smokeyj

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by smokeyj 14y ago
> I could roll around poor-income neighborhoods with a bullhorn advertising $10 per vote. I'm pretty sure lobbying is socially acceptable.
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by smokeyj 14y ago
I feel that the goal of libertarianism is to promote a framework of interaction that is most compatible with the nature of individuals. In that sense libertarianism isn't arbitrary because there's a goal that can be reasonably observed. Whe
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by smokeyj 14y ago
Libertarian ideology isn't a philosophy about government, rather a philosophy about how humans should interact. Libertarians believe that using coercive measures against people and their property is not acceptable behavior, regardless of th
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by smokeyj 14y ago
> Despite all the moral hazards, you want the service to be there, and you don't want to tell anyone, "well, you're bleeding to death, but you didn't think to pay for insurance and you have no money, so go die." There's no doubt that th
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by smokeyj 14y ago
I don't agree with your interpretation. OP specifically mentioned that the libertarian position is fundamentally 'mean-spirited' and they disguise their mean-spirit with 'disingenuous reframing'. Does your interpretation fit that bill? If y
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by smokeyj 14y ago
Middle ground on what? Libertarians love charity. You should give until it hurts. I just don't believe in forcing you to give, and I don't think you should force me to give. Maybe I'm stuck in "treat others the way you want to be treated" m
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by smokeyj 14y ago
Why is my rhetoric so offensive, but not your own? > It's intellectually dishonest and a cheap ploy to avoid saying "well, let them die". Claiming libertarians are against welfare because they secretly enjoy watching poor people die is
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by smokeyj 14y ago
People are starving this very second. Instead of helping them you're sitting on your first world ass commenting on a forum. Does it not bother you they're dying and you can do something about it? Why are you so mean spirited and cold? I'd l
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by smokeyj 14y ago
It's great in theory, until the player lobbies the scorekeeper to throw out the other players.
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by smokeyj 14y ago
I find it disturbing that so much power is in the hands of bankers -- regardless of their benevolent plans for me. Why should any group of men have the authority to inflate or deflate a currency? We're talking about manipulating the common
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by smokeyj 14y ago
I'm happy this guy exists. Sure, we can use logic to deduce ideas aren't property. But not until a troll comes around do the masses pay attention. I hope he makes a fortune making a mockery out of the mockery.
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by smokeyj 14y ago
You trust a private corporation to strap you to a flying hunk of metal, but not to ensure your safety? Sounds logical..
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by smokeyj 14y ago
You don't have to find history insightful. You're still wrong. If you don't think there's people in gitmo with no charges, you're blinded by your fairy-tail fantasy.
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by smokeyj 14y ago
> The sad thing is that actually reading primary sources and not buying into the Alex Jones take on any given policy question does in fact make me a turbonationalist right winger on HN. Saying the US doesn't detain people without charge
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by smokeyj 14y ago
I'm not trying to challenge your unwavering nationalism. Just pointing out that the constitution is dead and we're entering a police state :)
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by smokeyj 14y ago
> And I'm saying that the police in the US can't. Until they sprinkle some crack on you. Take of the rose tinted glasses my friend.
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by smokeyj 14y ago
> And that's the only reason why anybody is listening to him now, certainly not for anything else he's done. Attacking his character doesn't make your false dichotomy any more palatable. Why not have cheaper labor and a more effective l
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by smokeyj 14y ago
How do you see this playing out? "So, Mr.Node operator. Is that your child porn?"
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by smokeyj 14y ago
Lol. Break the Internet?!?
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by smokeyj 14y ago
If TOR was used for sharing illegal files, would you stop supporting it? Seems like you would be against most technology with that mind set.
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by smokeyj 14y ago
My emotions were driving on that one. My mistake.
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by smokeyj 14y ago
I'm enjoying the irony of you proposing we give our congress critters privacy so they don't have to hide from us.
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by smokeyj 14y ago
> While this may make us feel better, like we all played a role in ensuring that a terrible bill wasn't passed, what it really does is ensure that senators and their staffs will work even harder to make sure we don't see draft bill lang
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by smokeyj 14y ago
> Airspace under 500' AGL is traditionally considered to be under control of the landowner Seems like they should have a warrant if they want to operate drones on my property.
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by smokeyj 14y ago
As if they don't expect December to arrive..
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by smokeyj 14y ago
I wish there was a router that could automagically handle encryption. This way even grandma could plug in her "freedom box" behind her router and have secure communications. Maybe a simple web based admin page to manage configuration.
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by smokeyj 14y ago
You rascally government! Can we just cut the foreplay? Let's fire up the incinerators and form some orderly lines.
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by smokeyj 14y ago
You're right, money and power determines regulation. Let's just not fool ourselves into thinking it's something silly like "the consent of the governed".
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by smokeyj 14y ago
> You need to define who you think the "big corporations that run america are" The point is regulation is determined by the highest bidder. Does it matter who the highest bidder is? It doesn't change the fact that America is a whore.
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by smokeyj 14y ago
I was just discussing the merits of IP with my dad, who happens to support it. His reasons for supporting IP was mainly to support the "little guy" who managed to come up with an invention. I can't imagine living in a society where patents

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