Yes, great article Jilan & I agree with everything you say. For me, the decline you describe started when Jonny Major became PM, accelerated during the Blair years and shamefully had the roof put on it and the gardens nicely landscaped by the un-conservatives 2010-24.
To reverse the decline will take a long time and a lot of hard work. This is the main reason why I support FFF. All I can think of to do is to support & encourage those who have the brains to fix it - and the ability to recruit more talented people, like you, to the cause.
I promise I am not on a sales commission scheme, but I just read Liz's new book/pamphlet. The best bit is the final chapter - entitled 2040. It is a vision of what could be achieved if we undo the Crapitalism - as Graham puts it.
Thanks David, really appreciate that. You're right that it's been a long, cross-party drift and won't be reversed quickly. Having people who care enough to read, share and passionately show the virtue of freedom is how it starts. So I'm with you and this is why I'm a keen supporter of FFF.
Separately I'll look into Liz's book per your recommendation.
"...He notes that firms remain in private hands, but government tells them how much they can charge, what products to sell and what political objectives they need to serve. ..." And that is Fascism without all the murdered people.
The fascist left (as I think of them) have spent decades indoctrinating the Man in the Street and feeding expertly crafted propaganda. And this includes the sophistry of Keynesianism (which is de facto socialist central planning) which includes fantasies like the Paradox of Thrift.
But again, the Big Question is "How do we re-educate people?"
Thanks for reading and for the thoughtful comment.
On your big question, we can see that for many freedom isn't instinctive, and the default reaction to a problem is to ask the state to fix it. So the work is patiently showing people, with a smile (as Steve Baker reminds me), that much of what we blame on capitalism is political privilege and intervention.
Yes, great article Jilan & I agree with everything you say. For me, the decline you describe started when Jonny Major became PM, accelerated during the Blair years and shamefully had the roof put on it and the gardens nicely landscaped by the un-conservatives 2010-24.
To reverse the decline will take a long time and a lot of hard work. This is the main reason why I support FFF. All I can think of to do is to support & encourage those who have the brains to fix it - and the ability to recruit more talented people, like you, to the cause.
I promise I am not on a sales commission scheme, but I just read Liz's new book/pamphlet. The best bit is the final chapter - entitled 2040. It is a vision of what could be achieved if we undo the Crapitalism - as Graham puts it.
Thanks David, really appreciate that. You're right that it's been a long, cross-party drift and won't be reversed quickly. Having people who care enough to read, share and passionately show the virtue of freedom is how it starts. So I'm with you and this is why I'm a keen supporter of FFF.
Separately I'll look into Liz's book per your recommendation.
Great article. What we have is not capitalism it’s Crapitalism
"...He notes that firms remain in private hands, but government tells them how much they can charge, what products to sell and what political objectives they need to serve. ..." And that is Fascism without all the murdered people.
The fascist left (as I think of them) have spent decades indoctrinating the Man in the Street and feeding expertly crafted propaganda. And this includes the sophistry of Keynesianism (which is de facto socialist central planning) which includes fantasies like the Paradox of Thrift.
But again, the Big Question is "How do we re-educate people?"
Thanks for reading and for the thoughtful comment.
On your big question, we can see that for many freedom isn't instinctive, and the default reaction to a problem is to ask the state to fix it. So the work is patiently showing people, with a smile (as Steve Baker reminds me), that much of what we blame on capitalism is political privilege and intervention.