Tom Hinchey
The Western Center for Journalism
1/8/2014
On “The Kelly File”, Breitbart News editor Ben Shapiro discussed the “economic reforms” laid out in the article. “This is how the Occupy Wall Street movement thinks. This is a group of people who graduated with degrees in lesbian dance theory and then were surprised when they didn’t get a six-figure paycheck out of college.”
Shapiro said it’s time for conservatives to make the moral case for capitalism. He highlighted one fundamental truth: “You have to be productive in a capitalist society in order to earn anything.”
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Related: Ben Shapiro: Why Socialism Is on the Rise
…So what is the moral case for capitalism? It lies in recognition that socialism isn’t a great idea gone wrong — it’s an evil philosophy in action. It isn’t driven by altruism; it’s driven by greed and jealousy. Socialism states that you owe me something simply because I exist. Capitalism, by contrast, results in a sort of reality-forced altruism: I may not want to help you, I may dislike you, but if I don’t give you a product or service you want, I will starve. Voluntary exchange is more moral than forced redistribution. Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions of income inequality, after all, aren’t about prosperity but about petty spite. Why should you care how much money I make, so long as you are happy?…
The History of Shanghai is a Tale of Successful Capitalism
China’s impressive modernization since the death of Mao Zedong in 1976 and the end to the destructive madness of the Cultural Revolution has been epitomized by the dramatic growth of the industrial and port city of Shanghai, with its majestic skyline of impressive futuristic skyscrapers. It is forgotten that Shanghai already was a commercial and industrial center before the Second World War, built on the principles of laissez-faire capitalism…
Update: Rolling Stone Resurrects Karl Marx (And No – It Was Not Satire)
…At first many people mistakenly thought it was meant to be a satire, but it soon turned out it actually wasn’t. On Twitter, Myerson runs the hashtag #FULLCOMMUNISM (anything less than the ‘full’ version apparently won’t do), so there can be no doubt as to his ideological proclivities.
Anyway, in his article, couched in ‘hip’ language (the word ‘blow’ or ‘blows’ is used frequently, as in e.g. ‘work blows’), he argues that millennials should make five economic demands…
