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Category: Statism

Calculation or Collapse

Calculation or Collapse

Markets don’t function without prices.  Without prices, production collapses into chaos.  Prices convey the preferences, demands, and scarcities of society—without … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on July 2, 2025July 2, 2025Categories Economic Calculation, Economics, Statism1 Comment on Calculation or Collapse

Statism’s Foundation is Theft

Statism’s Foundation is Theft

Who decides what is his and what is yours?  Who claims the right to dictate how your life and labor … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on June 22, 2025June 22, 2025Categories Economics, Law, Statism1 Comment on Statism’s Foundation is Theft

Where Failure Gets a Promotion

Where Failure Gets a Promotion

Only capitalism holds people accountable.  Anything else is evasion, disguise, or brute force.  Capitalism requires no scapegoats, no apologies, no … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on June 7, 2025June 7, 2025Categories Economics, Statism1 Comment on Where Failure Gets a Promotion

The Illusion of Equal Exchange

The Illusion of Equal Exchange

All trade is unequal in value.  That’s why it happens.  Each person gives up something they value less to get … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on June 4, 2025June 4, 2025Categories Economics, Statism, Subjective Value1 Comment on The Illusion of Equal Exchange

The God of the Fallen

The God of the Fallen

Ideas die hard, but it’s difficult to replace them.  Even evidence fails to convince many.  Your highest ideal is your … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on June 1, 2025June 1, 2025Categories Ideology, New Idol, Psychology, Statism1 Comment on The God of the Fallen

The Fiction of Collective Ownership

The Fiction of Collective Ownership

Property is claimed by “society.” A term with no hands, no voice, no will.  A ghost can’t own.  The individual … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on May 26, 2025May 26, 2025Categories Economic Calculation, Economics, Ideology, Law, Statism1 Comment on The Fiction of Collective Ownership

The Error of the Equation

The Error of the Equation

The error begins when man is mistaken for a number, he isn’t.  He chooses.  He acts.  He changes his mind.  … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on May 25, 2025May 25, 2025Categories Economics, Statism, Subjective Value1 Comment on The Error of the Equation

Liberty on Loan

Liberty on Loan

There’s a rights crisis going on.  Most politicians talk about rights as if they grant them.  They don’t.  Rights aren’t … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on May 24, 2025May 24, 2025Categories Ideology, Law, Statism1 Comment on Liberty on Loan

The Theater of Justice

The Theater of Justice

There’s a justice crisis.  Judges wear robes, speak solemnly, and invoke procedure—but they don’t understand justice.  They know rulings, precedent, … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on May 18, 2025May 18, 2025Categories Law, Statism1 Comment on The Theater of Justice

Marching into Obedience

Marching into Obedience

The modern citizen believes he’s free because he is allowed to choose between two approved options.  He isn’t free—he is … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on May 17, 2025May 18, 2025Categories Ideology, New Idol, Psychology, Statism1 Comment on Marching into Obedience

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