Ben Shapiro

Therefore, economics can't measure that actually Ethiopia is economically better.

rich and doing great they're like that's it it is a completely discombobulated argument and beyond which the entire argument of his book is essentially that western societies have been secularized and therefore have lost the qualities that make them good and worth and worthwhile and that we need to get back to christianity in order to do that i will just point out that japan is 98 percent shinto and murdered all of the catholic priests who are attempting to go there attempting to convert everyone so if you like strawberries that much maybe

It's not true on its most fundamental level.

If I went to Japan, I would also pay $6 for the really good strawberries.

I'd be in Japan.

If I went to Japan and I sold crappy strawberries, I would have to sell them for $3.

He's setting up a straw man and then burning it.

Nobody's even arguing that.

The problem is that J.D.

's argument in that strategy is an argument that proves too much, as with most of his arguments.

It's an argument that essentially says there should be limitless capacity for right-thinking people to be able to restrict the markets as they see fit in order to achieve social justice.

No, I don't think he's saying that.

He establishes zero limiting principle.

Michael, that's not a limiting principle.

The limiting principle is what he agrees with.

And that's not a limiting principle.

No, the limiting principle of subsidiarity, which is built into our government.

The idea that decisions are made at the most competent local level possible.

That's the limiting principle.

Wait, so J.D.