Robert Trout
Robert Trout
Robert "Bob" Troutwas an American broadcast news reporter, best remembered for his radio work before and during World War II. He became known to many as the "Iron Man of Radio" for his ability to ad lib while on the air, as well as his stamina, composure, and elocution...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRadio Host
Date of Birth15 October 1909
CountryUnited States of America
order needs levels
In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to produce a surplus for upgrading its productive powers.
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Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.
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The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal.
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The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.
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We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.
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Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.
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From this bestial view that the human mind consists of only sense certainty, pleasure and pain, Locke developed an equally bestial theory of the nation. Man originally existed in a State of Nature of complete liberty.
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The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army.
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Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium.
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A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.
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At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hongkong, the British Crown Colony, will be restored to China. This is not only an event which will be celebrated by patriotic Chinese; any patriotic American should celebrate it as well.
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The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed.
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The British seizure of Hongkong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the British Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium.
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The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain, objective laws would naturally guide society to achieve the best allocation of wealth.