Comments on: Are We Flirting with Fascism? http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/31/are-we-flirting-with-fascism/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ладушки.Net » Blog Archive » Posts about Putin as of 03/04/2009 http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/31/are-we-flirting-with-fascism/#comment-23866 Ладушки.Net » Blog Archive » Posts about Putin as of 03/04/2009 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:07:05 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3229#comment-23866 [...] hard-wired so that Putin can see and hear everything… They will be talking about renewing Are We Flirting with Fascism? - willwilkinson.net 03/31/2009 Folks are loose with ‘fascism’. The cops are fascists because [...] [...] hard-wired so that Putin can see and hear everything… They will be talking about renewing Are We Flirting with Fascism? – willwilkinson.net 03/31/2009 Folks are loose with ‘fascism’. The cops are fascists because [...]

]]> By: Arjuna http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/31/are-we-flirting-with-fascism/#comment-23867 Arjuna Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:36:24 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3229#comment-23867 Would the amount of money spent on lobbying in D.C. be a useful proxy for a measure of clientelism? Why or why not?<br><br>If Rojas' is correct that we should be concerned about government intervention in the economy insofar as it results in clientelism, how would we know whether or not we are becoming more or less clientelistic? What concrete ways do we have for measuring this sort of thing? Would the amount of money spent on lobbying in D.C. be a useful proxy for a measure of clientelism? Why or why not?

If Rojas' is correct that we should be concerned about government intervention in the economy insofar as it results in clientelism, how would we know whether or not we are becoming more or less clientelistic? What concrete ways do we have for measuring this sort of thing?

]]> By: uknowbetter http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/31/are-we-flirting-with-fascism/#comment-23868 uknowbetter Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:55:38 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3229#comment-23868 As long as they don't complain when they get blown up by a terrorist. That's pretty much the only way they lose their jobs.<br><br>I loved the new AIG CEO complaining about doing the government a favor. He should have told them to go F themselves. Serves him right for being a government stooge.<br><br>I feel little sympathy for any bad things that happen to government employees. As long as they don't complain when they get blown up by a terrorist. That's pretty much the only way they lose their jobs.

I loved the new AIG CEO complaining about doing the government a favor. He should have told them to go F themselves. Serves him right for being a government stooge.

I feel little sympathy for any bad things that happen to government employees.

]]> By: Arjuna http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/31/are-we-flirting-with-fascism/#comment-23865 Arjuna Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:36:24 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3229#comment-23865 Would the amount of money spent on lobbying in D.C. be a useful proxy for a measure of clientelism? Why or why not?<br><br>If Rojas' is correct that we should be concerned about government intervention in the economy insofar as it results in clientelism, how would we know whether or not we are becoming more or less clientelistic? What concrete ways do we have for measuring this sort of thing? Would the amount of money spent on lobbying in D.C. be a useful proxy for a measure of clientelism? Why or why not?

If Rojas' is correct that we should be concerned about government intervention in the economy insofar as it results in clientelism, how would we know whether or not we are becoming more or less clientelistic? What concrete ways do we have for measuring this sort of thing?

]]> By: links for 2009-04-01 « Overton’s Arrow http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/31/are-we-flirting-with-fascism/#comment-23864 links for 2009-04-01 « Overton’s Arrow Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:32:52 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3229#comment-23864 [...] Are We Flirting with Fascism? I don't find the use of the "F-word" very useful. Like Megan McArdle, I feel it distracts away from what is actually going on, despite the fact that is may match the dictionary definition of fascism. But a lack of usefulness in debate doesn't mean it's not true …. or becoming true. (tags: fascism Obama business government control) [...] [...] Are We Flirting with Fascism? I don't find the use of the "F-word" very useful. Like Megan McArdle, I feel it distracts away from what is actually going on, despite the fact that is may match the dictionary definition of fascism. But a lack of usefulness in debate doesn't mean it's not true …. or becoming true. (tags: fascism Obama business government control) [...]

]]> By: uknowbetter http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/31/are-we-flirting-with-fascism/#comment-23863 uknowbetter Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:55:38 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3229#comment-23863 As long as they don't complain when they get blown up by a terrorist. That's pretty much the only way they lose their jobs.<br><br>I loved the new AIG CEO complaining about doing the government a favor. He should have told them to go F themselves. Serves him right for being a government stooge.<br><br>I feel little sympathy for any bad things that happen to government employees. As long as they don't complain when they get blown up by a terrorist. That's pretty much the only way they lose their jobs.

I loved the new AIG CEO complaining about doing the government a favor. He should have told them to go F themselves. Serves him right for being a government stooge.

I feel little sympathy for any bad things that happen to government employees.

]]> By: sourcreamus http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/31/are-we-flirting-with-fascism/#comment-23862 sourcreamus Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:18:35 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3229#comment-23862 What happens to Ford when it finds itself competing against a GM with a bottomless pit of money behind it? It is going to be awfully hard for its executives to resist a drink from the government's free money fountain. How long before Congress starts to demand more fuel efficient vehicles and less SUVs? <br>We have flirting with economic fascism before and always pulled back. I think we will pull back again but early warnings like this one are very useful just in case.<br>My guess is that the Administration is going to throw 30 billion down a rat hole so they can say in 2012 they did all that they could. What happens to Ford when it finds itself competing against a GM with a bottomless pit of money behind it? It is going to be awfully hard for its executives to resist a drink from the government's free money fountain. How long before Congress starts to demand more fuel efficient vehicles and less SUVs?
We have flirting with economic fascism before and always pulled back. I think we will pull back again but early warnings like this one are very useful just in case.
My guess is that the Administration is going to throw 30 billion down a rat hole so they can say in 2012 they did all that they could.

]]> By: Dan http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/31/are-we-flirting-with-fascism/#comment-23861 Dan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:50:51 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3229#comment-23861 Does anyone else hate--like, really hate--analogizing government intervention to a sporting event?<br><br>Barack Obama is not Randall Cunningham. And for Christ's sake, the recession is more complicated than a cornerback blitz. Rojas, and others who do this, just feed into the idea that the government can survey the situation, gain an omniscient awareness of what's happening, and then rationally choose the correct course of action. Does anyone else hate–like, really hate–analogizing government intervention to a sporting event?

Barack Obama is not Randall Cunningham. And for Christ's sake, the recession is more complicated than a cornerback blitz. Rojas, and others who do this, just feed into the idea that the government can survey the situation, gain an omniscient awareness of what's happening, and then rationally choose the correct course of action.

]]> By: Dan http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/31/are-we-flirting-with-fascism/#comment-23860 Dan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:42:37 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3229#comment-23860 Unfortunately, it's looking like a better and better deal to work for the government (as an individual, not as a company).<br><br>I think Radley Balko had a piece in reason on the exploding incomes around D.C. Unfortunately, it's looking like a better and better deal to work for the government (as an individual, not as a company).

I think Radley Balko had a piece in reason on the exploding incomes around D.C.

]]> By: LarryM http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/03/31/are-we-flirting-with-fascism/#comment-23859 LarryM Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:36:19 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3229#comment-23859 Oh, sorry, I guess you just jumped the gun a day early on the April Fools post, my bad. Oh, sorry, I guess you just jumped the gun a day early on the April Fools post, my bad.

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