Demogorgon
12th July 2009, 02:16
I notice some Libertarians being rather dogmatic about the whole thing, so I wrote this to help clarify the truth as any rational person would see it and only an illogical statist would deny:
In the beginning Adam Smith created the economy. And the economy was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of Menger moved upon the face of the waters and said, Let there be the market: and there was the market. And Bohm-Bawerk saw the market, that it was good: and divided the market from state intervention. And Mises called the market capitalism, and intervention he called socialism. And the homesteading and mixing of labour in unclaimed soil were the first day And Hayek said, Let there be a hard currency and let it divide wealth from those that have and those that have and it was so.
Thus the market was complete and on then the great thinkers of capitalism ended their work which they had made; and rested all their work which they had made knowing they had earnt all the rest they wished.
Then the LORD Rothbard formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the LORD Rothbard planted a low tax low regulation economy eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD Rothbard to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of economic theory for where there is the market all such things shall be bountiful
And the LORD Hoppe commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of economic theory, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. And the LORD Hoppe said, It is not good that the man should be alone for then he may become a homosexual and need to be expelled from any free community; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see how he would price them: and whatsoever Adam priced every living creature, that was the cost thereof for value is entirely subjective. And the LORD Hoppe caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, in what was an act of retaliatory force so that it would meet Libertarian principals, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD Hoppe had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Now the communist was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD Rand had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath Rand said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the communist, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Rand hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. _4: And the Communist said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: _5: For Rand doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing how the economy works. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were exploited; and they formed themselves a trade union. And they heard the voice of the LORD Friedman walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD Friedman amongst the trees of the garden. _9: And the LORD Friedman called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the market, and I was afraid, because I was exploited and holding a Union meeting. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast exploited? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD Friedman said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The Communist beguiled me, and I did eat. And the LORD Hazlitt said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life and I will ensure you are caught up in endless recycling of the Economic Calculation debate for ever more. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and ensure you are forever discriminated against in the workplace And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; an inefficient welfare state it shall bring to thee And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD make free market policies, and protected them from the needy. And the LORD sent him forth from the purely free market and placed him in the land where statists would attempt to coerce his property from him.
In the beginning Adam Smith created the economy. And the economy was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of Menger moved upon the face of the waters and said, Let there be the market: and there was the market. And Bohm-Bawerk saw the market, that it was good: and divided the market from state intervention. And Mises called the market capitalism, and intervention he called socialism. And the homesteading and mixing of labour in unclaimed soil were the first day And Hayek said, Let there be a hard currency and let it divide wealth from those that have and those that have and it was so.
Thus the market was complete and on then the great thinkers of capitalism ended their work which they had made; and rested all their work which they had made knowing they had earnt all the rest they wished.
Then the LORD Rothbard formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the LORD Rothbard planted a low tax low regulation economy eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD Rothbard to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of economic theory for where there is the market all such things shall be bountiful
And the LORD Hoppe commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of economic theory, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. And the LORD Hoppe said, It is not good that the man should be alone for then he may become a homosexual and need to be expelled from any free community; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see how he would price them: and whatsoever Adam priced every living creature, that was the cost thereof for value is entirely subjective. And the LORD Hoppe caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, in what was an act of retaliatory force so that it would meet Libertarian principals, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD Hoppe had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Now the communist was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD Rand had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath Rand said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the communist, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Rand hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. _4: And the Communist said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: _5: For Rand doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing how the economy works. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were exploited; and they formed themselves a trade union. And they heard the voice of the LORD Friedman walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD Friedman amongst the trees of the garden. _9: And the LORD Friedman called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the market, and I was afraid, because I was exploited and holding a Union meeting. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast exploited? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD Friedman said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The Communist beguiled me, and I did eat. And the LORD Hazlitt said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life and I will ensure you are caught up in endless recycling of the Economic Calculation debate for ever more. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and ensure you are forever discriminated against in the workplace And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; an inefficient welfare state it shall bring to thee And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD make free market policies, and protected them from the needy. And the LORD sent him forth from the purely free market and placed him in the land where statists would attempt to coerce his property from him.