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Why can't you answer my question first? I've already provided vastly more information about my understanding of the world. Why are you so cagey?

dennis_jeeves2 2y ago
> Why can't you answer my question first? I've already provided vastly more information about my understanding of the world. Why are you so cagey? Because it would be foolish for me to argue with people, who have little life experience/skills/exposure but have opinionated views. I try and access where people life experience/skills/exposure stand and then decide to engage. >I've already provided vastly more information about my understanding of the world. Below is an example of your very incomplete world view: >Another problem: if you want to start a business or invest or build anything, you depend on predictability. Is the city going to still be here and functioning next year? If yes, open a store front! If not, move on. The government is one of the main sources of this stability. It collects information, makes economic forecasts, manages the interest rates (with its fiat currency), handles disasters, prevents invasions. This allows businesses to flourish, providing jobs for the masses. Without that economic activity dries up. People get poorer. Some starve. Some die due to lawlessness, war, and unrest. You have not stated how corrupt the govt can be, only stated the good that govt does. And you have not stated anything particularly insightful. To answer your question: >What is your vision of how destroying the government a la Musk/Trump is going to make the common folk better off? Is not cutting expenditure and a lot of associated corruption not good enough? Of course any cutting the expenditure is framed as removing aid from the needy. Does one need to have a vision? ( why the f** are you using words like 'vision', and then 'destruction' etc. ? - arguing in bad faith, and putting more words in my mouth)
- DFHippie 2y ago
  You're a weird dude. Only the elect get to receive your opinions, about which you're really touchy, like they're shameful, embarrassing things. Maybe if you're so scared of offering your ideas you shouldn't opine about stuff publicly.

dennis_jeeves2 2y ago

> Why can't you answer my question first? I've already provided vastly more information about my understanding of the world. Why are you so cagey? Because it would be foolish for me to argue with people, who have little life experience/skills/exposure but have opinionated views. I try and access where people life experience/skills/exposure stand and then decide to engage. >I've already provided vastly more information about my understanding of the world. Below is an example of your very incomplete world view: >Another problem: if you want to start a business or invest or build anything, you depend on predictability. Is the city going to still be here and functioning next year? If yes, open a store front! If not, move on. The government is one of the main sources of this stability. It collects information, makes economic forecasts, manages the interest rates (with its fiat currency), handles disasters, prevents invasions. This allows businesses to flourish, providing jobs for the masses. Without that economic activity dries up. People get poorer. Some starve. Some die due to lawlessness, war, and unrest. You have not stated how corrupt the govt can be, only stated the good that govt does. And you have not stated anything particularly insightful. To answer your question: >What is your vision of how destroying the government a la Musk/Trump is going to make the common folk better off? Is not cutting expenditure and a lot of associated corruption not good enough? Of course any cutting the expenditure is framed as removing aid from the needy. Does one need to have a vision? ( why the f** are you using words like 'vision', and then 'destruction' etc. ? - arguing in bad faith, and putting more words in my mouth)

DFHippie 2y ago
You're a weird dude. Only the elect get to receive your opinions, about which you're really touchy, like they're shameful, embarrassing things. Maybe if you're so scared of offering your ideas you shouldn't opine about stuff publicly.