Rothbardians

Socialism in economics is pretty much like creationism in biology and geocentrism in astronomy. Except socialism is vastly more dangerous.

[Magatte Wade @magattew]

The first thing economics teaches you is humility. 

You do not know enough to arrange everyone’s life from an office, and nobody does. 

That is why free people making small decisions usually beat grand plans made far away.

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

Socialism’s final form is always the same: no more elections.

This weekend Daniel Ortega looked at his own country and said no more elections. Ever.

In 1979 the Sandinistas overthrew a family dictatorship that had ruled Nicaragua for over 40 years with US backing, and the new Marxist government lined up with Cuba and the Soviets, so America armed the Contras against them.

But in 1990 they actually lost a free election and Ortega handed over power peacefully. That became their big claim to legitimacy.

Then he came back in 2007 and erased term limits, made his wife co-president, and locked up opposition candidates before the 2021 vote.

And this week, on the exact anniversary of the revolution that was supposed to end dictatorship, Ortega just ended elections for good.

Because no matter how democratic it pretends to be at the start, socialism always ends in totalitarianism.

[Rothbardians @ancap_jkt]

@HungNguyenTuan @gibarilla @LeeKuanYimby Here's direct quotation from the communist manifesto

[Bung Farid @bungfarid]

Memang gak ada hubungannya Swasembada Beras dengan Harga Murah, dan Harga Murah itu bukan tujuan Swasembada Beras

Makanya aneh kalau ada yg berpikir kalau mau harga Beras murah maka harus Swasembada, malah sebaliknya kalau mau murah ya Impor

[Lee Kuan Yimby @LeeKuanYimby]

Lee Kuan Yew on the Communist threat to Singapore. Sit your ass down and listen to this.

[Rothbardians @ancap_jkt]

@DAaronovitch @g_ldn_f Lol hypocrite

[Magatte Wade @magattew]

It's that simple.

[Rothbardians @ancap_jkt]

@KevinDragos @The_Davos_Man Do you think Venezuela is the only petrolstate in the world? Saudi Arabia? Oman? Qatar? Do these countries turn to shit like Venezuela?

[Rothbardians @ancap_jkt]

Bentar lagi Prabowo masuk kolom rightwing 💪

[Jason Guess @JasonwGuess]

@weepingrein Actual list:

[Rothbardians @ancap_jkt]

@khrachvik @Rothmus Cope, bitch.

[Rothbardians @ancap_jkt]

Puji Tuhan

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Cuba’s Communist Party approves sweeping free-market reforms in an unprecedented move to open the economy.

[- @mdrfhyt]

Negara kita itu ease of doing business-nya aja jeblok, neoliberal darimana?

Investasi jeblok karena kepastian berbisnisnya jelek, neoliberal sebelah mananya?

Ketatanegaraan kita mengalami hyper-regulation, apakah ini neoliberal?

[Rothbardians @ancap_jkt]

Iya, dalam sistem free market (kapitalistik), yang ultra-kaya juga cuma segelintir. Tapi perhatikan bedanya: sementara di sistem sosialis yg tajir cuma orang partai (mis. Maduro), di sistem kapitalis yg tajir entrepreneurs dan innovator (mis. Elon Musk, Stev Jobs...)

[Rothbardians @ancap_jkt]

Orang-orang kayak gini pernah kepikiran gak ya possibility kalau memang program-program left wing itu sendiri yang justru menghasilkan situasi di mana cuma segelintir kelompok elit yang diuntungkan dari politik kiri?

[bintang @caitiffofarabia]

Ada istilah populis bang. Mana ada left wing tapi yang diuntungkan dari program-program dia cuma kelompok borjuis.

Wowo mah lebih mirip 3rd reich jerman

[Rothbardians @ancap_jkt]

@rayestu @TIGON37 Right wingers:

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

🇨🇺 Cuba begins its largest economic reform since the 1959 revolution

The country's parliament unanimously approved radical reforms that provide for the privatization of a significant part of the economy.

The plan provides for private real estate development, the creation of private banks, the transformation of some state enterprises into commercial companies with shares, and the easing of restrictions for private business.

The turn towards the market was supported by the Communist Party and the country's former leader, Raúl Castro, against whom the United States recently brought charges in connection with the downing of humanitarian aid planes in 1996.

[Magatte Wade @magattew]

Marxism has a 100% failure rate.

It has failed everywhere it has been given the chance to succeed.

[Rothbardians @ancap_jkt]

@txtpersahaman @akmalmilan01 Kesimpulan yang keliru dan sesat. Jelas-jelas krisis sekarang karena kebanyakan intervensi negara, kesimpulannya malah mau diborong semua...

[Rothbardians @ancap_jkt]

@bungfarid @indraboyo Mungkin base fuel-nya pertamina ini yg bikin harga pertamax bisa lebih murah? Since Pertamina menguasai semua dari hulu ke hilir, mungkin ada subsidi silang dar hulu ke hilir ketika Pertamina hulu dapet windfall saat harga crude oil naik.

[Liongky Tan @LiongkyTan]

What's with this obsession about gay? I mean, sure.. klo lu ga suka dan ga setuju dengan mereka for who they are, lu berhak ga mau temenan, ga mau hire di kantor lu, or ga mau nyewain tempat lu.. you're still a bigotted asshole, but whatever..

Tapi actively demo siang bolong, panas2an, hari kerja, demi menolak sesuatu yg bukan menyangkut hajat hidup (UMR, reformasi UU, harga BBM, etc). it takes quite a bit of dedication to be such a hater.