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An Open Letter to American Blacks

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The prospects for freedom in America may very well lie with you. For you have been most damaged by the welfare-state, planned-economy way of life. I wish to share some of my perspectives with you in the hopes that you will help lead our nation to break free of this enslaving and terribly destructive way of life. Let us first recall your ancestors' life-style in the United States 150 years ago. They, of course, were "taken care of' by their masters. The plantation owners provided them with food, lodging, employment, medical care, and sometimes even "family planning." Yet, despite this "guaranteed existence," what did your ancestors desire above all? They desired to be free — that is, they desired a way of life in which they were responsible for their own sustenance and well-being. What many of you fail to recognize is that the welfare state and planned economy have returned blacks to the plantation. Throughout much of this century, the ...

Collectivist Myths and Racial Prejudice

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One of the most effective Marxian methods of argument has been to claim that what appears as reality is in fact illusion. For over a hundred years, Marxists have insisted that such bourgeois freedoms as freedom of speech and press, and the right of contract and exchange, hide from view what is actually a slave society. Capitalism, the Marxists have insisted, creates the impression of equality and liberty. But beneath the surface, they say, there resides the true social relationships — those which are determined by ownership of property,... Those who possess control over the means of production are the masters who rule over others. The slaves are the workers who must pay tribute to the owners of property in the form of capitalist profits. Hence, rather than a society of freedom, the Marxists say, capitalism is ...

An Open Letter to American Blacks

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The prospects for freedom in America may very well lie with you. For you have been most damaged by the welfare-state, planned-economy way of life. I wish to share some of my perspectives with you in the hopes that you will help lead our nation to break free of this enslaving and terribly destructive way of life. Let us first recall your ancestors' life-style in the United States 150 years ago. They, of course, were "taken care of' by their masters. The plantation owners provided them with food, lodging, employment, medical care, and sometimes even "family planning." Yet, despite this "guaranteed existence," what did your ancestors desire above all? They desired to be free — that is, they desired a way of life in which they were responsible for their own sustenance and well-being. What many of you ...

A Capitalist Looks at Free Trade

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Protectionists seeking relief from the rigors of foreign competition bring to mind Milton Friedman's dictum, "The great enemies of face enterprise are businessmen and intellectuals — businessmen because they want socialism for themselves and free enterprise for everyone else; intellectuals, because they want free enterprise for themselves and socialism for everyone else." I speak from personal experience. Baseball-glove leather was ...