Rasmussen Reports™: Americans favor capitalism...by a slight majority: "Only 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 20% disagree and say socialism is better. Twenty-seven percent (27%) are not sure which is better.
Adults under 30 are essentially evenly divided: 37% prefer capitalism, 33% socialism, and 30% are undecided. Thirty-somethings are a bit more supportive of the free-enterprise approach with 49% for capitalism and 26% for socialism. Adults over 40 strongly favor capitalism, and just 13% of those older Americans believe socialism is better."
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I think that libertarian utopia that is being urged on us by advocates of CIDs may be lacking in popular support.
There isn't anything libertarian about a CID. Many of the terms are imposed by city/county governments under the pretext of "private contract". In many places, the city/county has its own right to enforce a "deed restriction" even though such a restriction is allegedly a "private contract". (In some places the city makes the offense a criminal offense). All of this for "deed restrictions" that would never pass muster as a city ordinance. The other problem with "deed restrictions" is that they are non-negotiable nor are they fungible. There is nothing libertarian about CIDs or deed restrictions. They are holdovers from feudalism that need to become extinct.
ReplyDeleteI agree that CIDs aren't libertarian, but libertarian writers can't say enough good things about them.
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