Another national election has come and gone, and like many of our readers, I think the less awful candidate won. After all, a victory for Kamala Harris was likely to be interpreted as an endorsement of the status quo and a “mandate” for more of the same.Unfortunately, though, opposition to the status quo is not the same thing as support for peace, freedom, or free markets. Dissatisfaction with the regime is good, but it’s not enough. We will see this illustrated many times over in the coming years as the new administration fails to significantly rein in federal spending or to embrace a foreign policy of nonintervention. The foundational institutions of the federal state will likely remain untouched.We will see this illustrated many times over in
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Another national election has come and gone, and like many of our readers, I think the less awful candidate won. After all, a victory for Kamala Harris was likely to be interpreted as an endorsement of the status quo and a “mandate” for more of the same.
Unfortunately, though, opposition to the status quo is not the same thing as support for peace, freedom, or free markets. Dissatisfaction with the regime is good, but it’s not enough. We will see this illustrated many times over in the coming years as the new administration fails to significantly rein in federal spending or to embrace a foreign policy of nonintervention. The foundational institutions of the federal state will likely remain untouched.
We will see this illustrated many times over in the coming years as the new administration fails to significantly rein in federal spending or to embrace a foreign policy of nonintervention. The foundational institutions of the federal state will likely remain untouched.
It’s not a mystery why this will occur. The unfortunate fact is that politicians’ lack of enthusiasm for dismantling the central state reflects the ideology of much of the American public. Many voters still support endless wars overseas. Many insist that the government not cut funding to their favorite welfare programs. Many even still think that technocrats like FBI agents and Federal Reserve economists are “public servants.”
So long as a sizable portion of the public continues to support the regime in this way, it’s going to be tough to convince politicians to truly strike at the heart of the state. After all, the one thing most elected officials want more than anything else is to get reelected.
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