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I'm not suggesting that he was right; quite the opposite, I blame the man for the sorry state of affairs today. But this idea was not restricted to "a few" - Bork's book was popular in circles around Reagan, and from there it became a part of modern Republican economic orthodoxy. What was unusual was a businessman, and in the industry that had already seen issues with monopolies at that, saying it openly.

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i mean, the era of reagan was also the era of trickle down economics. it was all sorts of stupid--full of greedy, motivated reasoning, not reasonable, rational, or coherent thought.

as an independent, party affliation is a sure sign of vacuous thinking to me, where the cost of membership is leaving your brain at the door (and that's what thiel does btw). democrats are currently making this mistake with anti-federalism, trying to push through national laws that are squarely in the province of state control. this is expedient in the short run for their political careers but damaging to the foundations of the nation in the long run, as consolidation of power nationally is the quintessential threat to our democratic republic. it reeks of hypocrisy.

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