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Another saga of moral progress (far from complete): Our Ancestors Thought Domestic Violence Was Hilarious — and Necessary https://humanprogress.org/our-ancestors-thought-domestic-violence-was-hilarious-and-necessary/ via @HumanProgress

"In the early ’70s, we were getting orders for two new nuclear power plants a month, and if it had been allowed to continue, the United State’s entire electric grid would have been decarbonized by around 1990.” @robert_zubrin

Rajapaksa’s disastrous fertilizer ban wasn’t revealed to him in a dream. It was inspired by Malthusian environmentalists who seek to distort markets to further their environmental and social justice goals. https://t.co/KVqwuzJnAh

A tractor advertisement from 1921 reads: “Keep the boy in school—and let a Case Kerosene Tractor take his place in the field. You'll never regret either investment.”

As the economic implosion of Venezuela reminds us, we seem to be unable to stop repeating the same terrible mistake: trying to make socialism work.

Two countries, one lesson. Between 1970 and 2017: Chile: Economic freedom: +123% Income per capita: +204% Venezuela: Economic freedom: -64% Income per capita: -42% Full article: https://humanprogress.org/five-ways-that-capitalist-chile-is-much-better-than-socialist-venezuela/

Between 1950 and 2019, GDP per capita: Chile: +358% Venezuela: -37% Chile is thriving, so why is socialism rising? Learn more: https://humanprogress.org/chile-is-thriving-so-why-is-socialism-rising/

to bring about equality, the communist system imprisoned or killed those who had attained expertise and achieved success—whether in farming or in a technical occupation such as engineering.

Two countries, one lesson. Between 1970 and 2017: Chile: Economic freedom: +123% Income per capita: +204% Venezuela: Economic freedom: -64% Income per capita: -42% Full article: https://humanprogress.org/article.php?p=1923

A tractor advertisement from 1921 reads: “Keep the boy in school—and let a Case Kerosene Tractor take his place in the field. You'll never regret either investment.”