Topic: Authoritarianism

The Protests In Cuba Tell a Much Bigger Global Story

– July 16, 2021

“Hopefully the video images downloaded from the streets of Havana signal a successful push by the Cuban people to finally free themselves from tyranny. Those in power can’t arrest everyone, and if they try to, or if they try to bring physical harm to protesters, we’ll all know it.” ~ John Tamny

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Science

‘Zero Covid’ Catastrophe: Participating Nations See New Records Across the Board

– July 16, 2021

“There are no longer any ‘success stories’ involving nations using tyrannical means in an attempt to stop a virus. Zero Covid, as any rational person could have predicted a long time ago, has failed in spectacular fashion.” ~ Jordan Schachtel

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Government

Let’s Not Pretend We Defeated Lockdowns

– July 16, 2021

“Despite the evidence, despite the advocacy, despite the public outcry, the lockdowners had their way with society. Some of them have gotten away with blatant hypocrisy while in positions of authority. The list is so large the Heritage Foundation even has a database to list the notable incidents.” ~ Ethan Yang

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Economic Education

About That Recession

– July 16, 2021

“The mild decline in the economy might have escaped notice if not for the shutdown. But, the shutdown sealed the fate of the economy. In a similar way, the mild decline prior to the attacks of 9-11 (2001) might not have turned into a recession if not for those attacks.” ~ Clifford F. Thies

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Government

No Victory Lap For Governors Who Locked Down America

– July 14, 2021

“As long as politicians are exalted, the actual details of their decrees are irrelevant: they have been coronated as saviors. Cuomo assured his fellow Covid-profiteering governors that ‘this will happen again.’ This is why Americans must recognize the catastrophic failure of political iron fists during the Covid-19 pandemic.” ~ James Bovard

Authoritarianism, Economic Education, Government

“Externality” Is No Good Excuse for Mandatory Vaccination

– July 13, 2021

“That the choice to remain unvaccinated against Covid creates some risks for strangers is indisputable. Yet this fact about this choice does not distinguish it from many other choices with similar consequences, nearly all of which choices, again, do not justify government intervention.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux

Authoritarianism, Government, International

Cracks In the Great Wall Part 3 – China’s Charm Has Expired

– July 12, 2021

“It would be safe to say that the world’s honeymoon phase with China is over and the pathway forward will see far more resistance to their ambitions. It seems like the CCP has overplayed its hand and it wouldn’t be absurd to think they know that as well.” ~ Ethan Yang

Authoritarianism, Government, International

Cracks in the Great Wall-Part One: The CCP at 100 Years

– July 8, 2021

“China’s authoritarian policies have consequences and it seems like the chickens are starting to come home to roost. This should be another reason to double down on our confidence in the superiority of a free and open society, an objective that we can safely pursue to our own benefit, whereas the Chinese cannot.” ~ Ethan Yang

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Government

Can Mass Subjugation Save American Democracy?

– July 7, 2021

“We should not turn young people into cannon fodder for good deeds that exist only in White House press releases. Peaceful co-existence between all citizens is the recipe for an American revival, not a vast increase in subjugation to indoctrinate the latest Woke Catechism of the Week.” ~ James Bovard

Authoritarianism, Free Markets, International

Didi Chuxing’s IPO, Crackdowns in Hong Kong, and a China at Odds With Itself

– July 6, 2021

“In any conflict between the U.S. and China, the most open country will be the winner. And China will be the loser the more that it treats its people and its greatest city badly. Let’s just not forget in the U.S. that the most effective way to reverse the CCP’s errors vis-à-vis the Uighurs and Hong Kong would be to remain as economically and personally free as possible.” ~ John Tamny

Authoritarianism, Free Markets, Government

Crimes Against Prosperity

– July 6, 2021

“It is undeniable what policies lead to economic growth and what keeps people down. Leaders who believe otherwise will continue to blame everything but themselves for not only their failures, but their direct role in keeping their citizens impoverished and miserable. When people are free, they prosper, and when they are not, they suffer. It’s as simple as that.” ~ Ethan Yang

Authoritarianism, Government, History

“Race Manners” Reinforce a Harmful Race Conscious

– July 6, 2021

“The real task of ‘race manners’ is for people to start looking at each other as individual human beings, with the goal of reaching the point when the color of a person’s skin is looked at and weighed in a way that means nothing more than it does today when we happen to notice that someone’s eyes that are blue rather than green, or that a person’s hair is blond versus brunette.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling