Economic Freedom Is Freedom

Socialism is oppression and nothing more

One man. One vote.

It’s an important principle, but if you’ve ever voted, you have to realize it’s more symbolic than practical. While technically your vote had some effect, whether you individually had gone to vote or stayed home wouldn’t have changed the outcome. Voting is a bit like steering a giant cargo vessel by tons of people outside throwing pebbles at it. I guess together you all have an effect, but individually you matter only imperceptibly.

And then, what do you get from this process? If the guy you voted for won, I guess you get to celebrate a little (though, again, you really didn’t have much effect on the matter). If your guy lost, then, well, you only get bad things, I guess (not that any politician usually leads to great things).

It’s the best system we have, though.

Except for one other one.

There is, in fact, this other voting system we use, but instead of just once every other year or so, it’s one we use pretty much every day. And instead of you casting your tiny vote and hoping years from now it leads to something that benefits you, you get benefits from this vote every time you use it. This voting system is so great, absolutely everyone wants as many votes as they can get.

This vote is called the “dollar.”