All the money and power we can gain will be useless to us after we die. Even large fortunes can dissipate after a generation or two. The legacy we leave on this earth comes down to the principles by which we lived. FULL ARTICLE by Lew Rockwell
Source link: http://archive.mises.org/13212/parallel-lives-liberty-or-power/
Parallel Lives: Liberty or Power?
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I like Lew’s articles. They are not as plentiful, which is perhaps why they feel so refreshing.
If anyone can link to or post the fake article that appeared in the New Republic about the Greenspan cult on Wall Street involving candles and such, it will be fun to read.
Few people have contributed more to the field than Rothbard, and his is a vision that helps inspire us along the way. I can’t help but think that his background as a mathematician has influenced his views on rationality and objective morality. Nonetheless, this is a minor failing on his part, and doesn’t detract from this one giant leap in the right direction.
I haven’t yet read any of Rothbard’s works but I’ve listened to several of his college lectures on iTunes and I wonder to myself if those students know now how privelaged they were to have been taught by one such as him. The professors at my local college are a stark and woeful contrast and definately contributed to me dropping out.
Once you’ve had a taste of real learning it’s hard to justify spending so much of your money at these colleges and getting so little in return.
I have to say this is one of Lew’s — indeed anyone’s — most enlightening essays I have ever read. To place Rothbard, the great champion of liberty, in contrast with Greenspan is a brilliant technique. Lew unhesitatingly grasps at the nature of humanity and the meaning of our lives. This is an enormous challenge that has eluded philosophers through the ages. Setting an example Rothbard’s life and his enormous, indelible legacy provides hope to all us little candles of liberty. Thanks for burning the flame brightly Lew. Your essay makes me believe we can each shed some light on the darkness we find all around us.
Thanks so much Lew for a truly excellent and beautifully crafted exposition.
Lew’s article is provocative. It touches upon the very essence of human nature.
The paractice of pandering to those in authority is also so characteristic of large organizations, be they business corporations, governments, the media or academic institutions.
Come to think of it, the voices of dissent are so far and few today.
If only Greenspan was a better musician….
Well, I for one rather like the idea of having wealth and power and I don’t see why I should have to abandon a love of truth and liberty to get it. The forces that cause them to be diametric IMHO are just another construct of the state.
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