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by Richard Ebelling
One of the social mythologies of our time is that it is in the power and ability of governments to remake society in any image or shape that those with political authority consider “good,” “right,” and “just” for mankind. No other idea has caused more horror and hardship in modern times.
The extreme attempts at such “social engineering” in the twentieth century were in Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany. The communists believed that man is the product of his social institutions.
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March 4th, 2015
The Folly and Presumption of Big Government Social Engineers
by Richard Ebelling One of the social mythologies of our […]
Image by © Dreamstime
by Richard Ebelling
One of the social mythologies of our time is that it is in the power and ability of governments to remake society in any image or shape that those with political authority consider “good,” “right,” and “just” for mankind. No other idea has caused more horror and hardship in modern times.
The extreme attempts at such “social engineering” in the twentieth century were in Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany. The communists believed that man is the product of his social institutions.
Continue reading…
The views expressed on austriancenter.com are not necessarily those of the Austrian Economics Center.
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