2025-07-17T11:22:05Z https://yabu.me Austrian https://yabu.me/npub1xvvf7ky8aahwtppxartmvp2x4wk6tcvntwe74z8hsrylg9g2pq4q5xhgzf https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/114/148/681/053/786/661/original/16dd223f6b43d4e5.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/114/148/681/053/786/661/original/16dd223f6b43d4e5.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfv4eq2qqwathrwfu9cg7k2y4d9md3fc9cfcg6rm7n92rgr0yx8zszyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5x6ppxg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstdyr6yfvqnerwzkwdggcycl3hckyk907hrangdsf00upu4f9dqfcemxuth'>nevent1q…xuth</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Some achievements of #Unions...&#34; is just union #propaganda. All these achievements are the result of accumulation of capital by capitalists (both small and large). But people are economically ignorant and therefore they consume this lie.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lz6y4gfauqmfqk0yd8e736ltj9zwuhaxghxamn7smvqsvm44pr6qku4kga" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Paul Schoe</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lz6…4kga</span>)</a></span> <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17s9uteja8nw5ny3fp6j0g8x4dx52cm37z0xtzck39exwd0m8dqesx6pgtg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Lea 💚🧵🛠️📊🥧🇺🇦🇵🇸</span> (<span class="italic">npub17s9…pgtg</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-17T09:23:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz0fg27epu5g40747z75cy78n7dqm9yf9k6k7rcvu78w9jrhszxugzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5xpurkw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8khdg6chkpvduawra9m5q7x2924j6ksvm73a67dkpk8h5x5cfrjc4hs07r'>nevent1q…s07r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not asking, boy. I&#39;m saying that you and your comrades are simply wrong.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17s9uteja8nw5ny3fp6j0g8x4dx52cm37z0xtzck39exwd0m8dqesx6pgtg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Lea 💚🧵🛠️📊🥧🇺🇦🇵🇸</span> (<span class="italic">npub17s9…pgtg</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1qqmvnsme72kezqfaefa4knuesjd7jwa9q9lccuzudjr7wawycyus3tv4e4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Randahl Fink</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qqm…v4e4</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-17T09:03:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspacf5a3vzj579xjzwyl285md7ck0k48vykky272df8m8mzneg7wszyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz57dv5sz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqphtlx385j09qmn4630waa8uwceqrsvaprgjsd9g0flmxzevypug7hrwyt'>nevent1q…rwyt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Unions certainly cannot achieve their goals without #violence or the threat of violence. They always seek to obtain wages above the market. And the main victims of their &#34;class struggle&#34; are consumers and #workers who are not union members. Unions, I repeat, are the real exploiters. 2025-07-17T08:14:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs29znkpxl30v94tej9gee3d43qq9lf2rnnt6ptud0k55md9a8x4tszyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5lz9ljn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyg5e5hfamksnerctgmxrejm35z0uthj7n5vg054xy25aearln8jqrj4s09'>nevent1q…4s09</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Unions are extortionists, exploiters. Governments should not allow them to use violence or the threat of violence against employers and strikebreakers, and public opinion should not support them.<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1qqmvnsme72kezqfaefa4knuesjd7jwa9q9lccuzudjr7wawycyus3tv4e4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Randahl Fink</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qqm…v4e4</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-17T07:56:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy98jdqrwzve87gw4gq3dac4q06lrs6mxt5gczhrnzqwm2zdydymgzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz537kvm9 &#34;You&#39;re blocked&#34;.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/862/373/448/687/247/original/9e1c3068705f5eb6.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-16T10:12:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd3ztmea85wflzvrm8fwc4p7kuj8nkg54aqlqh0q709zr98kwep8szyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5ulkchq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgyrj7sdcu86wjd6h7tnmjg2k7x8data0et6dcuhu5a7t0g75k69s6wdyme'>nevent1q…dyme</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>1) People are killing the #environment, not #capitalism. People were killing the nature long before capitalism.<br/>2) It is capitalism that helps feed everyone. Societies that reject capitalism will never have enough food for themselves. They will simply beg for food from those who have it.