MordinSolus

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by MordinSolus 14y ago
Did I mention Objectivism? No. If you would like me to put words in your mouth let me know. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia Estonia (relatively) recently adopted policies supported by Milton Friedman. Along with that and being freed
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
Then let them be obese. It is not my responsibility to make sure other people don't get fat. We shouldn't stifle innovation ( if that's what you're getting at) because we're scared that people will get.. even more fat. And isn't obesity mo
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
Can you provide a single example of such a country? Regardless, free-market capitalism is not predicated on freedom from government intervention; in fact, a government is necessary in order to protect the freedoms of the individual. That s
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
So you're saying that the government, either knowingly or unknowingly, made decisions that, in the long run, adversely affected its citizens? No kidding.
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
<3 Keep fighting the good fight. We need more people thinking like you.
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
> (because capitalism clearly failed /s) BTW I was just poking fun at people who think that the Great Depression was a result of unbridled capitalism instead of bad government policy.
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
> capitalism begets conglomeration Not if the state actually does it's job. For a free-market to exist the state must necessarily prevent anti-competitive practices. In the U.S., unfortunately, the notion that social democracy is necess
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
Essentially, the problem is with the government, not Apple. I don't dislike Apple for what they are doing; they are doing what any self-interested company would do.
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
This is a false dichotomy. On the whole, our economy isn't hurt by sending manufacturing overseas. If it costs less to produce a product overseas than here, then the price for that product will drop. Lower cost of product means higher stand
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
To me, this has nothing to with with how much anyone else is paying. If I pay 20%, and someone else who makes way more than me pays 15%, I don't care. I would prefer It's about what we're doing with the taxes. If the government could guaran
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
If that were guy A's money, that would make sense. But it is not guy A's money. If guy A takes money from guys C - ZZZZZZ in order to give that to guy B, without setting many restrictions or even punishing guy B, and guy B spends in on crac
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
Why, then, do we not blame the government instead of Wall Street?
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
I don't quite understand the 16 character password limit.
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
We need better teachers AND a better system AND better parents. We can't just put all of the expectations on the teachers and expect any sort of change. We do need teachers who are willing to be tough (like it sounds like your mother was) y
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
How does that make his statement misguided? Even if I accept your premise that every single other print publication has declined as well, that doesn't make his statement any less true. The statement was only about Time. And I certainly don'
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
(cadaddadadddar life) Nutella
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by MordinSolus 14y ago
4-5 months to reset your tolerance? How many times / how much per week do you drink in the following 7-8 months? That seems like quite a long time.