The most insulting thing to me personally is being ruled by a combination of mercantilists and Austrian economists. They Frankenstein’ed together the worst parts of like 1920s economic ideologies. - ThreadSky

josephpolitano.bsky.social • 1 day ago

The most insulting thing to me personally is being ruled by a combination of mercantilists and Austrian economists. They Frankenstein’ed together the worst parts of like 1920s economic ideologies.

Reposted from Jake Grumbach

lmao

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theluline.bsky.social•1 day ago

I mean Protectionism and laissez faire were the dual tenets of American establishment conservatism from the end of Reconstruction to World War II

baseballfan88.bsky.social•1 day ago

Andrew Mellon will enter the chat soon I’m sure.

desiderratum.bsky.social•1 day ago

They're also isolationist imperialists! There seems to be no idea so bad that they are not drawn to it like flies to rotting meat

stewartdompe.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mises and Hayek were liberals. Who are you specifically referring?

options-value.bsky.social•1 day ago

What tweet are you replying to?

stewartdompe.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mises and Hayek are the founders of the Austrian school of Economics. They were also liberals. So OP.

stewartdompe.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also Menger and Bomh-Bawerk.

katiecannon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Menger: I have no idea why Roman Ruler’s heads are on Roman coins, but whatever, private dudes mint coins

options-value.bsky.social•1 day ago

Agreed. In what sense is this a response though?

stewartdompe.bsky.social•1 day ago

I am asking him which Austrians he disagrees with because I would not label the Mercantilism of Trump as anything related to Austrian economics.

scabadooo.bsky.social•1 day ago

That tweet put me over the top. Activate Treadstone

celticdragon1.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Chicago School guys but they're smoking crack at the Claremont Institute

judgemuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

"In the long run, we are all dead." A call to action and a small comfort to know these men, too, shall pass.

matus3000.bsky.social•1 day ago

Me: Revolution's bad.
Also me: One should hang some rich guys from times to times.

linkplumeria.bsky.social•1 day ago

In a sense, it’s remarkable how our current overlords manage to choose the worst parts of every field, even if there’s no real argument about the right way to do things

Every single SME reacts like this now any time the government does anything related to their field

wattasecond.bsky.social•1 day ago

Elon’s commitment to dead memes remains unmatched

https://youtu.be/d0nERTFo-Sk?si=-WFIJH_1hWattgXd

idr99.bsky.social•1 day ago

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