Fresh off the heels of his new manifesto (not of the communist variety, though), Iain Murray, CEI senior fellow, joins Jonah on The Remnant to discuss The Socialist Temptation: what it is, who it hits hardest, why socialism isn’t really even an economic theory, and what to do about it.
Show Notes:
-The Socialist TemptationIain’s new book,
-BBC’s generously donated show sets, to spruce up your Zoom background
-Josh Muravchik’s “Theories of the New Class”
-“Socialism is the name of our desire”
-Corporatism and Comparative Politics: The Other Great “Ism”
-Ten Thousand Commandments 2020
-Violence and Social OrdersNorth’s
-Reagan’s speech at Hillsdale in the 70s
-“Socialism is so hot right now”
-DonorsTrust.org/Dingo for access to “6 Reasons to Use a Donor-Advised Fund”
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I viciously support Jonah's violent agreement with Iain Murray's views on the appeal of socialism. A great Remnant!
I also share Jonah's point about the lack of 'socialism' (in the sense of needing companionship on the personal and local level) leading people to search for it in the state. One of the reasons Bill Clinton was successful and Hillary Clinton was not is he was much more comfortable at the union hall, church, or firehouse picnics whereas her sense of community was limited to the Yale faculty lounge.
Thanks for the podcast!
So, the little bit about when a company is hiring people how eventually when they get too big they then have to hire an HR manager which is therefore, not there so much for the growth of the company but there to help make sure the rules of the state is enforced, almost an employee of the state rather than the company (because if those rules were not there they could use that money to hire another worker), was very good insight. I had not thought about Hr in those terms, but looking at it that way makes a lot of sense.
Also, not shocked that regulation helps monopolies for large corporations by preventing start up competition since the barrier to entry is much higher. This point has been long argued in republican circles and does have a bit of credence. Mark Zuckerburg is happy for regulation because, even if it hurts him short term, long term he will have less challenges.
Any ideology by the way couched in morality will have a strong pull among a dissatisfied populace. So, conservatives better get on the bandwagon and start couching their idea's in terms of morality also. Because the youth seemed dissatisfied.
Ah, Iain Murray will be in the list of top 10 for best "No you won't this is a podcast!" endings. His over the top Monty Python-esq delivery made me chuckle.