| No offence but those arguments are all silly. >1. The memory of Nazis using centralised industrial might and information to kill millions of people (google dutch insurance records Nazis) We can't stop developing and using modern technology just because one time in the past modern technology was used to kill people. Imagine if prehistoric humans stopped using fire because one time some retard burned down the village, or if they stopped forging steel because swords were used to kill people one time. People kill people, not technology alone. And people who bring in the Nazi atrocities as a joker card against progress in an argument, usually do it for emotional manipulation to move the goalposts and push an agenda, similar to "won't someone think of the children" to push online surveillance. Most normal people don't think of the Nazi atrocities at every decision they make in life, most people think about the problems we have right now. >2.a much stronger history of workers rights and distrust of rich people together with a different attitude to gouvernement making it politically challenging Yeah well the problem is it's always the capitalistic rich people that create jobs and drive innovation. Putting the government in charge of creating jobs and innovations don't end up working well long term. |
This isn't theoretical, this is learning from past mistakes. Only people who think themselves beyond this would be this dismissive.
2nd point: if you want to make a very specific point about coasian dynamics, freedom of business and liberal commerce, you need to be more specific, on the extremely broad strokes the new deal, china, the post war recovery in Europe, the well regulated energy markets vs unregulated monopolies etc. are all empirical counters to your vibes. I made these intentionally as broad strokes as you did, feel free to debunk them, but as an honest intellectal you'd then also find the limits to your claim and add nuance to it. Only Rand fanfiction takes the "job provider" literally