“Government control of a country’s economy—any kind or degree of such control, by any group, for any purpose whatsoever—rests on the basic principle of statism, the principle that man’s life belongs to the state.” (Ayn Rand)
Socialism Everywhere — and No One Wants to Know Why
In response to recent socialist electoral victories, many are calling for for “moderation” not “extremism.” Why don’t critics want to name what extreme socialism is actually guilty of?
Just because there are a few terrorist organizations like Hamas in Gaza, Hisbollah in Libanon, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizbul Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, Indian Mujahideen, Students Islamic Movement of India, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Afghan Taliban, Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Al-Badr, Al-Umar Mujahideen, Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen, Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir, Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Ansarullah Bangla Team, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh, Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State Sinai Province, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State East Asia, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Ansar Dine, Katibat Macina, Al-Mourabitoun, Ansar al-Sharia, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah Islamiyah, Jemaah Ansharut Daulah, Mujahidin Indonesia Timur, Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia, Ansar al-Islam, Ansar al-Sunna, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Khorasan Group, Jund al-Aqsa, Abdullah Azzam Brigades, Fatah al-Islam, Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Islamic Jihad Union, East Turkestan Islamic Movement, Turkistan Islamic Party, Caucasus Emirate, Riyad-us-Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs, Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade, Ajnad al-Kavkaz, Armed Islamic Group, Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Takfir wal-Hijra, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, Maute Group, Khalifa Islamiyah Mindanao, Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, Ansaru, Jundallah, and Jaish ul-Adl… wait, I forgot what my point was.
Austin delivered 81,000 apartments in four years. Now 73% of metro units are offering concessions and avg asking rent has dropped from $1,622 in 2022 to $1,366. Build enough housing and landlords start competing for tenants instead of the other way around!
Jag häpnar över hur många texter från vänsterhåll som lyckas skriva om terrordådet i Berlin utan att ens nudda islamismen. Samtidigt visar Europol att 70 procent av de terrormisstänkta i EU förra året hade jihadistkopplingar.
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Socialdemokraterna säger att 9 av 10 får det bättre med deras politik. Men det stämmer inte.
Siffran bygger på en utredning som de själva tagit fram. Men läser man den ser man tydligt hur S klippt och klistrat för att få fram siffran. Deras enskilt största skattehöjning, bankskatten, ingår inte i beräkningarna. Om den hade inkluderats hade ”9 av 10”-siffran riskerat att nästan bli den rakt motsatta.
För ett hushåll som har ett bostadslån på 3 miljoner kronor kan skatten i värsta fall leda till ungefär 7 000 kronor om året i högre räntor.
Valet 2026 kommer bli en folkomröstning om sänkt eller höjd skatt. Har du råd med en rödgrön regering?
Socialists call capitalism “immoral” for allowing some to become super rich while others are poor. They have it backwards.
Capitalism has made nearly everyone more prosperous than our ancestors could even imagine:
Why Philosophy Needs Fiction: The Moral Idealism of Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand didn't write stories to lecture her readers; she developed an entirely new philosophy just to make her ideal heroes possible. Discover how her deep moral idealism serves as the necessary foundation for her dramatic fiction as Onkar Ghate explains it in his new book, The Moral Idealism of Ayn Rand.
Friedman: "If you ban housing construction, housing will cost more."
Vance: "We should be a little more communist"
Republicans: "Housing are expensive. Therefore Vance is smarter than Friedman."