These are hard times for advocates of
peace and free enterprise. As the 2016 presidential campaign heats up, where
can we turn—if we must turn somewhere? Neither Republicans nor Democrats have
much to offer voters who both favor free markets and agrees with James Madison
that “of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be
dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.” One need only watch the Republican “debates”
to see this. Who among the contenders represents the strain in American
politics that combines Adam Smith, the 18th-century Scottish champion of the
“system of natural liberty,” and William Graham Sumner, the
turn-of-the-20th-century classical-liberal sociologist who opposed America’s
conversion to a global imperial power?....To Read More…..
My
Take
– As a rule there are a great many things I agree with said by Libertarians
– but as a general rule real Libertarians also tend to give me hives, including this author, and others who write for the Independent Institute. Having said
that – there are things in this article that will cause concern and some a knee jerk reaction,
but I want to inspire some deeper long range thinking. The world is coming to
an end of the Bretton Woods era where the U.S. agreed to be the world’s
protector of international sea lanes and stop wars within the Bretton Woods
family, and open our markets to the rest of the world – at America’s expense.
That’s no longer a financially viable situation and the U.S. will begin
contracting its involvement internationally militarily and economically
for sure by 2020 and continuing to 2030, and who knows what after. And with
events in Europe with this current immigration problem – that
contraction is - in my opinion - on fast forward. Irrespective of what's being
said by economists and politicians, the only country in the world that can be
economically and militarily self sustaining is the U.S. Everything else being
said is merely smoke and mirrors to prevent clarity!
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