“Freedom did not lead to a decline in racism; it only got worse.”

This is a quoteworthy quote for Quote-O’-The-Day. And I quote:

Bruce Bartlett writes, “as we know from history, the free market did not lead to a breakdown of segregation. … Thus we have a perfect test of the libertarian philosophy and an indisputable conclusion: it didn’t work. Freedom did not lead to a decline in racism; it only got worse.

That was from a much longer post over at Think Progress. Take a look.

  • Luci

    I remember back in the day, before Dr. King accelerated his boycotting and marches. White shop keepers would treat us as if they were doing us a favor by allowing us to shop in their stores. If I get treated like that today, I just put my purchased down and report the person to customer service and write the company about how condescending their worker is. And I kindly inform them that I will not be spending my hard earned dollars in their establishment and would tell all my friends and relations to do the same.