tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post3559891920188754671..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Quick Roundup 184Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-81539591002310714042007-05-02T21:24:00.000-06:002007-05-02T21:24:00.000-06:00A red-faced "Thank you!", Amit, for pointing that ...A red-faced "Thank you!", Amit, for pointing that out.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-26480277923473362132007-05-02T19:52:00.000-06:002007-05-02T19:52:00.000-06:00Hi Gus,Just to let you know, the blog post was by ...Hi Gus,<BR/><BR/>Just to let you know, the blog post was by my good friend Rob Tarr, not me. But in any case, thanks for the link!Amit Ghatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812792299608268787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-41969922095085563132007-05-02T05:54:00.000-06:002007-05-02T05:54:00.000-06:00That is an excellent point. Indeed, to be "in favo...That is an excellent point. Indeed, to be "in favour of a sudden transition to free-market capitalism" is to be in favor of the impossible, which is precisely the error of Libertarians who are, in the process, discrediting the end result of the long process they should be in favor of.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-80657737043785596762007-05-02T01:44:00.000-06:002007-05-02T01:44:00.000-06:00"Maine-ia"... Oh no, not you too with the puns! As..."Maine-ia"... Oh no, not you too with the puns! As if they aren't lame enough on the social news sites already.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin" REL="nofollow">Boris Yeltsin</A>: He isn't all roses, is he? His ideals may be good, but the implementation was deeply flawed. (Incidentally, that is what a lot of lefties claim about communism, but that's a different topic.) This is one reason why I'll never be in favour of a sudden transition to free-market capitalism from socialism -- accompanying it has to be a deep cultural change, which will always take time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-59555093729201911392007-05-01T20:26:00.000-06:002007-05-01T20:26:00.000-06:00He is proof that man has free will and that it tak...He is proof that man has free will and that it takes enormous strength to be thoroughly indoctrinated into leftism and retain a shred of independence.<BR/><BR/>The importance of turning the intellectual tide in history is underscored by the fact that men such as he are very rare, and hippies are as common as flies.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-35189428672890919752007-05-01T20:09:00.000-06:002007-05-01T20:09:00.000-06:00I thought of your posting about Boris Yeltsin and ...I thought of your posting about Boris Yeltsin and his reaction to the Houston supermarket when I heard a discussion on talk radio today about the sort of people who are the exact <I>opposite</I> of Yeltsin in this regard: the Leftists and academics from the USA who go to places like Cuba where it is impossible not to see that everything is falling to pieces and the entire country is in utter ruins and then come back singing the praises of Castro and how everyone in Cuba has socialized medicine and such. Pretty amazing.<BR/><BR/>That story about Yeltsin is definitely something to keep in mind when one is feeling very pessismistic about things. One did not rise to great power in the USSR without having been "trustworthy" and throroughly indoctrinated in its evil ideology. Nevertheless, there are people like Yeltsin who, despite such a system and its indoctrination, are still able to preserve their intellectual honesty and independence and actually care about the facts of reality when they are confronted with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com