Difference between revisions of "Notorious Failures and Mistakes of Libertarianism"
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== Big Government Is Responsible For Mass Murder And Other Atrocities == | == Big Government Is Responsible For Mass Murder And Other Atrocities == | ||
This is a common slander by libertarians, especially by crank academic Rummel, who has coined the unused term democide. The genocides of the Soviets, Red Chinese, Nazis, conquistadors, and pretty much anybody else through history all share one thing in common: private ownership of government by dictators, parties, kings, etc. Modern government is publicly controlled, and power is distributed to multiple branches, states, and other entities with a system of checks and balances. | This is a common slander by libertarians, especially by crank academic Rummel, who has coined the unused term democide. The genocides of the Soviets, Red Chinese, Nazis, conquistadors, and pretty much anybody else through history all share one thing in common: private ownership of government by dictators, parties, kings, etc. Modern government is publicly controlled, and power is distributed to multiple branches, states, and other entities with a system of checks and balances. | ||
| + | == DDT Bans Resulted in Millions of Deaths == | ||
| + | the pesticide industry is attempting to blame Rachel Carson and her green followers for malarial deaths. But in reality, that industry is responsible for the deaths because they have fostered pesticide resistance in mosquitos through indiscriminant sales of their pesticides. Their accusations range from 50 to 90 million. | ||
