Joshua Katz writes: In your splendid essay on LRC today, I feel a need to ask about a minor quibble which, admittedly, does not rise to the level of a threat to your thesis.  In number 8, you make short work of the idea that advertising can brainwash…
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My anti-capitalist Twitter critic , whose arguments I have addressed this week ( 1 , 2 ), has tweeted: “good work..and thx but again these are only your opinions…I will post/reply in due time… nothing that you are disproving” “BTW Zorro fought for the poor against the don’t think…
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I continue the dismantling of my anti-capitalist Twitter critic.

Daniel writes: Regarding your recent post on LewRockwell.com , I wanted to let you know I thought it funny your critic attacked you for that presentation on economics and American history you gave. You see, that same presentation (which I ran across on youtube) first introduced me to the…
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On September 10 I’ll be speaking in New York (venue TBA) alongside Peter Schiff , Mike Church , Jack Hunter , and other great speakers at LibertyFest II .  Tickets half off through Wednesday.  Should be great.  See you there!

I reply to a Twitter critic (you can follow me on Twitter here ).  This is just my opening salvo. Many more fallacies to refute. Here is the video that got her so angry:

In reference to my blog post criticizing him, Gregory Hilton has apparently written: “He did not refute anything, and I was surprised his answers were so weak. I will definitely respond.” Hilton threw out roughly 100 claims about Ron Paul and is evidently expecting a refutation of…
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It would take me practically forever to respond fully to this article , given that every sentence requires three paragraphs of refutation. That’s what Thomas Sowell said about leftism: its bumper-sticker slogans at times require volumes to disprove. I’ve already addressed most of Gregory Hilton’s complaints. See…
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The great Jack Hunter points out the elephant in the living room that alleged GOP budget cutters pretend not to see.

A regular theme of this site is that we are taught to treat the political class with reverence, while dismissing the voluntary sector as wicked, grasping, contemptible, corrupt, etc. Quite a con job the political class has brainwashed us — ever since we were educated…
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