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# In Which Socialists Make Libertarians Seem Rational
- URL: https://coreyjmahler.com/in-which-socialists-make-libertarians-seem-rational/
- Published: 2016-11-23T13:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-13T20:18:02.000Z
- Author: Corey J. Mahler
- Tags: Politics, Leftism, Marxism

## They Know So Much That Isn't So

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Back in October of 2011 when the so-called "[Occupy Wall Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy%5FWall%5FStreet?ref=coreyjmahler.com "Occupy Wall Street")" 'movement' was just getting into the swing of things in Zuccotti Park in New York City, [Reason](http://reason.com/?ref=coreyjmahler.com "Reason") followed [Peter Schiff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%5FSchiff?ref=coreyjmahler.com "Peter Schiff") down into the park to speak with some of the protestors. To call what ensued a "discussion" would be charitable. As it turns out, supporters of what is now dubbed the "[Occupy movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy%5Fmovement?ref=coreyjmahler.com "Occupy movement")" know *even less* about economics, politics, and reality in general than one would suspect[\[1\]](#fn1). The [edited video](https://youtu.be/UGL-Ex1CD1c?ref=coreyjmahler.com "Peter Schiff Speaks for 1 Percent at Occupy Wall Street"), while painful to watch, was mercifully (somewhat) short at eighteen minutes and forty-five seconds.

Today, while taking a break[\[2\]](#fn2), I made what could charitably be described as a *questionable* decision to watch the [full-length, unedited video](https://youtu.be/ahMGoB01qiA?ref=coreyjmahler.com "Peter Schiff at Occupy Wall Street: Full Version, Almost 2 Hours Long!") of Mr. Schiff's time with the protestors. In case you need any *more* reason to oppose Bernie Sanders, and everyone who thinks like him, the full-length video is a good, if painful, place to start.

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1. Assuming, anyway, that we are assigning negative values to inaccurate 'knowledge' (e.g., that people actually *paid* a [90% tax rate](https://mises.org/library/good-ol-days-when-tax-rates-were-90-percent?ref=coreyjmahler.com "The Good Ol' Days: When Tax Rates Were 90 Percent") at some point), as opposed to bounding our assessment at zero (i.e., equating the *complete lack of knowledge* and the *possession of inaccurate knowledge*). [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. Appropriately enough, a break from reading economics. [↩︎](#fnref2)