The Mises Institute publishes an article on Biden.
The Progressives’ Liberal Democracy Has Failed. Radical Decentralization Is the Answer.
So-called liberal democracies have characterized the West for the past century and are viewed as the pinnacle of political development. So much so that Western elites are firmly convinced that this system of governance should be spread far and wide—be it indirectly (color revolutions) or directly (economic sanctions, kinetic military actions, or nation-building expeditions).
Liberal democracies are political systems in which people entrust political power to a political class that, at least on paper, is constitutionally limited when it comes to exercising political power. Further, liberal democracies are supposed to protect civil liberties and nominally respect private property rights.
What appears good to many on paper does not necessarily operate smoothly in real time. Upon further analysis of the past century of politics in the West, one quickly realizes that the previous laissez-faire classical liberal order of the nineteenth century has become an afterthought to the progressive liberals of today. Moreover, modern liberal democracy has become little more than a flimsy façade for soft authoritarianism. The illusion of liberal democracy has been completely shattered by the way Western governments have responded to the covid-19 pandemic.
Events in Canada, a country held in high esteem by progressives worldwide, have been revelatory in that regard. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the Emergencies Act to quell the Freedom Convoy protests showed the world that liberal democracy is not so “exceptional” and is just as susceptible to descending into petty despotism as any other political system.
Protests and blockades against its stringent covid-19 restrictions were enough for the Trudeau government to unleash the proverbial hounds against people who dared to protest government overreach.
The Trudeau regime has killed two birds with one stone by using its emergency powers to attack both peaceful protestors and the budding cryptocurrency sector—one of the few avenues of human activity that has yet to be fully enveloped by the state. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced in the middle of February that the crypto wallets of Freedom Convoy protesters and those funding the protests were frozen. While Trudeau seemingly revoked his government’s emergency powers, the damage has already been done.
The Canadian government’s actions—not its boasting rhetoric about human rights—have laid bare the hollow nature of liberal democracy in the covid-19 era. When pressed against the wall, liberal democracies like Canada eventually cracked and revealed to the world their true tyrannical colors.
What the West is witnessing right now is the culmination of over a century of ceaseless government growth. Government overreach has accumulated to such a degree that whatever illusion Westerners may have been under about the freedoms they supposedly enjoy has dissipated.
Westerners will need to pause and exercise some introspection. Pace the great Ludwig von Mises, democracy isn’t the apotheosis of political systems. In Nation, State, and Economy, Mises argued:
If one wants to make peace, then one must get rid of the possibility of conflicts between peoples. Only the ideas of liberalism and democracy have the power to do that.
The nineteenth-century variety of liberalism facilitates social cooperation and voluntary exchange. By contrast, democracy, in the context of a mass society, has led to the development of a technocratic regime that nominally respects property rights but micromanages human behavior through the gradual establishment of bureaucratic diktats and uses a welfare state to buy off the population. Central banking and a sizable warfare state are also features of this omnipotent state, which formed, not coincidentally, during the consolidation of mass democracy in the twentieth century.
In fairness to Mises, he was a man of his time. He pragmatically viewed democracy as the lesser of two evils on a war-torn European continent that was dotted with monarchies and nascent nationalist movements that were embracing collectivist ideologies. However, democracy has outlived its usefulness and cannot contain the torrential wave of statism proliferating across the West.
Going back to romanticized eras of the past is not an option. We must move forward and blaze a new path to a more just society based on private property and freedom of association. The jurist Carl Schmitt once said that “a historical truth is only true once.”
Fostering an embrace of laissez-faire liberalism is always valuable because it places some limits on what a regime can get away with. But history suggests it is not enough to rely only on ideological bulwarks.
It is perhaps time to think bigger, and we can do so by drawing from one of the more underappreciated aspects of Mises’s life’s work. Namely, his focus on radical decentralization. This can come in the form of nullification, soft secessionism, localism, and other forms of breaking down centralized power. The challenge before us is to cobble together a decentralized alternative that builds on the positive aspects of the previous liberal order while rectifying its flaws to forge a new architecture of ordered liberty and voluntary association.
Thinking beyond traditional modes of political organization will be the key challenge as Westerners navigate through the uncharted waters of woke despotism. Radical decentralization will be the lighthouse for Western countries that have lost their way. Whether these countries correct course remains to be seen.
There will be no BUST of BIDEN……in…… the rotunda … In four score and twenty…. no one will remember his name.
So….
Saudi selli, or RMB, the people’s money.ng oil to China for Yuan
Russia stops gold sales.
Has Joe woken from his afternoon nap yet?
