> Except Friedman wasn't a racist, and the quote is cut specifically to make it appear that way.
He doesn't say that Friedman was racist, you made that up.
He says that Friedman was a fundamentalist and that people should be allowed to discriminate on the basis of race, and the quote illustrates that well and the context doesn't change anything to that point.
> He says that Friedman was a fundamentalist and that people should be allowed to discriminate on the basis of race, and the quote illustrates that well and the context doesn't change anything to that point.
No, Firedman says that government force isn't the best way to address discrimination. Again the quote is clipped to mislead.
Page 93 (as numbered on the pages, IDK which PDF "page" [edit: nb the table of contents gets it wrong, one supposes the pages were re-numbered in the digitization process, or something]) or just search "Capitalism and Discrimination" and it'll get you there fast, for anyone who's interested. The chapter is... well, I found a real howler, but then I have odd taste in entertainment, sometimes, and my enjoyment was almost certainly not by a route the author intended. I'd recommend it just on that basis, regardless of its role in this thread but, uh, only for my fellow weirdos.
FWIW I didn't find Zitron's framing of it misleading, having now read it (I'd read excerpts of that book before, and maybe even that chapter, but couldn't recall for sure, so re-read it just now)
Instead he advocated that the absence of regulation would somehow, magically make racists who control capital be not racist anymore.
There's nothing misleading in that quote.
He also wasn't against all regulations, and specifically supports regulating positive harms.
You could read the chapter yourself in 15 minutes.
I know, I just think it is much like believing that fairies exist. Except that believing in fairies causes no harm to society. His beliefs did.
> You could read the chapter yourself in 15 minutes.
You just presume others didn't read it, when in fact you dislike their interpretations and conclusions after reading it.
> Except that believing in fairies causes no harm to society. His beliefs did.
I don't agree, and such a banal analogy is not exactly convincing.
Perhaps believing in fairies does cause harm to society.