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Cliche of Socialism Number 8 “The Free Market Ignores the Poor”

Cliche of Socialism Number 8 “The Free Market Ignores the Poor” by Leonard E. Read.

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  1. [...] In today’s document, Roy A. Childs Jr. opens his review of Leonard Peikoff’s book The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America with: “When the history of the twentieth century is written, one thing will stand out above all others: the growth of state domination over the lives of all mankind. The state has brought us wars, concentration camps, mass murder. Millions of graves are filled with the results.” And it is not by accident that these tragedies committed by the State occurred. Ideas can be a dangerous thing if taken in the wrong direction. [...]

  2. [...] In today’s document, Roy A. Childs Jr. opens his review of Leonard Peikoff’s book The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America with: “When the history of the twentieth century is written, one thing will stand out above all others: the growth of state domination over the lives of all mankind. The state has brought us wars, concentration camps, mass murder. Millions of graves are filled with the results.” And it is not by accident that these tragedies committed by the State occurred. Ideas can be a dangerous thing if taken in the wrong direction. [...]

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