This is so true! The author of this article laughs at the “counter cultural” eco whack jobs who think they are “sticking it to the man” by eschewing the eeeevil capitalist corporations who provide our food, and who put on airs of socialist elitism by buying their food from a local food coop:
if we are driven to act, even based upon some imaginary construct, we are still acting in accordance with market principles. It’s an example of the Misesian idea that all human action is an effort to relieve some discomfort about the way things are.
As much wailing and gnashing of teeth that goes on in the dugouts of the left, they are still batting .050 when coming up to bat. Yeah, I’m not happy with the push toward socialism and the teetering tower of madness that our economy has become, thanks to the asinine tax and spend policies of the Democrat party. In spite of all that, there are still basic facts to be faced: eventually, our behavior is ruled by capitalist ideals. It has to, because other economic models fail.
The consumer receives better-tasting produce at a lower price than can be had elsewhere. Additionally, for those who care about such things, they are purchasing more than just vegetables: they are purchasing the air of superiority and ecofriendly street cred that comes from shunning the corporate grocery store and sharing in something that they believe to be one step away from a hippie commune. That reality doesn’t support such a conclusion is immaterial; if we are driven to act, even based upon some imaginary construct, we are still acting in accordance with market principles. It’s an example of the Misesian idea that all human action is an effort to relieve some discomfort about the way things are.
Rather than striking a blow at the evils of the free market, CSA members exemplify voluntary exchange in its purest form. I and the farmer “beat the market” in this transaction, largely because of the direct nature of the buying and selling. I walk away from the exchange having purchased produce at a lower price by accepting a little bit of risk, while the farmer, having cut out the wholesaler, walks away having sold the fruit of his labor at a higher price.
Capitalism seeks out win-win scenarios. Other scenarios will result in participants walking away from deals. Other models punish producers on behalf of the “oppressed”. Instead of oppressing the unfortunate, there are more opportunities for success – sometimes extreme success – in a capitalistic economy than in other systems, just for the fact that as soon as one becomes more successful in socialistic or communistic societies, the extra success is removed from the producer and “distributed” to the less productive. After making stops in the usually corrupt redistribution channels, of course.
The smugness belongs to the capitalists, frustrated and dismayed that we may be:
Additionally, I purchase the satisfaction of knowing that the “muddleheaded socialists” loading up and comparing their reusable shopping bags are unwitting participants in a market economy that they claim to reject. For me, that satisfaction alone is worth almost the price of membership. The vegetables are just a bonus.
Tuesday OC open.
I was trying to wait until Tuesdays O/C thread opened but we all should read this and be somewhat encouraged. If an ABC/WashingtonComPost poll says “O” is in trouble, you can bet it is much worse than what they say.
Good wissin morning y’all!
“O” is a buffoon and is nothing but a sock puppet; the puppet master, whom I believe to be SoroS (name spelled the same backwards as forwards – gotta be evil), is extremely bright and thoroughly evil.
#91 – Don’t confuse FA with EG. FA thinks big O is just a buffoon in over his head – I on the other hand strongly believe that he set out on a mission to destroy America and is well on his way to accomplishing his goal. Logic tells me that even a blind hog finds an acorn occasionally, or… Read more »
I’ve tried. I’ve really tried. I just have no patience for fake Southern accents, and hers is REALLY bad.
I didn’t have to watch Obammy, I had me some good Monday night shows on TNT: The Closer and Rizzoli & Isles, new episodes.
Earlier I spent an hour out front hand watering, with dark clouds and thunder all around me, but never a single drop of rain.
I couldn’t fool the test, it knew it was me.
Your Machiavelli score is: 42
“low Mach”, you reject Machiavelli’s opinions.
I scored a 61. Much higher than I thought I would.
Old, mean and cynical after watching the president.
@ #86: Score = 83, high mach.
Obama is a Stalin/Idi Amin Dada Oumee wannabe but he ain’t quite smart enough to pull it off by his lonesome. Someone is pulling his strings. However, neither Obama nor his puppetmaster should be feared nearly as much as the collective that put Obama in office.
I hate being a moderate, scored 48. Like BC says, you can’t answer your heart ’cause you know reality.
#10
Squawk
Heh! Go Ricky Bobby! It’s what I love about the sport, unabashed love for God and Country. And obviously some are pretty certain the Good Lord has a sense of humor.
I want to go to that guy’s church!
Super Dave #86;
I scored 42 and thus reject the Machiavelli personality.
ST #103;
That’s fine. For only $175, 000, 000, you and Adee can simply use it as a summer home. Let the horses train themselves while you two are away. Just be sure that when you ever get sick that you’re in Splendora.
The area east and north of Baytown got a really good soaking and they are still getting it. The linkie is the radar.
Knowing the ways of the world and participating in like fashion are 2 very different things.
You’re correct – to a point.
I can be a championship cynic, though I usually try to suppress that tendency.
