There is in fact a manly and legitimate passion for equality that spurs all men to wish to be strong and esteemed. This passion tends to elevate the lesser to the rank of the greater. But one also finds in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to want to bring the strong down to their level, and which reduces men to preferring equality in servitude to inequality in freedom.
– Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America [1840] |
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| May 5, 2023
The War on Poverty Impoverishes the Poor
Among the worst things that has ever happened to the poor is the federal government’s war on poverty. As a socialist program, it actually impoverishes the poor rather than improve their overall economic condition. That’s because it destroys or impedes the forces that raise the standard of living of everyone in society, especially the poor. Let’s begin with an imaginary nation, one in … |
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