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The 1751 machine that made everything

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  A short video on how technological innovation born of economic liberty has changed the world. History is more than dates, places and battles. In many instances it’s technological advances that change the world for the betterment of all mankind. In this case it’s the story of French inventor Jacques de Vaucanson and his creation in France of the first all metal slide rest lathe, the forerunner to all modern machine tools in 1751. Lathes had been around for centuries, but lacked the precision with hand held cutting tool s. The slide rest of the Vaucanson metal lathe that provided the control to produce metal part of exacting dimensions. The lathe is said to be able to produce every other machine and machine tool. This advancement changed everything. The producer of the video references a profound chart of World Population GCP and per Capita GCP 1 –2008 AD from data of the late Angus Maddison, similar to this produced by the  Visual Capitalist , we credit them f...
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Winning the War of Words: The Authoritarian Socialist Left Is Anti-Liberty and Not Just Anti-Gun

  Anti-liberty Leftists have an unhinged view that certain inanimate objects are evil and dangerous, so when the debate is framed as pro-gun/anti-gun, the subliminal argument becomes pro-evil/anti-evil   Conservatism ,  Culture ,  Democrats ,  Guns and Crime ,  Leftism ,  Neo-Marxism   Many of the pro-freedom community don’t realize that we place ourselves at a severe disadvantage when the debate over civil rights is framed as  ‘pro-gun/anti-gun’ . Since our principles of liberty and individual rights are based in common sense, their defense is pretty straightforward and forthright. Not so with the authoritarians of the anti-liberty left. These are people who prioritize governmental power and controlling people’s lives and property – if not owning it outright. Such people have always been on the wrong side of history, so deception and lies are all part of what they do on a daily basis. “Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury ...
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The Top 5 ‘assault weapon’ technologies that existed BEFORE the Constitution was written

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