand, what destroys productivity everywhere else?
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  • Posted by freedomforall 6 years, 3 months ago
    And the richest of all is where productivity is lowest- it even destroys productivity everywhere else..
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  • Posted by mshupe 6 years, 3 months ago
    The Age of Reason has been replaced by the Age of Complexity. Its as if the progressive left thinks they invented the industrial and technological revolution and think only they can manage it.
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