I came across a set of interesting and really fun to read comics explaining basic economics from first principles recently. I hope readers enjoy them as much as I did!
I especially liked parts 2 and 3 on the theory of value, showing Marx and Ricardo’s theory of value being swiftly followed by their Mengerian refutation!
I found a set of depressing stories on Google news today, on the above subject, and the ongoing rival protests between a mysterious new entity known as the English Defence League(EDL) and their battles at simultaneous protests with the Unite against Facism(UAF) that have been going on ad nauseum in Birmingham and Manchester, as well as other cities I believe, in the UK.
I don’t really even know where to begin. Whether it is the mischaracterisation of muslims according to the work and promotion of the ideas of extremist nutjobs that deserve to be left in obscurity and not have their flames wafted for them by the all to willing left wing and right wing press. Or whether it is the confusion from both sides who somehow think that we live already in some sort of classical liberal society, while we already have barely any individual or property rights left in this country, and those that remain are absolutely trodden over.
All customs whether religious or otherwise are PERSONAL.
In this country it is illegal for the owner of a private establishment who is housing consenting individuals who would all like to light up a cigarette, to allow them to smoke on his premises.
However, when it comes to the imposition of Sharia in certain areas of the legal code and for arbitration purposes we all run around screaming like headless chickens at the loss of our liberties.
Similiarly, we are forced to finance an illegal and utterly pointless war through both taxation and inflation by the central bank known as the “Bank of England”, that ethereal entity we are supposed to know nothing about and leave to our wise superiors like Gordon “I’m going to write a book about Gandhi for sympathy” Brown.
The point is the state should have nothing to do with these matters. We should oppose all forms of collectivism, whether it is coercion on our religious, personal or economic matters. Otherwise we can all continue down our barbarous ugly paths and continue to club each other over and over.
Both sides do not realise the consequences of their actions that will surely not achieve their real aims.
The EDL, which states itself to be purely nationalist non-racist association will nevertheless push further muslims who see them as an intolerant force blanketly rejecting their religion to extremes against them, while fermenting further opposition creating a socialist-islamist alliance, and creating for their opponents the self fulfilling “racism vs islamism” battle fallacy.
The UAF by blanketly labelling an association that self consciously brands itself as not so: racist, will only further alienate those who have disagreements or qualms over issues like the institution of sharia law further to the extremes, and actually join real racists, and accept the label, in their disgust at such mindless opposition.
Indeed this issue is far more widespread. For example, I myself am a British Indian, yet I vehemently object to the Lisbon treaty and the further centralisation of powers to the EU. As one can probably tell I’m a Libertarian so I oppose government anyway, but given the choice I would far prefer small local government, than far centralised government run by the arrogant interventionist rentseekers that make up much of the EU parliament. Yet when I voted for UKIP in the last EU election, I was told by a friend that if I was white he might have warned me of it as an entry party into the BNP.
So to make a stance on an issue in common with a racist group I detest, makes me be an entry level racist? One can only wonder why others are agitated by such remarks…
Both the Socialist workers party and the BNP would like to increase union power in the UK, yet have any socialists recently been branded entry level racists?
In all fairness, I’ll end this rant and recommend viewers to watch the following excellent video by Sean Gabb from the Libertarian Alliance on the subject of Islam.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-4288936354899104985#
For American viewers of this blog, they may be no doubt all to familiar with the current tactics used in their country whereby if you oppose Obama’s healthcare policy you’re a racist, and if you oppose the inflation and war financing Federal Reserve system you’re a militia member. We can only hope the media shall one day bring to an end their displlay of utter ignorance with regard to these matters.
