The Jethro Bodine Military Academy
June 3, 2023
In an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies Jethro Bodine becomes infatuated with James Bond films and wants to be a spy. He sees one of the gadgets offered to Bond is a pair of shoes where if you click your heels a switch blade pops out of the front right shoe enabling Bond to stab the bad guy. Jethro gets the shoes but puts the blade in backwards, stabbing himself in the foot after clicking his heels.
The U.S. Air Force recently reenacted a 21st century version of this scene when an AI-controlled drone turned on its Air Force operator and killed him.
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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