Lucius Cohen - "Essays"

Europe: A Socialist Prison, Punishing Innovation, Using Climate Hysteria for Power.  by Lucius cohen Who in the EU will pursue these productivity goals? The political and bureaucratic class consists mostly of mileuristas (low-wage earners), civil servants, or individuals dependent on social assistance. As Christopher Caldwell argues in Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West , the European welfare state has created a system where dependency on the state has replaced self-reliance, suppressing economic dynamism and entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is scarce— few amount  of the population 1  engages in wealth creation through independent ventures, and even these free minds are hunted down as if they were criminals , subject to excessive regulation, punitive taxation, and bureaucratic obstruction. James Kirchick , in The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age , highlights how innovation and risk-taking are activ...