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Oh, of course. Why didn't any economist ever think of just pointing guns at people's heads until they come up with world-changing innovations for fear of their
by eli_gottlieb 10y ago
Oh, of course. Why didn't any economist ever think of just pointing guns at people's heads until they come up with world-changing innovations for fear of their lives?
- 2noame 10y agoYou know what's interesting? This gun analogy of yours, Penn Jillette has a great video about it. The video is of a talk he gave at the Cato Institute, explaining why he's a libertarian. I think you'd like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fvGasiOkBY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fvGasiOkBY You know what's even more interesting? Penn Jillette supports the idea of basic income. You can hear him talk about it here: http://ronbenningtoninterviews.com/2016/08/19/penn-jillette-2-2/ http://ronbenningtoninterviews.com/2016/08/19/penn-jillette-... If that somehow blows your mind, maybe you should ask yourself if you're missing something that libertarians like Penn aren't missing?