Hello everyone, I am currently engaged in a political debate with some liberal progressives on another internet forum. I am trying to hone my debating skills. However, I am looking for the best answers to a couple of challenges I am getting on certain points. Basically, I am being told that no one…

The image that they portray is a ton of people working 12 hour days with little pay pumping out items that go… Where? It goes into the hands of the poor and middle class. If people worked less hours for more pay there would be less goods and the standard of living would either not rise or rise muc…

Well, the late 19th Century was nowhere close to free market. The closest there ever was to a free market in this country’s history was during the Articles of Confederation and they were very popular in part because the average American didn’t want to be taxed to subsidize the wealthy like the pro-…

These might help http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbIIPtLEVbA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYVAxNqRTKY

** ** Yeh, no one would have wanted to live in the 19th century, except perhaps the people in the 18th century. (Relative) Economic liberalisation and the industrial revolution did not create economic inequality, it already existed in a much more exaggerated form under mercantalism and feudalism …

I wouldn’t, because that’s not a debate. Someone else mentioned the proper response already, ask them how those policies did what they are claiming. The mere statement that they did isn’t a debate, it’s just a statement. Once they go about explaing how you will find they are either simply repeating …

This link should help clear up some misconceptions: http://www.reddit.com/r/Anarcho_Capitalism/comments/pa1a2/well_i_have_officially_made_it/c3ow93i

Thermidor-of-the-Progressives.pdf 1312.01 KB Kevin Carson does a great job of pointing out the contradiction in Progressive thought.

Tell them about the parable of the broken window.

““I am being told that no one would have wanted to live in the 19th century”” A common argument tha people love to use is the “21st century argument”. What I mean by this is that they like to justify statist policies because well… ITS THE 21ST CENTURY!!!. New fresh ideas!! don’t agree with me? then…

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