The spin seems to be that the 2020 Elections accurately portray the consent of the governed. Not even Uganda, Venezuela, Argentina, etc had an election where one could go to sleep thinking the election was over to awake to a result that appeared to be just enough absentee Ballots coming in to sway the Election in a different way. I think the International perception of this has done real damage to the perception of America being on the high road. I think this helps a growing lack of respect for America. If the electoral process stays the same as 2020, then it won’t matter how many good people you put forward, as the counters of the Ballots are the ones who select the winner. Move on, don’t look here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yiW2XRbgKUcfscfs@gmx.us
But will there even be elections in 2024 ?
illusion Westerners may have been under about the freedoms they supposedly enjoy has dissipated.
ONE BIG DITTO…………………………
I type out a response.
make mistakes.
correct them.
reread everything so it will post correctly
hit “post comment”
and then the comment posted reverts back to my original miss-typed comment.
The Fed has reached the END GAME….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE5NT_LiObs
PENTO
The FED is out of options.. . . . .6 months to deflation.
CFS: I DON’T SEE THAT, because we don’t manufacture enough. I see price inflation, during a recession.
tucker tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGIxqacASdQ
Pray that Russia will negociate a cease fire.
Those who claim to be Republicans should be really proud of Maria Salazars stance on border security.
Crooks everywhere
Lest we forget……
After the fall of the Soviet Union Ukraine was the third most heavily NUCLEAR ARMED COUNTRY in the world.
It had more nukes than China,
more than England
more than India,
More than Pakistan,
More than France
more than Israel,….
Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons on the guarantee by the Western powers that it would never be invaded by Russia.
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1082124528/ukraine-russia-putin-invasion
SO WHERE DOES THE WORD AND HONOR OF THE WEST STAND NOW ?
just asking
Biden was sure worried today…..
But not about Ukraine.
He is worried about Hunter and what Hunter has done….
Nice to see a parent care more about a crackhead son than World War III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0LgoalcSs
CCP Planning ?
Mike Mahoney on the dollar
9 in 10 COVID Deaths Are in Vaccinated People: Report
Epochtimes.
Joseph Mercola
March 15, 2022 Updated: March 16, 2022
A report released by the UK government has confirmed that 9 out of every 10 deaths related to COVID-19 are found in those who are fully vaccinated.
Looks like some did not make it 18 Months………………. HELLO JABBERS………….
USA is headquarters for “Nazi death cult” of bioweapons war criminals
On Monday’s interview with Owen Shroyer, Dr. Francis Boyle stated that America’s corrupt government is running and sponsoring a “Nazi death cult” of bioweapons scientists and collaborators, and he specifically named Fauci (NIAID), Collins (NIH) and Walensky (CDC) as those deserving prosecution for crimes against humanity.
Furthermore, Dr. Boyle confirmed the decades-long existence of US-built bioweapons labs in Ukraine and discussed how the United States government is guilty of violating the global treaty against gain-of-function weapons development while working to surround Russia with bioweapons labs.
What’s fascinating in all this is how the gaslighting corporate media is now telling the (oblivious) American masses that there are no bioweapons labs in Ukraine at all.
It’s a blatant lie, of course, and literally hundreds of publicly-available online documents discuss the operations surrounding these bioweapon labs.
hi Jerry:
There is zero accountability in our Government any more. People still haven’t made the Nazi connection in Ukraine. It’s all bad Putin. Bad Putin.
I’ve always said here in the U.S. Jews run the money and Nazi’s run the War.
I wonder. Is that a racist statement?
Hello John………….. do not worry about it……….. The last time I got booted,……
I made a statement on the Askenazi…FAKE JEWS….. lol……. 🙂
To clarify…….. it was not a statement, but an article….
You boys see this? Poor Skiff…
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-03-16/peter-schiff-knows-how-stir-pot
Gammon is certainly correct. It’s a shame the sheeple can’t see that.
And what an idiot crow man is…he actually believes the comedian puppet who played the piano with his genitalia is now dodging mortars…
Funny………….. I once made a simular comment , about Gary Savage not wearing a tie,…
A guy named Mike at Seeking Alpha, lashed back at me…. LOL…..
Mike said , he wanted to make me famous… with his comment…. lol 🙂
I do find the Skiff dust up somewhat amusing…although the back drop is depressingly tragic…
Jerry, do you wear a tie when you visit this KER site…maybe when you listen to Jimmy? 🙂
Ebo…….. I am usually, in full dress uniform…. lol…… 🙂
Uniform of the Day………. No socks, and No tie…… No lie… 🙂
Well, I have to admit…I salute when Jimmy is on the show… 🙂
Why do Brits hate Trump?
Just because he built golf courses in Scotland and hotels in England ?
Putil sez:
FIRE FAUCI….. like yesterday already.
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/03/17/that-reprehensible-biden-iran-deal-just-got-worse-n537044
and they get $ 500 million to develop their damn bombs….unbelievable
Now we’re buying 12 tankers woth of Russian oil.
Does the lefthand know what the righthand is doing in this administration ?
