10 Milton Friedman Quotes That Defy Liberal Logic Explained
“Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.”
Quotes like this one have got to make people like Noam Chomsky shift uncomfortably in their seats. It cuts to the core of the left/right argument like a Samurai with a Ginsu chainsaw. One position believes people, at their base, are intolerant, hateful, and prone to lawlessness without a giant government riding herd to keep these base proclivities in check. The other believes that most people are basically good and, even when driven by greed, will tend do what is right for themselves, their families, and their communities. Friedman beautifully explains this broad truth in few words.
