Interesting read though ultimately a poor argument. It all hinges on historical observations of circumstances and contexts that no longer exist. There are no un

Interesting read though ultimately a poor argument. It all hinges on historical observations of circumstances and contexts that no longer exist. There are no universal rules here and no objective causal relationships between any of the values observed. An 'appeal to history' is a fundamental fallacy in the structure of arguments. It doesn't mean the argument is false, it's just that it isn't true because 'it was observed to be true in the past'. The arguments of the article are easily defeated by references to successful modern societies that do not have all of these features and have high taxes. Scandinavian countries being the tried and tested refutation of this. Really all it's doing is saying that the best way for the Libertarian Right to weaken arguments for higher taxes is to simply sow political and cultural discord so that there is no social unity. This then allows them to prosper by way of increasing wealth inequality that can only be remedied by (hopefully) brief periods of higher taxation.