Liberals are stupid. Two examples: They burn the flag, a symbol of the nation that guarantees the right to burn the symbol of the nation that guarantees the right... Get the picture? Like a dog chasing its own tail, or worse, eating its own excrement.
The second example is even easier: Michael Moore declares capitalism evil--nevermind the fact that the system has made him a millionaire. So I guess he is evil for using that evil system to take money from poor schlubs who pay to watch his chintzy imitations of Leni Riefenstahl.
Well, Dr. Walter E. Williams, Economics professor at George Mason University, has the cure.
First, he gives a classic textbook definition of capitalism and our republican government's role in that system:
Capitalism is an economic system characterized by private ownership and control over the means of production. The distribution of goods and services and their prices are mainly determined by competition in a free market. Under such a system the primary job of government is to protect private property, enforce contracts and ensure rule of law.Next, he destroys Moore's ignorant assertion that capitalism is evil. (Why do I say Moore is ignorant? Because he says capitalism should be replaced with democracy. The first is an economic system, the second is a system of government. And actually, captialism provides the most democratic marketplace. But Mike has never let the facts get in the way of a good bon mot.)
Back to Dr. Williams:
Moore's film features priests who say capitalism is anti-Christian by failing to protect the poor. This is pure nonsense and revealed as such by asking, "If you're an unborn spirit, condemned by God to a life of poverty but allowed to choose the country in which to be poor, would you choose a country near the communist end of the economic spectrum or the capitalist end?"Dr. Williams goes on, in one succinct paragraph, to explain how this mess that Moore lays at the feet of capitalism is really the fault of an overweening, anti-capitalist government. I highly recommend you read the full article.
If you chose the United States, you'd find that according to the government surveys, the typical "poor" American has cable or satellite TV, two color TVs, and a DVD player or VCR. He has air conditioning, a car, a microwave, a refrigerator, a stove, and a clothes washer and dryer, and whether he has health insurance or not, he is able to obtain medical care when needed.
Try to find that in Cuba, Russia, China or North Korea. If we buy into the nonsense of Moore's priests, the world's poor people are incredibly stupid. Whether fleeing legally or illegally, their destination country is likely to be closer to capitalism than their departure country.
BTW, you Michael Moore fans: You're suckers. You don't really think this overfed millionaire actually believes in the self-loathing liberal porn he peddles to you, do you? Can you say, "Baaaaah?"
