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Nov 10Liked by David A. Hughes

I don't think Dr. Bock understood your remark about capitalism as a social system as well as an economic system. The fact of Omni war as a plutocratic class war against the people seemed to register with him, but his riffing on capitalism as a philosophy "free market" shows to me he really doesn't get the problem of Omniwar and the role of a small number of people play in the operation. He impresses me as a 'classical libertarian' that holds personal freedom to engage in markets freely as sacrosanct, which on one level I accept should be respected fundamentally, but the bigger problem is not personal liberty to do business and make money, it's that there is a real plutocracy, a real class of transnational globalist that is really advancing a techno totalitarianism. The trick to building a movement against omniwar is that people like Dr. Bock, classical libertarians will need to suspend their stance on personal freedom to own property and have total free agency as the preeminent freedom, and consider the need to unite with ordinary people in a common struggle for solidarity around advancing a counterforce to the plutocracy, what I accept is best framed as an egalitarian revolution to advance a society where there is no rich and no poor and where we have real democracy and not fake. Every one works according to ability and motivation and inspiration, and everyone gets needs for survival and well being met through a system of mutual aid and solidarity. I don't dismiss a free market within an egalitarian society; I expect there would be one. Would everyone be absolutely "equal" , of course not, but no one would starve and all would contribute. We need to envision a world without the ruling elites.

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Nov 11Liked by David A. Hughes

Dear David: Congratulations on the Brownstone fellowship! At the end of this interview, Dr. Bock expresses the wish for “many meetings” in the future and maybe even being able to see you “at one of the Brownstone events.”

I receive e-distributions from the Brownstone Institute and have long wanted to attend one of its regular dinners in West Hartford, Connecticut or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I realize that — at this point — it’s probably a long shot that you’ll be able to attend one of these events.

But if you do attend, well, count on my being there too! Yes, the handshake I’ll give you will be heartfelt and vigorous. But I promise, in advance, not to be so vigorous as to cause muscle strain!

Again, congratulations on the fellowship. Best wishes, P.A.

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Thanks, Peter!

Never say never! Admittedly, it would be a long haul for me to get from the location in rural Lincolnshire where I first decided to write my Covid book to West Hartford or Philadelphia, but I would like to participate in one of these meetings if at all possible.

Who knows, perhaps we will meet some time in the next ten months?

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Nov 11·edited Nov 11Liked by David A. Hughes

Hello, David: Yessiree! None of us knows for sure what the Fates have in store for the future. Life is full of surprises. So — long shot or not — maybe a face-to-face meeting will indeed come to pass! At any rate, at each of those dinners there is a featured speaker, and — in my strong opinion — on some such occasion it ought to be YOU! Cheers, P.

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Based on his questions, you can tell Dr. Bock hasn't read your books.

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As these institutions of higher learning are exposed more and more, if anyone knows of a good source or journalist exposing this I would love such a source or two. How ugly the greed and cowardice the greedy.

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The inequality isn't important/we have modern comforts argument completely misses the impact psychological warfare has on us, or the impact of alienation and isolation.

Also comparing humans to wild animals is like comparing apples with oranges.

Both, given the right conditions and environment thrive in their own way, but our needs are very different.

It's nature V techocracy. Free markets can't be trusted to solve this problem, it's too important.

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Free markets are definitely not the answer. I think Chuck pretty much nails it in his comment above.

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