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Originally Posted by Lord T Hawkeye
Since you asked so nicely...oh wait, no you didn't. You spewed insults in lieu of putting anything of value on the table. For that, I'd be entirely justified in blowing off your post.
There you go, history lesson for the day. Take note that the great depression started off not quite as bad as the previous two. |
No, you want to blow off my argument because it's reasonable, and you've displayed before that you can't counter them while spewing Libertarian ideology instead of real arguments because you want and expect people to just buy into them. Isn't it funny how you want to discard my argument because I take a couple jabs at your flawed way of thinking in making a point, only to post a video full of childish attacks on the Federal Reserve and the sitting president that are fairly irrelevant to making the argument.
The video is interesting, and I can understand a lot of arguments advanced. Yes, there was bad governance that contributed to the Great Depression. However, I do not see a strong analysis to blame the severity of the Great Depression solely on the New Deal as you suggest. I appreciate the effort to explain some problems, but I'm concerned that the author works from a foundation of government fault and does not seek to include other factors and sometimes makes stretches to make a claim (i.e. presented timeline not matching statistical trends, disregarding government works projects as part of the New Deal, etc.).
Keep this in mind, Hawkeye, and feel free to take note, Dalek, that deification of the oppositionist figure (i.e. Ron Paul) or stance with the insecurity of truly questioning the argument, is just as dangerous as doing the same with powers that be (Obama et al). Just because I or someone else disagrees with you, does not mean you can designate me some naive fool who must clearly be on the side you so vehemently oppose. "Wake up sheeple" arguments often betray, in my mind, that it is arrogance, not rational, pragmatic thinking, that motivates the debater that chooses to make them.