Reminder - Capitalism vs Poverty

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." - Winston Churchill

"You aren't going to get rich renting out your time. You must own equity - a piece of the business - to gain your financial freedom." - Naval Ravikant

 "When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear." - Thomas Sowell

"The fundamental cause of trouble is that in the moderm world the studpid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. - Betrand Russell

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you. 

"It is capitalism that pulled billions out of poverty. Not vapid virtue signaling." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it." - Swedish proverb

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love." - Lao Tzu

"I want to see boys able to box, wrestle, play football and hold their own stoutly... and I also want them brought up to feel that it is incumbent upon every true man to be gentle and tender with the weak." - Teddy Roosevelt

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"I begin to speak only when I'm certain what I'll say isn't better left unsaid." - Cato

"How is it that American democracy is held as sacred, when most immigrants come here first to participate in its capitalism?"- Bhu Srinivasan

"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow." - Robert Goddard

"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become." - James Clear

Quotes for Today

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The only problem with capitalism is that it works so well that people think they don't need it." - Dan Held

"An infected mind is a far more dangerous pestilence than any plague - one only threatens your life, the other destroys your character." - Marcus Aurelius

"You'll have to pass it to find out what's in it." - Nancy Pelosi

"Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire." - Jorge Luis Borges

Ron Swanson Loves Capitalism

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds." - Shakespeare

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." - Winston Churchill

"You aren't going to get rich renting out your time. You must own equity - a piece of the business - to gain your financial freedom." - Naval Ravikant

 "When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear." - Thomas Sowell

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Robert Johnson wrote that the word happiness comes from to happen. Our happiness is what happens." - Jeff Bridges 

"A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week." - General George Patton

"Modern capitalism is a pro at two things: generating wealth and generating envy." - Morgan Housel

"Take care of yourself right now. Befriend what's happening, not just who you're supposed to be or what the world should be like. This is where you are now, so how do you care for yourself this minute?" - Bernie Glassman

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you. 

"It is capitalism that pulled billions out of poverty. Not vapid virtue signaling." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it." - Swedish proverb

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love." - Lao Tzu

"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The only problem with capitalism is that it works so well that people think they don't need it." - Dan Held

"An infected mind is a far more dangerous pestilence than any plague - one only threatens your life, the other destroys your character." - Marcus Aurelius

"The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more." - Jonas Salk

"I'm old enough to remember when chicken soup, ginger ale and rest were prescribed for the flu instead of communism." - Mattea Merta

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Stakeholder Capitalism is a Trojan Horse for China

- Heh Heh - it would be even better if Joe did color commentary on the fight 

- VDH: Is our Military Woke, Broke, or Both?

- Wait - what? People who live to 100+ never die of old age? 100% of them die of diseases. Seriously?

- Morgan Housel: Little Flaws. I'm guilty of many of these.

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

The trumpet of the Delta variant being the most deadly will be sounded the loudest by the media outlets suffering the worst ratings and circulations declines (looking at you CNN and The Atlantic)... Poverty was reduced by 80% in just 20-years and it wasn't communism or socialism... It just may be that the best screenplays written by Francis Ford Coppola and Quentin Tarantino were  for movies they did not direct. Coppola with Patton and Tarantino for True Romance... Still say someone should come out with an a fantasy football app where if an NFL player on your roster kneels during the National Anthem then your player is not eligible for any points that week. Think there's a demand for such an app... Very cool... In accordance with my last will and testament - I have two final requests... 

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." - Albert Camus

"The more the Internet exposes people to new points of view, the angrier people get that different views exist." - Benedict Evans

"The fans are standing up to them! The security guards are standing up to them! The peanut vendors are standing up to them! And by golly, if I could get down there, I'd be standing up to them!" - Hyannisport broadcaster in Slap Shot

"Mental health and health are the same things." - Andrew Yang

"What ever crushes individuality is despotism, no matter what name it is called." - John Stuart Mill 

"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness.You have to catch it yourself." - Benjamin Franklin

"It is capitalism that pulled billions out of poverty. Not vapid virtue signalling." - Nassim Taleb

Peter Thiel

"Even a Marxist thinks that you have to first get the capitalists to do things before you can redistribute stuff." 

- Peter Thiel

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Really disappointed that the question "Can biological males get their periods?" wasn't asked at this week's Democratic candidate debate. There's no telling how that question would have been answered by the various candidates... Who knew? In the early 1970's North Korea actually had a higher GDP than South Korea. Tell me again how socialism/communism is better than capitalism... Good look at why the NBA TV ratings are down. I have to wonder if the words Hong Kong and China were deliberately omitted... Starchy Tubers would be a good name for a band - especially a brass band... Funny because its true!... Who knew? Bill Parcells was once the head coach at the Air Force Academy for one season. He had a 3-8 record... So Barack and Michele Obama were paid by Netflix lots of money a year and a half ago. If the Obama's never actually produce any content - would that payment be consider a bribe?...

Capitalism vs Central Planning

As I was reading this excellent article on Central Planning vs Capitalism - I had a few thoughts that came to mind that I wanted to jot down.

Even before this quote from Adam Smith appeared in the article:

"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest."

I was thinking of supermarkets.

Specifically I was thinking of a scene in the book MIG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko where Belenko is brought to a supermarket in the US for the first time. He couldn't believe that it was real. There's no way, he thought, that there could be so many goods, so many choices available to just ordinary citizens. He thought it was a CIA fabrication set up to impress him.

Venezuela too used to have supermarkets. Then the people VOTED to have a socialist in charge. Now there are no more supermarkets and people are either fleeing the country or staying and starving. Once again - the people VOTED for socialism because they were promised free stuff.

Now some people in the US are VOTING for socialists like Bernie and AOC. This brings to mind another quote:

Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.