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How and how not to privatize – From State to Society(cato-unbound.org)
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by djschnei 10y ago
Interesting case. Isn't it true, however, that everything is economized whether we like it or not? Even public works that add "value" still rely on finite resources (human labor, natural resources, etc...). Can we really j
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by djschnei 10y ago
Kind of an interesting problem, no? It's a question between what things we want to economize and the things we don't want to economize. In the long run, however, I fail to see how we really have a choice. Since "public&quo
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by djschnei 10y ago
https://fee.org/articles/the-curse-of-machinery/
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by djschnei 10y ago
If, as you say, I am merely being charged for services, what do I do If services are being offered which I morally oppose and don't want to be part of? I am still forced to (coerced) to pay for them (theft) regardless of my usage. Fo
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by djschnei 10y ago
"Don't like police brutality? Just move!"
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by djschnei 10y ago
I find it endlessly amusing you're hypothetical for non-verbal consent is literally theft. However, I agree; taxation is necessary for government to exist. I'm also not an anarchist. I see taxation as a necessary evil, but I ref
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by djschnei 10y ago
I guess you missed my point. I'm sure the chemists had a good time.
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by djschnei 10y ago
Oh, so they have claim to a percentage of my labor? without my consent? That sounds like something...
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by djschnei 10y ago
You almost formed a complete sentence. I didn't do any of those things.
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by djschnei 10y ago
You just proved my point... that's force and coercion. "They don't shoot you, they just steal or money!"
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by djschnei 10y ago
solve government tampering with more tampering while continuing to blame "captialism". Glorious.
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by djschnei 10y ago
Until companies can walk around with guns or threaten you with imprisonment for not paying their fees or "enjoying" their products, the two are nothing alike. Advertising doesn't use physical force.
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by djschnei 10y ago
Huxley's vision was not one in which property rights were recognized.
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They were so lucky to have a government that allowed them to become chemists.
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by djschnei 10y ago
But I want to be able to utilize all this cool free stuff that boosts my quality of life without seeing ads! It's my right! STOP OPPRESSING ME!
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by djschnei 10y ago
It is entirely in the customers interest for a business they support to be profitable, which advertising promotes. I'm sure residents of the DPRK would disagree that our ads are as invasive as their government propaganda. Or maybe the
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by djschnei 10y ago
I have an obligation to respect other peoples rights (which essentially all boil down to property rights). I have no obligation to help others if it isn't mutually beneficial. I might choose to, but it would infringe on my rights to
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by djschnei 10y ago
The ability to own property doesn't encompass property rights; especially when "own" is used as loosely as it is today. If property rights are entirely respected, how can someone be oppressed?
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by djschnei 10y ago
Except, you know, a lot different.
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by djschnei 10y ago
Who would say that? lol, that is absurd. Sounds like someone has been reading some Marxist Humanism. They do seem drastically opposed; in a system that disregards personal property rights, you can't use your property to better your an
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Corax is a crowdsourced news aggregator run by libertarians(cor.ax)
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by djschnei 10y ago
"But healthcare (including all the labor and money that goes into it) is my right!!1!"
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by djschnei 10y ago
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fractionalreservebanking... Beyond that, I said "and" not "or". Interest rates and savings should be organically tied together. They should signal each oth
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by djschnei 10y ago
I said saving AND accurate interest rates, not "or".
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by djschnei 10y ago
lol what's a neo-con/libertarian ideal?
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by djschnei 10y ago
savings and accurate interest rates fuel a health economy, not debt.
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by djschnei 10y ago
Love how these guys call out the left and the right for their bullshit. Pretty rare nowadays...
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by djschnei 10y ago
Ok, let's do that. FBI: Let us in the backdoor? US: No.
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10 Truth-Bombs Courtesy of Milton Friedman(intellectualtakeout.org)
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