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Jeffrey Albert Tucker is an American libertarian writer, publisher, entrepreneur and advocate of anarcho-capitalism and Bitcoin. For many years he worked for R

by BMc2020 3y ago

Jeffrey Albert Tucker is an American libertarian writer, publisher, entrepreneur and advocate of anarcho-capitalism and Bitcoin. For many years he worked for Ron Paul, the Mises Institute, and Lew Rockwell.

forgetfreeman 3y ago
In other words a lunatic.
- throwiforgtnlzy 3y ago
  Yep. The worse circumstance is when a lunatic champions a legitimate cause be it technological authoritarianism, the absurd concentration of corporate power, or income inequality. It's worth remembering that "libertarian writers" advanced deregulation and climate change denial tropes for decades, and "libertarianism" is itself a billionaire-manufactured and -evangelized sock puppet ideological religion concocted with the help and credibility of Laissez-faire, pro-corporate economists and riding the coattails of a philosophically-bankrupt fiction writer who makes the irrational leap that reality (to a human observer) can ever be a known, unbiased, and concrete certainty. https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Virtue-of-Stupidity-A-Critique-of-Ayn-Rand-and-Objectivism https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Virtue-of-Stupidity-A-C...
pinewurst 3y ago
Also, “Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times”
jaybrendansmith 3y ago
An hominem. Just because he appears to be a loon on paper doesn't mean his point is invalid. I found myself nodding a few times in his essay, it's been predicted by many science fiction authors that we'd eventually end up in a corporate state of some kind. All that remains is private drone armies to complete the final step to dystopia. There are very obvious things that need to be done, I'm sure if the author had made recommendations he would have immediately lost me. My own recommendations would be to remove money from elections, reduce lobbying, trust busting. These pragmatic solutions will take a political groundswell to actual make happen, but it appears the public are unaware of the root cause of their pain.
- red-iron-pine 3y ago
  you're the one claiming he's a loon mon ami. to some he may just be extra qualified

forgetfreeman 3y ago

In other words a lunatic.

throwiforgtnlzy 3y ago
Yep. The worse circumstance is when a lunatic champions a legitimate cause be it technological authoritarianism, the absurd concentration of corporate power, or income inequality. It's worth remembering that "libertarian writers" advanced deregulation and climate change denial tropes for decades, and "libertarianism" is itself a billionaire-manufactured and -evangelized sock puppet ideological religion concocted with the help and credibility of Laissez-faire, pro-corporate economists and riding the coattails of a philosophically-bankrupt fiction writer who makes the irrational leap that reality (to a human observer) can ever be a known, unbiased, and concrete certainty. https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Virtue-of-Stupidity-A-Critique-of-Ayn-Rand-and-Objectivism https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Virtue-of-Stupidity-A-C...

pinewurst 3y ago

Also, “Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times”

jaybrendansmith 3y ago

An hominem. Just because he appears to be a loon on paper doesn't mean his point is invalid. I found myself nodding a few times in his essay, it's been predicted by many science fiction authors that we'd eventually end up in a corporate state of some kind. All that remains is private drone armies to complete the final step to dystopia. There are very obvious things that need to be done, I'm sure if the author had made recommendations he would have immediately lost me. My own recommendations would be to remove money from elections, reduce lobbying, trust busting. These pragmatic solutions will take a political groundswell to actual make happen, but it appears the public are unaware of the root cause of their pain.

red-iron-pine 3y ago
you're the one claiming he's a loon mon ami. to some he may just be extra qualified