<br/>3) Don&#39;t confuse #statism with (pure) capitalism when you write about the democratic process. 2025-07-16T08:42:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspdl4hf7zgpfeum3g8v7xq2mh5nqrnp6e86ffhsdkpq0m0myflv9qzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5xtlx07 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqk90sa0lqag839h4c3wvpvudh3svul23m0a2nchs2u99unme595caqe90y'>nevent1q…e90y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Government spending is not investment. The government takes money from people by force and then spends it on its own whims. 2025-07-16T05:50:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspve6l8tqehtlnrw67vmfldnq63ztqlgqanuws2vet3cpexht340szyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5fnpwpt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9xk3ks9tyc29leyu5shwvcsd2c86vv9pnxt8mevfthh6qn72czyses4s3e'>nevent1q…4s3e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Intellectuals advise increasing #government spending on #education and so on. But this will not make consumers and net taxpayers happier. 2025-07-16T05:31:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsppq9ygrvv639dpdv2v79wy0xr76533eeueqz42w95fq07ql4rergzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5cw2npt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxm5r9ej3s4ys2jsa7xwts58x9q5zqhljr0uqpn5qv2hvk4l0a69crpw0cg'>nevent1q…w0cg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They were scholars, not propagandists. You&#39;re economically ignorant so you are arrogant. This is not good. 2025-07-14T09:56:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0x4uyrglx6r64nchmkgh7kk8jln933g6qzd6xy2r8q6gykyqegdgzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5m97ls4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0k007jnsp9lfp86rdkrftzp43stqg2ny3fxzymjzp3dr0td3cztgq94yyt'>nevent1q…4yyt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have not read Ha-Joon Chang. There are plenty of such &#34;economists&#34; who are actually propagandists of statism. Those who want to know real economics should immediately read #Mises and #Rothbard. 2025-07-14T09:30:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswf5xqxjwj0vlu7cpslgc26wgryy4dv2g2cpdfahzcns3f8ge3faczyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5g6drpx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvqfpync37gzqz00cyxx9je0pwzl0szem747gvv5a4v9mfga06afg669gy2'>nevent1q…9gy2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If the left were economically literate, they wouldn&#39;t be left. Please read Mises on poverty, capitalism, etc. His books are free. 2025-07-14T09:12:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2rlch8kkag3823zvptcg82uvwurjjnfzjuxcaaqyyz6rerjpu3zgzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz53y5c4t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp4srwffclznhml5aupgj6p0df8w4uvnsjg99kwyrn5tm7qxvsdyc8twfd6'>nevent1q…wfd6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You can feed some of them with your own money. Will you do it? Or will you write posts suggesting to rob someone else to feed the poor? 2025-07-14T08:54:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf77ltsev27v6x930qtc6h8xwahvmtpddzmfdqxcuceq6t9j9j3qszyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5ndu4lc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs83n52a225e7yk97f0kwe33sh7k3a0z3agv53kc7d53jnqk7ks3fc9fs72d'>nevent1q…s72d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Eight billion people on the planet are the merit of capitalism. 2025-07-14T08:38:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8x75p6tnfp56xymtq4gzx9eaxthetw9e090253eu9hyk26w4e4uszyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5nkcugq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdhw2z7a9j7jnz8394f6mu7ufs2hqexynlaz9dkxr2yjxnzferyjqua3g5t'>nevent1q…3g5t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Live off capitalism and punch it as hard as you can. 2025-07-14T03:20:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg6nxr79cl248pmvckencc0tk0s4gpf55kqtgpjga9x4wvf5ug84qzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz526mzt8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgp2t8g7rgsjxnc6ez9z2dvpcgqlh254vyktnm96w7ukztg9qypeq8drzu6'>nevent1q…rzu6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are property rights. People&#39;s rights to their property. The state must protect these rights. It must not interfere with peaceful, voluntary relations between people. That is not its job. It must only protect peace. What is unclear about that? A society with such an economic system will be free, peaceful and prosperous. 