Concessions
Concessions
Capitalism sucks for workers. It’s common to see the obvious failures of our current system as new horrors, and to conclude that we need to return to some time when things were better. Maybe the “better time” is vague — just a general hand-waving and an exhortation to make things…
The conception of a ‘universal right’ which assures to the peasant, to the Eskimo, and presumably to the Abominable Snowman, ‘periodic holidays with pay’ shows the absurdity of the whole thing. (…) What are the consequences of the requirement that every one should have the right ‘freely to participate in the cultural life of the community and to share in the scientific advances and its benefits’. (…) It is evident that all these ‘rights’ are based on the interpretation of society as a deliberately made organization by which everybody is employed. They could not be made universal within a system of rules of just conduct based on the conception of individual responsibility, and so require that the whole of society be converted into a single organization, that is, made totalitarian in the fullest sense of the word.
Totalitarianism is when everyone gets paid holidays and benefits from scientific advances. thanks Hayek very cool i love economics
17I quite like Hayek. Not because I like what he says. But because he articulates some modern right wing views so well. And he's unashamed.
Many reactionaries today will try to sugar coat their politics. But if you explain what they're really saying by paraphrasing Hayek? It's like holding up a perfect mirror, yet the reactionary thinks it's one of those fairground, distorting mirrors. He's good for highlighting the problems of capitalist governance to onlookers. He puts the grotesqueness on display.
12I feel the same way about ancient Greek philosophers. Fascists like to hold up Greece as the birthplace of civilization and democracy, but if you read what Plato had to say he's all like "Slavery rocks, we should gear up for war, and everyone must breed for the state". It's so candid it's refreshing
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and presumably to the Abominable Snowman
Yes, even Canadians apparently.
11Giving rights to Canadians is pretty absurd, I can understand his perspective
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Red sales is the fucking GOAT.
I don't usually have time, but when I do, I just pick random articles from their history and every single one of them is a goddamn banger.
15Same here. I've recently been reading more and more. Day is very prolific, he's always on the twitter with interesting takes.
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