Regarding Lew’s question about the “conservative” military,I’ve had quite a few emails over the past couple of years from current and former military people, inlcuding military academy graduates, who have told me of how thoroughly brainwashed in statism just about everyone in the military is. There are exceptions — like the better educated types who have been writing me. But as Lew says, the whole culture is socialistic to the extreme. And extremely unnatural, contrary to V.D. Hanson’s delerious rantings to the contrary. It would be interesting to hear David Henderson’s take on this question — he’s a free-market economist … Continue reading re: I Just Couldn’t Have a Black Market in My Sector

Tom, isn’t funny that conservative propaganda has managed to paint the military as conservative in the good sense? In fact, it is socialist in an almost North Korean way, with everyone forced to follow orders, wear the same suit, have the same haircut, sleep in the same room, eat in the same room, shower and go to the bathroom in the same room, etc. all to stamp out individuality. For the same reason, all food, housing, clothing, medical care, etc. is provided at no charge, so as to diminish individual responsibility. How else to condition young men to kill other … Continue reading re: I Just Couldn’t Have a Black Market in My Sector