Pyro: I think that is just a recognition of the way things are and that recognition gets a little more pronounced once you have been scorched a few times. I don’t necessarily think it is an insight into your character; more an insight into the ways of the world.
#86 dave
73 High-Mach
I have a really deep cynical streak in me.
104 Bones
I have been watching it “not arrive here”,’35 miles West of you for the last 3 hours.
Well the cell passed on through and had the courtesy of dropping about 1/2″ of rain and shook out lots o pine cones. I just cut and cleaned the yard yesterday and now I gotta go collect the stuff, well worth it for the rain . We even got a couple of ticks of hail on the windows and a… Read more »
Darren: Oh. Hails. No.
I could never leave my be-lov-ed Texas. Splendora is where I’ll die. Thanks for thinking of us, shuuug. Maybe I could visit Adee, in the summer? Like July? 🙂
#89 Texpat? The comments are a hoot 🙂
Our Half Nubian Prince is a buffoon who fancies himself Machiavellian.
I think he looks like Woody from Toy Story.
Woo hoo
Filed under “oops” at Hot air: “His family thought he had died,” health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo told the Sapa news agency. “The family called a private undertaker who took what they thought was a dead body to the morgue, but the man woke up inside the morgue on Sunday at 5:00pm and screamed, demanding to be taken out of the… Read more »
That’s on Drudge right now and it appears to be in regards to responding to public disturbances like what happened in Oslo.
That’s downright scary.
That’s actually a good point.
Texpat #89;
Heh.
The Browning house may be large but it is uuuuuuuuuuugly.
The air is electric as the storm approaches, I really dig it and now I must log out before the power goes out.
I hear rumblings of thunder and it is threatening rain here in beautiful Copperfield:>)
#86 SD: This kinda scares me, I scored a 62. Scripture says be wise as serpents but gentle as doves. I guess you have to be able to get inside their heads in order to be able to out flank them.
#89 TEXPAT: Seems like a pretty good deal to me, ifn ya wanna live in Ogden Utah. $52.24/sqft is pretty cheap. Smallish lot at only 1/3acre, and no wissin garage.
#84 EG: I never claimed that the foul “O” was bright. I said he is destructive. I do not believe he is anything but a sock puppet for Soros, but he is the face on the sock puppet so the crapola falls on him. I think Soros has been calling the shots from the beginning; it it were the dumbax… Read more »
And this is too cute for words.
But then, we’re following a big baby now, too, so maybe it’s just true to life.
House for sale cheap in Ogden, Utah.
8 bdrms, 2 full & 2 half baths, big kitchen, 6700 sq. ft., Wasatch Mountains in the background, snow sports, ski resorts.
[there may be trace gunpowder residue]
$350K
If this isn’t cool, I don’t know what is.
85
Nah
This guy is a community organizer way in ober his head.
Yall can credit him this brilliant Machiavellian crap all you want.
I calling BS.
He’s been in office a long time.
Give me a singular example of the brilliance of this impressive man.
Hey take the MACH IV Test.
I scored 35%, “low mach” you reject Machiavelli’s opinions.
#84 – you left out
Bonecrusher:
RE: your posts #74 and #78. They are mutually exclusive. Pick one. Either he’s a Machiavellian manipulator working with George Soros to create a crisis and destroy America as we know it, or he’s a buffoon who’s in over his head and is incompetent.
My pick is the second…..
#80 – Now Darren if you can “photoshop”
8-10 FEET of snow on that lovely lawn……………………….
#79 TT
Hmm, I don’t know if that is the “hopey” half of him…
Bonecrusher #73;
Probably in reception but La Raza did invite all presidential candidates to speak to their organization and all candidates turned the invite down.
I think if Adee and Southern Tragedy crack open their piggy banks and search deeply under the couch coushins, they can pool their resources together and buy this place. They’d love it.
#78 Bonecrusher I think this guy is in so far over his head he can’t even see the bubbles hit the surface. He is getting slammed from the commie left because he hasn’t gotten enough done, he is getting slammed from the right, because he is spending beaucoup too much money and he is a buffoon, the middle sees him… Read more »
#77M42: I think this guy is in so far over his head he can’t even see the bubbles hit the surface. He is getting slammed from the commie left because he hasn’t gotten enough done, he is getting slammed from the right, because he is spending beaucoup too much money and he is a buffoon, the middle sees him as… Read more »
#74 Bones
I think Obammy just intends to pout until he gets tax increases in the bargain. How dare these menial legislators unfairly deny him those tax increases?
Obama asks for TV time….
You know he’s toast when the networks start telling him NO, like they did to Bush.
Not that I’m expecting that to happen during Summer reruns.
But it might just start happening this Fall.
#65 Agree with Bones, Robert M is good with list-making, and his 6 is the funniest.
Does anyone not believe that Obama is creating this crisis on purpose? 1) Will this be the thing to cause him to declare unilateral emergency powers? 2) Is he just trying to push the conservative side of the country to the point of violence so he can do #1? 3) Is he trying to so badly spook the markets that… Read more »