tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post4157844586389029149..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: How To Talk To The Poor If You Must By Megan McArdleSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-24593636087694407482016-04-01T10:06:32.127-05:002016-04-01T10:06:32.127-05:00"But he also claims that struggle and sufferi..."But he also claims that struggle and suffering are good because they are a necessary condition of human happiness."<br /><br />Why do I think he is the sort that Freaks out if his Latte has whole milk? <br /><br />And I have noticed that he is rather thin skinned when it comes to himself. As always suffering for thee but not for me. <br />Bob Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162319897495551977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-35627475739224144092016-03-30T15:16:49.485-05:002016-03-30T15:16:49.485-05:00"Instead of trying to figure out something ha..."Instead of trying to figure out something hard, like how to build an economy that provides adequate work for everyone, the idea is to do something easy, like give them checks."<br /><br />So McCardle is a Donner Party Conservative: <br /><br />For those unfamiliar with the delightful appellation, coined by blogger John Holbo in 2003, it refers to the brand of conservative thinking that defends America's relatively minimal welfare state and anemic economic regulations on the grounds that it's good for people to have to struggle and suffer to get by -- just like those plucky, entrepreneurial pioneers who resorted to cannibalism to avoid starvation while trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains back in the winter of 1846-1847. For some Donner Party Conservatives, struggle and suffering are good because they call forth and demand great acts of virtue, which serves to replenish the ever-diminishing stockpile of "moral capital" that our nation has inherited from its (pre-liberal) past. Murray himself argues this point at length. But he also claims that struggle and suffering are good because they are a necessary condition of human happiness.<br /><br />... shouldn't Americans be envious that European governments impose so many burdensome regulations on business, since those formidable obstacles to success must increase the likelihood that successful European entrepreneurs will get to enjoy happiness.<br /><br />https://newrepublic.com/article/48565/charles-murrays-miserable-happy-americansUfotofu9https://www.blogger.com/profile/12211994492168099117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-82030796418943167182016-03-30T11:18:48.254-05:002016-03-30T11:18:48.254-05:00And let it be ordered from Amazon and delivered by...And let it be ordered from Amazon and delivered by Uber to a gentrified residence.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-861447470355945982016-03-30T10:00:57.744-05:002016-03-30T10:00:57.744-05:00Qu'ils mangent de la briocheQu'ils mangent de la briochefishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-52358007318579257292016-03-29T15:59:26.199-05:002016-03-29T15:59:26.199-05:00"The problem is that our elite are not doing ..."The problem is that our elite are not doing a very good job of explaining why their worsening poverty is utterly unavoidable. "<br /><br />And perhaps you also will be able to explain why those who are getting screwed should continue to give any support a system that seems hell bent on destroying them. <br /><br />Dear Lord not even the French Ancient Regime was THIS clueless. <br /><br /><br />Bob Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162319897495551977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-6700792343003467442016-03-29T11:51:23.310-05:002016-03-29T11:51:23.310-05:00Thank you.Thank you.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-60537551956363900702016-03-29T11:32:41.388-05:002016-03-29T11:32:41.388-05:00Nicely done. A well-deserved take down. Nicely done. A well-deserved take down. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com