2025-07-13T13:22:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8gcwxpkq29cx0749gj5nua25s6rk5neefw4n88wfpuruurmkdq4qzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz56z7u8z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqag5pmmmalfvvgxqdv0q5rmsa09dkyftgw46tpy6gah7sn80ektc27adev'>nevent1q…adev</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Freedom from government intervention in market processes can exist quite successfully. The only task of the government in such an economy is the protection of property rights and peace among people. 2025-07-13T12:16:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs876g6yvqt0rj7knmmcv94kjnec7g2y2h8aje8m39metumqja2qtgzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5xwvzwn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9fgxluechzemc3vszved9ghtymvhgnw04jn9llxgvh6dqljc77dgdxhn4p'>nevent1q…hn4p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I believe that the &#34;key issue&#34; is government intervention in the economy. Bureaucrats and their university advisers believe that they know better how to manage the production of goods and services. This is #statism. Let&#39;s try freedom. 2025-07-13T08:23:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqr3mdqktgaxh3rwa97ja5pk5em6qvgf6hngy7aacf3umraphdgdgzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz577em2v When you can&#39;t defend your fallacies, you simply block your opponent.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/837/832/709/423/888/original/1c51755a9c46c1b2.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-12T02:11:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs03dh6zppxrsdttzqstxgtvwwje5emmdskh0tgj4eefkllm05kruczyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5yfa3m6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrkg6yzwquyufqsgt8q2k2jxf9rt4d29w0mjht825q4calq76w4lqprgd3j'>nevent1q…gd3j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There is no such thing as a mixed economy. There is a market economy distorted by government intervention. No one can combine capitalism and socialism. <br/>#statism 2025-07-06T17:24:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0hr84nd8ac9sxw5mplkksnwkyszqk2q02ywpvnhcn5pqylzzckqgzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz579m4t6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvrwuwf0f4cr9s39u6x8alyu2mlc3hgwpnjzc5lqme9sc2wc4czask3rt45'>nevent1q…rt45</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>CO2 levels are just one of countless numbers that people need to fix. It&#39;s impossible. 2025-07-06T13:10:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsflahr9nc739z9836j0emqsvsvz4hmx5rz30svj6gs2fwtq38schgzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5x30pnj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstk4vka4jfcwtmvhrk5egkp3m00ulfzwve8tgwjq55lvh40sep5dgrq2ay0'>nevent1q…2ay0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#Socialism, if implemented only in the United States, would make life much worse for most Americans. If implemented worldwide, it would destroy civilization entirely. Do you want it? 2025-07-06T12:56:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvt53n5srs200q5n7lksy7s06mc9h2dfl2c7er0pmcgk5m46xe2yszyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5dmfc3g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ps44xdzf9zc2yatdtd0w62wwwzyqf376mq3aa7pgzpxqv0g62vcf28e7t'>nevent1q…8e7t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>People cannot fix it. 2025-07-06T12:39:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0d8k2u9r237jmmz9mh0x27d44c4f8dr5w4r3ej979rrr2k99lfhqzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5w5kuup In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz8vvyzu49ydze0q3m0wmt42p9ezpgwc6cy8295z04nh6h32t6muq6vua79'>nevent1q…ua79</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ordinary people are so envious! They themselves, as consumers, make him super rich, and now they hate him. For his success. 2025-06-27T10:31:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8w9nx907mnp7e2nue68c5v3lspev680h8dl4m5xhjxgy5puvm22gzyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz5y3438x David Gordon: &#34;The philosopher Karl Popper devoted considerable attention to Karl Marx in Volume 2 of The Open Society and Its Enemies, originally published in 1945, and in this week’s column, I’d like to consider some of his insights.&#34; <a href="https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/karl-popper-marx">https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/karl-popper-marx</a> #marx #popper #philosophy #economics 2025-03-21T17:58:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsptt766x30hez5668g3qjqhm09qf323rpgumsthlsxyw6epg6357czyqe3386cslhkaevyym5d0ds9g646mf0pjddm865g77qvnaq4pgyz594ah73 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmyqh5h5t67rcyhhe5zqvs3f0p6acf8lu0t3v4aatknf8jl3qkrq7wmmm4'>nevent1q…mmm4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This typo is the unavoidable result of public #education. Education must be private. 2025-03-21T16:13:16Z