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June 26, 2010
Sinners and scolds, feasting together in a cornucopia of collusion!
The topic of collusion is of longstanding interest here, as I am always fascinated by the way politics makes strange bedfellows, especially the way sworn political enemies can end up working towards the same goal. This can take many forms; the following are only a few examples selected from some of my blog posts over the years: Those are just a few examples from over the years. M. Simon has also discussed this phenomenon, and in at least two posts he discussed the "Bootleggers and Baptists" phenomenon. The latter is a term coined by former FTC boss Bruce Yandle to explain what happens when a good cause collides with special interests. Reason.tv has a fascinating video in which Mr. Yandle explains the phenomenon and some of its modern manifestations, such as the way environmentalists and their supposed "enemies" in big business work together for draconian new regulations which make things worse for the rest of us, and he takes a whimsical look at opposition to legal marijuana by pot growers! Watch it and laugh. Or cry. What's next? Criminals lobbying for gun control? (Oh, I guess I already wrote about that one....) MORE: My thanks to Glenn Reynolds for the link (and for making what I thought was a grim title actually look funny)! A warm welcome to everyone (sinners and scolds included). Comments invited -- agree or disagree. posted by Eric on 06.26.10 at 03:19 PM
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My post is in moderation, but I meant to add.... Unfortunately, they're not so useless, as you've so helpfully illustrated above. Veeshir · June 26, 2010 10:22 PM The musical "The Music Man" is all about a bootlegger/baptist coalition. M. Simon · June 27, 2010 09:47 AM Maybe if we simplify our metrics it would make more sense, or at least be a little easier to understand. Mr. Heinlein might have been on to something with this: "Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire." You could add all the other -isms and -ists in your post to Mr. Heinlein's and it would work just as well. I suspect that in these coalitions both sides have it in their minds that once the goal or goals are achieved, they will subvert their erstwhile partners. Mises also wrote something along these lines about the advocates for socialism. They just assume that they will be the ones in charge once the revolution is over. Crawdad · June 27, 2010 10:38 AM M. Simon · June 27, 2010 01:50 PM Government-by-contrived-crisis and contrived-by-crisis-government? So all-encompassing it's probably not worth a mention. buddy larsen · June 27, 2010 03:58 PM Did someone call for a sinner? I'm your guy. Randy · June 27, 2010 05:43 PM The Left and radical Islam. I can't think of two groups with less overlap. Abortion? Gay rights? Feminism? Arabs and Israelis have more in common. Yet the Left defends virtually every abomination committed in the name of sharia. Tyrone Slothrop · June 27, 2010 06:51 PM "What's next? Criminals lobbying for gun control?" Well, there's Mayor Daley and the Chicago city council... Nate Whilk · June 27, 2010 06:52 PM The Left and radical Islam. I can't think of two groups with less overlap. Abortion? Gay rights? Feminism? Arabs and Israelis have more in common. Yet the Left defends virtually every abomination committed in the name of sharia. Tyrone Slothrop · June 27, 2010 06:53 PM Plain old-fashioned corrupt officials (republican, democrat, et al) and the crooks paying the vigs. Follow the money and you will have justification for all of the strange bedfellows, indeed. Thomas · June 27, 2010 09:42 PM
Bootleggers sell their product every day of the week. The notion that they sell extra product on Sundays, to the extent that it makes them "Wealthy" is just plain silly. Whether or not their sales even go up on Sunday is a questionable assertion. DiogenesLamp · June 28, 2010 11:16 AM |
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I've usually seen that described as "Blair's Law" but for some reason it doesn't appear to be on Urban Dictionary anymore, but the internet archive remembers all.
http://web.archive.org/web/20071229131301/http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blair%27s+law
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