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  • A large contributor to Irish suffering were the British corn laws, a tariff that kept the price of barley, wheat, and oats artificially high. So when potato crops failed, the poor Irish couldn’t afford substitutes. Ironically, American maze was exempt from the corn laws, so much of that was imported to Ireland.

    Tariffs: never any externalities or unintended consequences; you will certainly not regret imposing tariffs.






  • In a speech in the 20s, Hitler was complaining about German soldiers who were kept as POWs long after French, English, and American troops had been released. He blamed this on the Jews, who he considered to be in charge of Wiemar Germany.

    To this point he said that one day he’d see the Jews in camps; to see how they like it. Hitler recognized the Jewish people’s capacity to suffer. That was the point.

    The Sadist must be empathetic. How can you enjoy someone’s suffering if you can’t recognize it?

    The truth is that empathy is present and necessary for the worst kinds of Evil.