Capitalism
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Note: This was originally published in the Hypocrite Reader in September 2014. Every morning Wentworth stakes out a corner of the Square because that’s where the out-of-towners congregate. He knows their patterns. With his pressed suit and slicked-back hair, clean shave and faint perfume, he gives these people exactly what they expect to see on…
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We have all heard the phrase “corporations are people,” either stated in earnest as a reading of the law (corporations are people in that they are independent entities, pay taxes, have rights to due process, and of course, the right to free speech) or stated ironically as ammunition for our friends on the Left. But…
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Since Obama just won (congrats btw), we have some time to accept that America just made a resounding endorsement of Keynesianism. This is not a good thing. I can only assume that most Americans don’t understand the danger of government spending, or that Mitt Romney was an exceptionally bad messenger for liberalization. The latter is…
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Note: I sent this email today in response to the news that the City of Chicago’s “consumer protection” bureau is about to shut down the Uber black car service in Chicago. I hope someone in Chicago reads it! Dear Mayor Emanuel, Rosemary Krimbel, Michelle Smith and the City of Chicago, I was disheartened to hear…
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A friend of mine asked me why the 53% seem to be proud of working “shitty jobs” with hard hours while “not pursuing their dreams.” I thought the question was unfair. Certainly, I have philosophical disagreements with any group that claims or believes it is different from any other group (to quote Ferris Bueller, “isms,…
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When Occupy Wall Street began September 17, they received more than their fair share of criticism from both the right and the left, mostly due to their lack of a single message or central organization. The media on the right, especially, seemed to have forgotten the nascent waywardness of its own pet Tea Party movement.…
brian mayer 