by Dan Mitchell | Nov 7, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
There’s no way to sugarcoat the monstrous evil of communism. The death toll is simply too large. But the silver lining to the dark cloud of Marxist socialism is that we have some clever jokes and satire. We’ll start with the Gipper. Here are some of his anti-communism...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 6, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
I should probably be writing about the tax bill, or augmenting my series on the 100th anniversary (deathiversary?) of communism, but I can’t resist sharing some humor about socialism that appeared in my inbox this morning. Earlier this year, I posted a column...
by Dan Mitchell | May 31, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
As part of my collection of anti-libertarian jokes, I shared a mosaic back in 2012 purporting to show the 24 types of libertarians. Well, turnabout is fair play. Here’s something similar, showing the 24 types of authoritarians, from the libertarian page on Reddit. I...
by Dan Mitchell | May 19, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’ve shared a number of online tests that allow users to see where they fit on the political spectrum. The Definitive Political Orientation test. The Circle test. The Libertarian Purity test. The 8 Values test. But if you don’t like taking quizzes, you can simply scan...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 13, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’m tempted to say that statism is sort of like a cult. Proponents of socialism and other big-government ideologies have a dogmatic zeal that blinds them to reality. For instance, no nation has ever become rich with big government. But that doesn’t stop leftists from...
