francoHFW
Diamond Member
Poor Ludwig was writing about COMMUNISM in 1922, not what we call socialism today or since around 1930, as I said. No wonder the GOP and the dupes love him.I've twisted nothing, if you have an issue with his take on Nazi Germany have at it.
The fact remains that both the "socialist" Soviets and the "fascist" Nazis were both authoritarian regimes that sought to control every aspect of society. Whether you are talking about the means of production, the political indoctrination of children in school, the inability to criticise the govt, control of the police and justice systems, control of who can and cannot hold public office, the absolute control of the economy, absolute control of the press, (I could go on) there is little difference between the Soviets and the Nazis.
The farmer will return to the self-sufficiency of the closed, domestic economy. Without private ownership in the means of production there is, in the long run, no production other than a hand-to-mouth production for one's own needs.”
― Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis