Ryan Cooper > Quotes

“In short, the quiet political philosophy behind classical liberalism holds that capitalist business owners should rule. The self-regulating market is a facade covering political domination by business owners. Thus the name “propertarianism,” because its main practical tenet is that the owners of property should exercise political command over society.”
― Ryan Cooper, How Are You Going to Pay for That?: Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics

“If we take aggressive action and climate impacts turn out to be milder than anticipated, then we will have maybe wasted a lot of money on solar panels, wind turbines, and so on. But if we don’t take aggressive action and climate change turns out to be very bad, then we will experience unprecedented mass death and economic calamity.”
― Ryan Cooper, How Are You Going to Pay for That?: Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics