“I’ts Not His Fault; He was Just Following Orders”
December 29, 2020
No, that’s not a quote from one of the Nazis at the Nuremberg war crimes trials after WW II, now known as “the Nuremberg defense.” The “I-was-only-following-orders” Nazis were hanged shortly thereafter.
These are the recent words of a California cop who was called in by a “health inspector” after a restaurant owner dared to allow a few people have a bite outside on the sidewalk next to his restaurant. The restaurant owner had blocked the health inspector Nazi from doing his dirty work with his pickup truck.
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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