Friday, February 19, 2021

On insurrection

What is missing, in all of the televised opinion I have seen, is analysis that says the insurrectionists have some legitimate complaints, though the expression of these may have been misdirected by "stop the steal". 

As Hayek says, people never have economic motives. You don't go and invade the Capitol because the economy sucks. You go under a bold political banner.

However, it is only when the troubled economy becomes the foremost underlying concern that insurrection becomes likely.

1 comment:

The Arthurian said...

"You don't go and invade the Capitol because the economy sucks. You go under a bold political banner."

Here's a thought: Some people went and invaded the Capitol under a bold political banner. Others, Biden their time, wait for conditions to improve.