Why Do Americans Continue to Hew to Statism?

Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger

“One of the things that has fascinated me ever since I founded The Future of Freedom Foundation is why so many Americans continue to hew to statism. After all, just look around us. The statist systems that 20th-century Americans brought into existence have brought us a life of constant chaos, crisis, war, conflict, hostility, monetary debauchery, massive taxation, death, suffering, tyranny, and oppression. … Who can possibly be pleased with the results of these deadly and destructive systems? Yet, most Americans continue to hew to them. Why?” (08/04/26)

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