There have been two political revolutions in the last three centuries. The first was the rise of classical liberalism in government; Richard M. Ebeling provides a nice overview. The second was its replacement by socialism, including the variants known as democracy and communism. One step forward and (at least) one step back. The one step forward, liberalism, may have had flaws that led to the one step back, socialism; but that is not my subject. Meanwhile there have been three industrial revolutions. Because of them, we are surely far ahead of where we began in material terms. All three involved … Continue reading Three Revolutions and Two