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by smokeyj 13y ago
If I could spy on anyone, I'd game the market, subvert the rule of law, and declare all my competitors terrorists. That is the American way.
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I think logic would dictate that institutions claiming to be public should be public, and those claiming to be private should be private.
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by smokeyj 13y ago
> Right, and simply stating that taxes constitute theft isn't an argument either. 1. I made observation X. 2. You argue observation X is wrong because Y and Z. 3. I claim arguments Y and Z don't negate observation X 4. You clai
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> I don't know what you mean by saying I'm not arguing out of principle Let me put it another way. The efficacy and morality of taxation cannot be deduced via extrapolating historical economic and sociological data points. If a
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You made the case that the US should be a poster child for unrestricted government, citing Somalia as a contrast. I'm simply saying that the beginnings of the US more closely resembled the Wild West than a well-regulated market place.
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by smokeyj 13y ago
You need evidence that economic prosperity should not come at the expense of human rights? Or that America was founded on the principles of restricted government and individual liberty seeking freedom from religious persecutions? Or that sh
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by smokeyj 13y ago
> Why should you get to enjoy the payout of investing three centuries worth of tax revenue if you are not going to contribute? You're portraying industry and taxation as a chicken and egg scenario, and by proving that taxation is wh
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by smokeyj 13y ago
Questioning an appeal to authority is ad hominem ? That explains plenty.
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by smokeyj 13y ago
You could try copy and pasting jquery into the developer console for a one-time trick. If a dependency needs jquery to load, try setting a break point before that script and paste jquery into your console.
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Does owning slaves and printing currency make one an authority on 'natural rights'?
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> Taxes are the agreed upon payment for services rendered, the EULA for which you agreed to by being in the country. If taxes were called protection money you still wouldn't connect the dots.
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> Can we stick to topics that actually raise discussion please. Is everyone trying to be ironic?
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Are you being ironic or serious?
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If you do it, it's rape. If they do it, it's a search. If you do it, it's theft. If they do it, it's a tax. If you do it, it's torture. If they do it, it's enhanced interrogation. If you do it, it's terror
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Does asking for a site's private SSL key sound like a reasonable search? I realize "reasonable" is entirely subjective, which is why I don't put much faith in out justice system.
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> why did humanity create governments? The same reason "humanity" created mafias and gangs -- which is to use violence as a means of economic control.
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If thousands of people were threatened to be violently seized from their homes to be locked up in cages, do they not have a right to self-defense?
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Fiat currency typically means money declared by a government to be legal tender. You can argue the value of bitcoin is arbitrary, but that doesn't make it a fiat currency. Way to slam dunk a straw man.
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> Currencies have their value because of the law Fiat currencies have value because their issuing institution has a local monopoly on violence. Your phrasing is much more palatable. > Control of currency is important to governments
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I think it's due to lack of imagination that statists prefer the threat of violence to organize society. We focus on punishing bad behavior rather than creating a reward structure for good behavior. Violence is the state's hammer,
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Statist logic 101. Governments must establish their authority with violence and punishment. Without punishing those who disobey, society would be lawless and chaotic.
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> I'm against idiots teaching kids poorly. This is the dilemma we have. Unless it's at a national and systematic level. Then it's kosher.
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FTA: The blueprint still used for today’s schools was developed during the Protestant Reformation, when schools were created to teach children to read the Bible, to believe scripture without questioning it, and to obey authority figures wit
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I don't know which Rothbardian anarchist touched you as a child, but I'm really really sorry.
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> What they don't do, because they generally know better, is discuss group-level actions. I'll happily google for you, but I feel like you're not even trying. If you would just look over the wiki for game-theory you'd
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> making a claim about what libertarianism is is necessarily suspect You're right, libertarianism is really an umbrella term for many schools of economic, political and other philosophical thought. I'm simply representing what
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> There are a lot of libertarians who disagree with other libertarians. Lots of scientists disagree with other scientists. I find science to still be valid. > If this were actually true, then libertarians couldn't say anything us
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> One of the essential problems with libertarian philosophy is that it starts from the premise that there are two meaningful actors: the individual and the state. ..you should really get a better grasp on libertarian philosophy before ma
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All governments demand obedience. That's why they have a monopoly on violence. Any entity which wields a monopoly on violence for the purpose of controlling the actions of others is authoritarian in nature. I can't imagine what yo
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I anticipate allowing undercover cops to go unrecorded will prompt police departments to make all cops undercover. To better serve the public of course. I think any authority that accepts money from the public should be obligated to surveil

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