For realists, war is like surgery-a painful and dangerous activity that is sometimes necessary ... A pacifist is like a Christian Scientist who is against surgery even when the alternative is the crippling or death of the patient. — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
If you have free universal health care and free education supported by public school taxes, then you have more bargaining power with your bosses,… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
On the conservative side, today's libertarianism is far more dogmatic and devoid of qualification than the liberalism of Adam Smith or J.S. Mill. Like… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
Libertarianism and communism are equally crazy in opposite ways. Libertarians believe that it is possible to privatize everything without anarchy, while communists believe that… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
“The American oligarchy spares no pains in promoting the belief that it does not exist, but the success of its disappearing act depends on… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
In the course of the twenty-first century what may be called the "capital wage" could be added to the labor wage and the social… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
Because of our peculiar electoral law, the American government is divided between two parties. The American people are not. — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
“Libertarians are not the brightest lights in the candelabra, a fact that is evident from the alternatives they tend to offer to public prevention… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
Civil libertarian activists are found overwhelmingly on the left. Their right-wing brethren have been concerned with issues more important than civil rights, voting rights,… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
For realists, war is like surgery-a painful and dangerous activity that is sometimes necessary ... A pacifist is like a Christian Scientist who is… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
Where was the libertarian right during the great struggles for individual liberty in America in the last half-century? The libertarian movement has been conspicuously… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
