“You have people making decisions for which they pay no price when they are wrong, no matter how high a price other people pay.”
— Thomas Sowell
And this is precisely why free markets allocate scarce resources better than central government.
The $850M Obama Presidential Center is a perfect example whereby political projects get funded based on influence and legacy, and not on whether they create enough value to justify the cost.
Decision makers rarely bear the downside, but taxpayers and opportunity costs do.
In contrast, markets use prices and profit/loss to direct capital where consumers actually want it.
Bad allocations in this system fail fast.
But government has no such mechanism, just politics, prestige, and other people’s money. That’s why you get monuments and waste while productive uses get crowded out.
The selective outrage proves the point that political allocation invites arbitrary standards, whereas free markets impose reality on everyone equally.
If you want better outcomes, shrink the sphere where “no price is too big” applies.
Cool selective outrage. Let’s talk about what actually happened at Little Bighorn since you brought it up.
The same warriors you’re celebrating spent years conducting raids on white settler homesteads, scalping children, burning families alive, kidnapping women for months of assault before ransom or death. The Comanche alone tortured captives in ways that would make your stomach turn. This wasn’t rare. It was deliberate, documented war policy.
Yes, the 7th Cavalry committed atrocities. So did the tribes they fought. War on the frontier was brutal on every side. The difference is you’re cheering one set of massacres while ignoring the other because it fits a cleaner narrative.
Cynthia Ann Parker. The Elm Creek Raid. The Salt Creek Massacre. Look them up before you post feathers like a trophy.
Comrade Donald promises misery and hunger under communism.
A collapsed economy ensures the socialist elite never face competition from the builders.
We do not build, we simply manage the decline.
The 5-year plan is perfect. ☭
After the raid on Mar-a-Lago, John Bolton went running to MSNBC's cameras to opine on how Trump didn't take the classification process seriously.
This morning, John Bolton pled guilty to mishandling classified information.
Everything they accuse others of, they are guilty of themselves.
Say hello to Darializa Avila Chevalier, an official member of the Democratic Socialists of America - who just scored a primary upset in a CONGRESSIONAL race. You ready for her own words? They will TERRIFY you.
She's literally calling for the “total eradication of Western civilization”. That's not all.
She wants to get rid of ALL police, abolish all borders, and seize private property.
She's publicly referred to America as a "f-ing disgrace" and has written supportive content about pyromania and "militants in the Global South."
America is being rapidly destroyed from within. Make sure EVERYONE sees this.
#lawenforcement