why something called "the dictatorship of the proletariat" would appeal to anyone thinking themselves a progressive is beyond me.
progressive are the real reactionaries.
the only authentic revolution was the American revolution.
socialism just substitutes one new class/elite for the old aristocracy.
Posted by reliapundit at June 2, 2011 2:34 PMLudwig was a great man, but he got this one wrong. It is reason which got us into this mess; it is reason which is the god of socialism.
Von Mises buddy, the other von, grasped the issue--Human reason can neither predict nor deliberately shape its own future. It’s advances consist in finding out where it has been wrong.
reliapundit, without a doubt, Obama's election was reactionary. James, let's hope and pray we advance in 2012.
Posted by RedCarolina at June 2, 2011 4:57 PMProgluddites. Progressive Luddites. Isolated in their fantasy caves of legislated wishful thinking.
Posted by Jewel at June 2, 2011 7:48 PM