Topic: Authoritarianism

Bill Gates Praises Australia’s Covid Response

– August 9, 2021

“Gates, whose personal wealth is in excess of $132 billion, called for a ‘very different regimen so all countries can get on top of cases very quickly and be more like Australia than Europe or the United States ended up being.'” ~ Adam Creighton

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Lockdown History Will Accentuate Political Disdain for the Poor

– August 8, 2021

“Please think about what the reaction of the rich and left-wing would have been had their livelihoods been threatened, and please think about what it says about what they really think of poor people.” ~ John Tamny

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Is It Democracy if Ballots Aren’t Secret?

– August 7, 2021

“If Covid or some other ‘public health crisis’ can be used to justify anything and everything and if the same entity asserting emergency powers can also rubber stamp their powers and ignore SCOTUS, what can’t that entity do if so inclined?” ~ Robert E. Wright

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Prominent Law Professor Sues His School Over Vaccine Policy

– August 7, 2021

“The significance of this case cannot be overstated with vaccine mandates and passports being considered and implemented across the country. One does not need a background in law to understand that the pandemic has sent the country into another constitutional inflection point.” ~ Ethan Yang

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The Great Reopening

AIER Doing It Right

– August 6, 2021

“In his recent book Spike, Farrar noted that Dominic Cummings, chief advisor to British PM Boris Johnson, ‘wanted to run an aggressive press campaign against those behind the Great Barrington Declaration and others opposed to blanket Covid-19 restriction.'” ~ Robert E. Wright

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The Refusal to Acknowledge Trade-Offs

– August 5, 2021

“In every policy discussion including those around public health, understanding that trade-offs will occur is an important part of the policy process. When we refuse to engage with that reality, we will almost always pay far higher costs than are warranted.” ~ Amelia Janaskie & Ryan M. Yonk

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Pseudo-Omniscience Versus Freedom

– August 5, 2021

“Twitter followers exalt Paul Krugman for asserting ‘the rhetoric of freedom is actually about privilege.’ Unfortunately, plenty of prominent poohbahs are enjoying the privilege of trying to destroy other Americans’ freedom.” ~ James Bovard

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Biden’s Band-Aid Eviction Moratorium

– August 4, 2021

“Biden’s moratorium, spurred by those who refuse to acknowledge constitutional limits, the importance of property rights in economic planning, and concepts of economic scarcity, tees up a precedent that will ultimately increase the cost of housing and with it, the risk of future evictions.” ~ David Waugh

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Are We In a Cold War With China?

– August 4, 2021

“Winning a great power rivalry requires a far different approach than winning a cold war. Politicians should aim to turn down the temperature of US-China relations and be wary of attempting to implement cold war-style tactics.” ~ Ethan Yang

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Cuban Farm Fantasies and Failures

– August 1, 2021

“Cuba should have watched and learned from the more complete reforms embraced by China and Vietnam. By holding onto Soviet-inspired collective farming institutions, while experimenting with a return to pre-industrial farm technologies, the tone-deaf regime in Havana puts its own survival at risk.” ~ Robert Paarlberg

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Will More Media Bias Save Democracy?

– July 31, 2021

“Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan is urging journalists to become openly biased. Sullivan claims this is necessary to save democracy. But most Washington reporters have more affection for Leviathan than for liberty or democracy.” ~ James Bovard

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Understanding China’s Financial Market Chaos

– July 30, 2021

“In this case, Beijing seems to be making a calculated decision to pursue immediate political goals over long-term growth. Such trends are likely to continue and will make investing in Chinese companies increasingly unattractive.” ~ Ethan Yang

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