Comments by "Animal Farm" (@animalfarm7467) on "What's Libertarian's Problem with Social Security, Medicare and Hanging Up on People?" video.

  1. Thomas Hartmann, I assume by the introduction you planned this interview with Thomas DiLorenzo so maybe a little more research before you started may have helped. Yes, DiLorenzo is a Senior Fellow at the Koch Mises Institute and a professor of economics at the Koch Loyola University Maryland (Koch: $42,000 annually for "General Support"). He also taught at the Koch George Mason University (Koch: $35 million to the George Mason University Foundation) and was part of the strategy to oppose cigarette advertising bans and not to increase excise tax. When it comes down to it, someone like DiLorenzo is just an oligarch sycophant who ensures people aren’t educated and taught to think; and then exploits the ignorant. Arguing with a Mises shill like Thomas DiLorenzo is usually a waste of time. The Mises Institute is dedicated to advantaging the oligarchs and increasing wealth and income inequality by playing on the ignorance of the majority. In fact, if you ever read Hayek’s “Road to Serfdom”, you will laugh at the irony. The Mises institute is dedicated to creating spin to support the Koch-Libertarian oligarch narrative to deregulate, remove social services, eliminate taxes, privatize, and oppress the voice of the people and their voice in the workplace. A Mises Institute employee’s entire job is to create spin to advantage the oligarchs by manipulating the ignorant and playing on their apathy. But Thomas, you appear to make a sport of arguing with sleaze and exposing the same corrupt intent time and time again. Sure, it fills up time with the obvious intent of the oligarchs, but it doesn’t really expose any new light on the problem of Neoliberalism/Austrian Economics. I have an idea how you can educate your audience. Thomas DiLorenzo recently wrote a piece in the Mises Institute criticizing the book, “Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America” by Nancy MacLean. Thomas, I’m sure you are well aware of Professor MacLean’s book so may I suggest a book review of “Democracy in Chains” as a place to start. Reviewing “Democracy in Chains” will demolish the entire Koch-Mises-Libertarian farce. It goes into the people, strategy, institutions & think tanks, and the oligarchs’ expected outcome of this generational strategy. Pay special attention to the Kochs strategy to use Article V to call for a Constitutional Convention to rewrite the Constitution in the oligarchs’ favor. You may remember the Libertarian fascists rewrote the Chilean Constitution to advantage their oligarchs under Pinochet. After an interview with Professor MacLean, your previous efforts to expose the Austrian/Libertarian scam will look pale by comparison. It may even help you improve your game.
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