Hayek on the “Cancel Culture”
May 29, 2021
Writing in 1943, around the high-water mark of twentieth-century communism and fascism (two varieties of totalitarian socialism), F.A. Hayek wrote:
“Tolerance . . . has again been in decline, to disappear completely with the rise of the totalitarian state.”
—The Road to Serfdom, pp. 68-69.
Sound familiar?
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.
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