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Has to be sarcasm. People who actually believe that wouldn't say "politicians", they'd use some other euphemism, because they believe in some abstract trustwor

by hodwik 11y ago

Has to be sarcasm. People who actually believe that wouldn't say "politicians", they'd use some other euphemism, because they believe in some abstract trustworthy organization that's always being hampered by those damn politicians. Statists love their euphemisms: “investment” instead of “government spending” “shared sacrifices” instead of "wealth redistribution" "government officials" instead of "un-elected bureaucrat" and lastly, "public sector" instead of "The State".

ubernostrum 11y ago
Statists love their euphemisms My irony detector has just exploded. Can you direct me to a completely-unregulated minarchist free-for-all market where I can buy one that merely poisons me and everyone in a hundred-mile radius? Because at least it would actually work.
- hodwik 11y ago
  You have to pay extra for the poison. This is libertarian land, dude. NOTHING is free, even poison.
  - jabgrabdthrow 11y ago
    Nothing is free in reality, not even poison. What are you trying to say?
  - ubernostrum 11y ago
    The poisonous version was cheaper to make than the non-poisonous one, last I heard. So the company decided to go with poisonous ones in order to meet Q4 financial goals.
mikeash 11y ago
Yes, of course, all of your terminology is straightforward, and the terminology preferred by those who disagree with you is "euphemisms."
- hodwik 11y ago
  I didn't claim my language was "straightforward", any term we use will carry bias. That's how political language works. "Investment" automatically biases you to think that said spending must have a net-good result. Calling it "Government spending" predisposes you to think about the price of said action. Biased language is always annoying to the other side. When I hear the liberal euphemisms I groan as strongly as I suspect most liberals groan to my dysphemisms. If you said libertarians love their dysphemisms I wouldn't hold it against you.

by hodwik 11y ago

ubernostrum 11y ago

Statists love their euphemisms My irony detector has just exploded. Can you direct me to a completely-unregulated minarchist free-for-all market where I can buy one that merely poisons me and everyone in a hundred-mile radius? Because at least it would actually work.

hodwik 11y ago
You have to pay extra for the poison. This is libertarian land, dude. NOTHING is free, even poison.
- jabgrabdthrow 11y ago
  Nothing is free in reality, not even poison. What are you trying to say?
- ubernostrum 11y ago
  The poisonous version was cheaper to make than the non-poisonous one, last I heard. So the company decided to go with poisonous ones in order to meet Q4 financial goals.

mikeash 11y ago

Yes, of course, all of your terminology is straightforward, and the terminology preferred by those who disagree with you is "euphemisms."

hodwik 11y ago
I didn't claim my language was "straightforward", any term we use will carry bias. That's how political language works. "Investment" automatically biases you to think that said spending must have a net-good result. Calling it "Government spending" predisposes you to think about the price of said action. Biased language is always annoying to the other side. When I hear the liberal euphemisms I groan as strongly as I suspect most liberals groan to my dysphemisms. If you said libertarians love their dysphemisms I wouldn't hold it against you.