Comments on: Who Remembers George Santayana Anyway? http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/01/02/who-remembers-george-santayana-anyway/ If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. — Samuel Adams Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom Sullivan http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/01/02/who-remembers-george-santayana-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-37667 Tom Sullivan Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:26:18 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=10570#comment-37667 And Russell Kirk (when he wasn't romancing some space babe). And Russell Kirk (when he wasn’t romancing some space babe).

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]]> By: writ of summons http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/01/02/who-remembers-george-santayana-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-37661 writ of summons Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:23:27 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=10570#comment-37661 <blockquote>"The lover of the countryside who wants above all that its traditional appearance should be preserved and that the blots already made by industry on its fair face should be removed, no less than the health enthusiast who wants all the picturesque but unsanitary old cottages cleared away, or the motorist who wishes the country cut up by big motor roads, the efficiency fanatic who desires maximum of specialization and mechanization no less than the idealist who for the development of personality wants to preserve as many craftsmen as possible, all know that their aim can be fully achieved only by planning---and they all want planning for that reason. ... From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step. Though it is in the resentment of the frustrated specialist which gives the demand for planning its strongest impetus, there could hardly be a more unbearable---and more irrational---world than one in which the most eminent specialist in each field were allowed to proceed unchecked with the realization of their ideals." -F.A. Hayek <i>The Road to Serfdom</i></blockquote> Add to this list the Neoclassical economist.

“The lover of the countryside who wants above all that its traditional appearance should be preserved and that the blots already made by industry on its fair face should be removed, no less than the health enthusiast who wants all the picturesque but unsanitary old cottages cleared away, or the motorist who wishes the country cut up by big motor roads, the efficiency fanatic who desires maximum of specialization and mechanization no less than the idealist who for the development of personality wants to preserve as many craftsmen as possible, all know that their aim can be fully achieved only by planning—and they all want planning for that reason. … From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step. Though it is in the resentment of the frustrated specialist which gives the demand for planning its strongest impetus, there could hardly be a more unbearable—and more irrational—world than one in which the most eminent specialist in each field were allowed to proceed unchecked with the realization of their ideals.”
-F.A. Hayek
The Road to Serfdom

Add to this list the Neoclassical economist.

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]]> By: karen cragnolin http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/01/02/who-remembers-george-santayana-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-37657 karen cragnolin Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:57:05 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=10570#comment-37657 First thanks so much for adding our logo. This article was fascinating. Thanks for sharing. Karen First thanks so much for adding our logo. This article was fascinating. Thanks for sharing. Karen

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]]> By: Tom Sullivan http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/01/02/who-remembers-george-santayana-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-37654 Tom Sullivan Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:46:26 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=10570#comment-37654 Joesph Stiglitz reminds <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2009-12/31/content_9249981.htm" rel="nofollow">China Daily</a> readers of mistakes made in the last decade that we would do well to learn from or else "we may find ourselves faced with another opportunity to learn them." Joesph Stiglitz reminds China Daily readers of mistakes made in the last decade that we would do well to learn from or else “we may find ourselves faced with another opportunity to learn them.”

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