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-linked-oil-fuel-cargoes-rush-us-before-ban-starts-2022-03-16/
No, President Donald Trump didn’t drain the swamp – the swamp grew by 50,000 executive agency positions during his four years.
Drain the Swamp………….. humm
from zerohedge , Fauci article.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/forbes-fires-journalist-who-revealed-faucis-finances
In an empire of liars telling the truth gets you fired…or worse…this is what happens when you have a nation run by criminals.
The great William is on the mark again…
Amerika is actively involved in the fighting…
What would happen if a Rooskie S300 or S400 took out an AWACS???
PROBABLY DEPENDS ON WHICH AIRSPACE THEY ARE OPERATING.
If they are flying in Polish airspace, hat is an act of war.
But who cares who starts the WWIII, IT IS STILL LOSE-LOSE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eLVxkcbyc8
6 more interest rate hikes THIS YEAR + FOUR MORE NEXT YEAR ?
NUTS. CAN’T BE DONE…….WON’T BE DONE.
That was a WOW, CFS.
I have never seen Dagen so wound up.
“It’s been decades since these egg heads at the Federal Reserve have been called out by regular folks”
Unfortunately, Dagen is a little slow. This has been happening for years.
31 Trillion of debt doesn’t happen overnight.
Dagen…never heard of her before…or that name…and I wonder what those women would look like without their makeup…
Anyway, even if the Feral Reserve goes through with six hikes, it’s a ridiculous joke – the Feral Funds rate would be at 1.5%…a joke when their starting point is inflation at 7.9% and that’s their lying numbers which vastly understates inflation. Even if they go through with it they are just pissing on a forest fire.
A number of navy seals were dishonorably discharged for refusing to obey the vaccine mandate.
A suit is now taking place in federal district court.
Details below:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60650721/navy-seal-1-v-austin/
In light of modern vaccine evidence, I cannot conceive of seals losing in a fair trial
I can CFS.
When you sign the contract, you no longer have the ability to say no, unless you want to go home with a discharge.
You no longer get to say what shots you should have. That’s how things work.
There is no draft. You volunteer for this. At least I did.
The Commander in Chief can order members of the military to take the shots… I remember the Anthrax shot was controversial too, but the President did not order it…
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2004/10/court-ruling-again-stops-anthrax-shots-us-soldiers
Under INTERNATIONAL LAW, I would dispute that order.
Hitler ordered the murder of jews, but that did not make it a legal order.
Just for clarification sake CFS, Hitler wasn’t the only one who murdered Jews.
CFS… i very much agree with you… the covid shots are not safe, and the FDA approval was a fraud… but it will be a tough battle to save members of the military from the brandon tyranny.
Those with TDS, 🤯. 😁
Release the JFK Documents.
I love the Saudi’s?
D. Trump like the rest was a paper President who governed by Executive order.
Soon as he was out, so were his orders.
Sorry, D.Trump should have went after the Clinton’s when he had the chance.
Like it or not, there were a hell of a lot of Americans who didn’t vote to re-elect him President again.
Myself as an Independent, my candidate never wins an election, but that doesn’t necessarily make me a loser either.
With that being said, there were many things I did agree with that he did as President. Namely the Border.
The nuremberg convention or treaty (to which the US is a SIGNATORY)
SPECIFICALLY does NOT PERMIT mandation of experimental vaccines.
The US to this day does not have available non-experimental authorized mRNA vaccines.
It does have an authorized mRNA vaccine WHICH IS IN NAME ONLY AND NOT AVAILABLE.
With out borders, we have no Country.
https://www.kcci.com/article/us-drug-overdose-deaths-reach-another-record-high-as-fentanyl-deaths-surge/39454120#
Time to join the Away Team…maybe we will have no choice…
Pelosi drug team….(clintons included)…….. of which she is master, ……… ONE BIG SCAM on the SHEEPLE
What govt….. lol………. seriously flawed, and has been for over a 100 yrs.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/war/ukraine-adopts-wef-proposals/
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Zelensky has just signed into law the first steps of Schwab’s Great Reset. He announced he is introducing a Social Credit Application combining Universal Basic Income (UBI), a Digital Identity & a Vaccine Passport all within their Diia app.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/political-theatre/putin-speach-3-16/
The illegitimate freezing of some of the currency reserves of the Bank of Russia marks the end of the reliability of so-called first-class assets. In fact, the US and the EU have defaulted on their obligations to Russia. Now everybody knows that financial reserves can simply be stolen. And many countries in the immediate future may begin – I am sure this is what will happen – to convert their paper and digital assets into real reserves of raw materials, land, food, gold and other real assets which will only result in more shortages in these markets.
At this point, Putin is simply stating the obvious.
People that learn nothing from history…….I nominate Neville Biden as the worst U.S. President ever to not be elected..