In a decent society, real justice is specific and not general. In criminal matters especially, justice should be temporal and rooted in the facts of the instant case. Greater societal concerns, along with the identity of defendant and victims (sex, race, religion, notoriety, social or economic status, etc.), simply should not be considered. This
Is Babbittry alive and well in twenty-first-century America? George F. Babbitt is novelist Sinclair Lewis’s protagonist in the novel of the same name. Babbitt is a real estate man, which is to say a salesman, but the newfangled 1920s term is “Realtor ™. “ Incurious, smug, self-satisfied, and utterly predictable, Babbitt is well pleased with his
Daniel McCarthy joins the show to continue last week’s discussion of the rapid breakdown of America’s political order, with wokeism rising on the Left and Reaganism dying on the Right. McCarthy gives us his critique of the liberal technocratic order, and makes his case for where libertarians go wrong in their utilitarian and acultural approach.
Allen Mendenhall joins the show to expand last week’s discussion on the intellectual state of America. Are we living in a decidedly anti-intellectual age, or has America always been predisposed toward doers over thinkers? Have Americans simply stopped reading books? Have we lost our ability to think deeply, due to the constant distractions of the
En una sociedad decente, la verdadera justicia es específica y no general. En asuntos penales especialmente, la justicia debe ser temporal y estar arraigada en los hechos del caso en cuestión. Las preocupaciones sociales más amplias, junto con la identidad del acusado y de las víctimas (sexo, raza, religión, notoriedad, estatus social o económico,
George F. Babbitt es el protagonista del novelista Sinclair Lewis en la novela del mismo nombre. Babbitt es un agente inmobiliario, es decir, un vendedor, pero el término novedoso de los años veinte es «Realtor™». «Incurioso, engreído, autocomplaciente y totalmente predecible, Babbitt está muy satisfecho con su vida en el ficticio Zenith. Como un
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.