Those who speak about being on the “right side of history” have, knowingly or not, adopted an element in Karl Marx’s analysis that the capitalist system follows a particular course of historical development that is open to scientific explanation and prediction, and which presumes to be placing humanity on a road that leads to a higher and better form of society – socialism.
The government is really bad at predicting the future. Bureaucrats do not face the same incentives as the most successful forecasters of wealth (who, by the way, are allowed to go under when they fail). So why do we expect the government to predict the future of our infrastructure needs?
When keeping it satire goes wrong.
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On March 15, 2012, I wrote the article, Shades of Y2K — Gary North’s bogus Apple prediction, about Gary North’s bogus October 11, 2011 prediction that: “Apple’s relentless descent to earth is inevitable. I can prove it in 15 words.” “There is no one to follow him. There will never be another Steve Jobs at […]
