tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931151495334993843.post7638148213602425594..comments2023-03-23T03:11:24.829-07:00Comments on Truth Untold: True, Yet SuperficialRyan Willshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15997541504170761916noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931151495334993843.post-13107536396416079842011-05-25T14:43:48.973-07:002011-05-25T14:43:48.973-07:00Well, one ends up in pretty much the same place wi...Well, one ends up in pretty much the same place with someone like Karl Denninger at market-ticker dot org, who has a knack for diagnosing the problem, but whose policy instincts are entirely populist (and thus collectivist, because the argument boils down to "we should all accept a lower standard of living for each other's sake").Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931151495334993843.post-43358679159456387962011-05-23T06:36:35.956-07:002011-05-23T06:36:35.956-07:00I'll openly admit I hate resorting to that exp...I'll openly admit I hate resorting to that explanation - especially when it's liberals who are talking the talk on that subject. And maybe it's because of just some subconscious tendency (learned perhaps) that they're not supposed to be the people who do that; they're the compassionate ones, after all. Or at least that's how many of them market themselves. In any case, liberal or otherwise, I think I'd be grasping at straws to suggest any other serious reason(s). I'm certainly more than open to hear them out. But, inevitably, it always seems to wonder back to the same mis-guided sentiments.Ryan Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997541504170761916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931151495334993843.post-21528770503793271272011-05-22T11:29:21.737-07:002011-05-22T11:29:21.737-07:00I agree. Don Boudreaux and Russ Roberts make simil...I agree. Don Boudreaux and Russ Roberts make similar arguments at Cafe Hayek. I chalk it up to "civic religion," to the extent that the phenomenon actually exists, so I would say that you're on to something when you invoke "nationalism/xenophobia."Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.com