tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post5062518492992899655..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: RIch men don't fight our warsBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-65328860132897082452011-02-13T20:07:24.791-08:002011-02-13T20:07:24.791-08:00Hayek thought socialism was the road to serfdom. H...Hayek thought socialism was the road to serfdom. Hayek was a fool. Feudal lords didn't need socialism to reduce their serfs to abject poverty and subjugation. So it was then, so it is now.BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-54678198084559090482011-02-13T18:06:52.597-08:002011-02-13T18:06:52.597-08:00Steve hits it out of the park with the very first ...Steve hits it out of the park with the very first sentence.<br /><br />Rich men love high unemployment for a variety of reasons - this is only one of them.<br /><br />I've come to believe that the moneyed elite always and everywhere seeks to reduce the rest of the population to the subsistence level - whether by serfdom, slavery, share cropping, the company sto'e, or simple elimination of economic opportunity, as we are experiencing now. And they want every god-damned penny you have, too - hence the attacks on and lies about social security - an issue I've blogged about recently.<br /><br />WASF,<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.com