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by wnight 15y ago
Yeah, that's what I meant by simply not wanting the bailout and letting failed corps fail. I'd agree. Though imho using a tax pool, printing more money, giving banks 0% loans, etc, are all spending public funds one way or another. And it's
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by wnight 15y ago
> If you or B or C want to initiate force against me, that's where I have a problem. And of course, taking back their TV would be force. > You'd be a violent asshole for trying to shoot me and my family for our stuff, and I'd be her
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by wnight 15y ago
Everyone who doesn't live in a totalitarianism. If you're sent to Siberia it doesn't matter if you owned your farm.
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by wnight 15y ago
> Because theft is bad. Says the holder of a stolen TV. > I didn't participate in any of the umpteen previous thefts. Except to buy the stolen goods, thus making the thefts profitable. And to legitimize the thieves. > I can't un
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by wnight 15y ago
> If you don't want govt to do {bad thing}, you shouldn't give it the power to do {bad thing}, even if that authority is necessary to do {good thing}. I didn't. I've never said "Yes, take this power", only "that power you've claimed, pl
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by wnight 15y ago
Yes, but rarely for a non-earning resource, unless they're short on that specific resource elsewhere. (Such as needing Vespene for an upgrade...) Selling your productive assets is economic death. Renting them out, or selling your share of n
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by wnight 15y ago
> But within the context of faction A, I am the legitimate owner of certain items Yes, and within the context of A' I'm also the owner of your stuff. I see no reason except your force of arms for staying in context A, especially after h
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by wnight 15y ago
It's hacker news because it's about high-tech spying. And it's discussion-worthy because it's a secret, a huge tech project, and fundamentally flawed in multiple ways. I thought that went without saying. What I'm talking about is how an oth
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by wnight 15y ago
Politics is reps vs dems, liberals vs conservatives, and so on. Partisan nonsense. This is a warning and discussion about the misuse of government power. Yes, it is totally off-topic, like patents are, in that they're arbitrary legal nonsen
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by wnight 15y ago
>> > presumably the US govt is better off making the sale >>This is a remarkably large assumption. >Not at all. If follows from the prerequisites for that case. If you don't agree with those prerequisites, you choose
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by wnight 15y ago
The muni broadband issue is about towns being allowed to offer free net connections at all. As is obvious to almost anyone, only free access is worth offering because the micropayment problem means you can't collect any worthwhile payment f
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by wnight 15y ago
Why? These firms needed money badly and someone stepped up to offer it. What do you care if it's a public or private fund? Of course we'd all be better off if loser companies were allowed to fail, especially banks. Bailouts should go to che
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by wnight 15y ago
So, nobody's got a valid claim. How come one guy who didn't build the farm can pay another guy who didn't build the farm and suddenly own it. Neither of them have any more claim to it than anyone else. If you think about it you can see why
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by wnight 15y ago
A publicly and privately run dairy both produce milk. That is their only similarity. The private dairy enriches only the owner, the public dairy enriches everyone. If your only concern is buying a widget then selling your share in the widge