“The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.”
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The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.
We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.
History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.
The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.
