"The social system of private property and limited government is the only system that tends to debarbarize all those who have the innate capacity to acquire personal culture." ~Ludwig von Mises
Maybe it was a a professional assassination, maybe it was just a random nut, but it seemed much closer to being a professional assassination than any of the recent assassination attempts I can think of in American society over the last 20 to 30 years.
~ Ron Unz, "Is Charlie Kirk's Assassination the Most Shocking Since JFK?," Coffee and a Mike, 31:05 mark, September 13, 2025
Probably 99.9% of wealthy, powerful, prominent people in America - Hollywood stars, top elected officials, billionaires and multibillionaires - don't have anything like the security that Charlie Kirk had, and he was still killed. So if he was killed by an organization rather than a random nut, that's a very very powerful message to send to all of the wealthy, powerful, influential people in American society. If you're a content creator and spend your time home doing videos, you're relatively safe, but if you're somebody who goes out on a daily basis, who speaks before audiences, who is an elected official, holds public meetings, who's a corporate executive who goes to your office every day, you're much much vulnerable, I think, than someone like Charlie Kirk is. And if he can be killed, you can be killed. And that's a very dangerous message to send to people.
~ Ron Unz, "Is Charlie Kirk's Assassination the Most Shocking Since JFK?," Coffee and a Mike, 38:00 mark, September 13, 2025
