Source: Free Association
by Sheldon Richman
“The chilling photo of a hooded man cold-bloodedly executing a health-insurance CEO on a busy New York City street should make any decent person pause and reflect. Anyone who even glimpses the role of social cooperation in making life better and longer felt sickened, or should have. Nothing can justify what the perpetrator did. That so many people see him as a vengeful hero acting in defense of the downtrodden is appalling. One can only hope they will soon come to their senses. At the risk of taking our eye off the crime, it’s worth pointing out that all departures from the market economy — laissez-faire capitalism — are steps toward social disintegration. That infamous, unsurpassingly ugly photo is the perfect image of anti-cooperation, anti-capitalism, and anti-human welfare.” (12/27/24)
https://sheldonfreeassociation.blogspot.com/2024/12/tgif-social-cooperation-versus-violence.html