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沃尔特·威廉姆斯反对抹去南部邦联的历史
2020 年夏天，当抗议者开始拆除南方联盟的雕像和标记时，沃尔特·威廉姆斯 (Walter Williams) 反对他所谓的“杀戮”。他认为，这种滑稽的行为对于促进美国黑人的最大利益没有任何作用。
来源:路德维希·冯·米塞斯研究所信息The economist Walter E. Williams was a great defender of liberty, and, in that context, he also defended the right to self-determination and the right to secede.但他反对拆除南部邦联纪念碑的原因并不局限于他对独立运动的支持。他还反对社会正义战士的破坏行为和毫无意义的破坏主义。
In an op-ed titled “Liberals in a tizzy over statues,” he argued against what he termed “statucide”—which he described as a craze to destroy Confederate statues, memorials, cenotaphs, and flags.在这次讨论中，他威胁要摧毁石山上的南部邦联雕刻。
Many blacks and their white liberal allies demand the removal of statues of Confederate generals and the Confederate battle flag, and they are working up steam to destroy the images of Gens.斯通沃尔·杰克逊 (Stonewall Jackson) 和罗伯特·E·李 (Robert E. Lee) 以及来自佐治亚州斯通山 (Stone Mountain) 的杰斐逊·戴维斯 (Jefferson Davis) 总统。请允许我推测一下这种拆除雕像热潮的原因，我们可以将其称为“雕像屠杀”。
His argument drew upon a theme he addressed in his book on race and economics, namely, that economic progress does not come from political power or political interventions. Instead, material progress for black people is achieved in the same way, and by the same methods, as material progress for white people or people of any other race—because economic science does not vary based on race.进步不能来自于抹去历史、赛马比赛或发动文化战争。他的书的摘要指出：
所以更多的政治权力并没有发挥作用。大规模的扶贫支出并没有发挥作用。选举黑人总统并没有奏效。 What should black leaders and their white liberal allies now turn their attention to in order to improve the socio-economic condition for blacks?