Search This Blog

De Omnibus Dubitandum - Lux Veritas

Saturday, July 6, 2013

The Mindset of the Left: Part IV

Thomas Sowell | Jul 05, 2013
Editor's note: This is Part IV in a series. Part I can be found here. Part II can be found here. Part III can be found here.
At the heart of the left's vision of the world is the implicit assumption that high-minded third parties like themselves can make better decisions for other people than those people can make for themselves.
That arbitrary and unsubstantiated assumption underlies a wide spectrum of laws and policies over the years, ranging from urban renewal to ObamaCare.
One of the many international crusades by busybodies on the left is the drive to limit the hours of work by people in other countries -- especially poorer countries -- in businesses operated by multinational corporations. One international monitoring group has taken on the task of making sure that people in China do not work more than the legally prescribed 49 hours per week.
Why international monitoring groups, led by affluent Americans or Europeans, would imagine that they know what is best for people who are far poorer than they are, and with far fewer options, is one of the many mysteries of the busybody elite....ToRead More....

No comments:

Post a Comment