Rothbard vs. The Philosophers | Roberta Modugno

[1977Taake1977]

Pure MILF!

[XlancerTHEgreat1]

Rothbard was a great thinker, and had many great ideas. But I think this lecture illustrates his lack of understanding with regards towards human actions. Rothbards arguments are 100% logically consistent, but are human actions 100% rational? Only computers are 100% logical, and I don't think any of us want to be robots. Humans created logic in order to become more consistant(less subjective), not because we're logical by nature.

[gergenheimer]

Subjectivity and rationality are not mutually exclusive - human beings have differing, subjective values and priorities and it is completely rational for each of them to pursue those values. Some people would deem my love of beer "irrational", but they base this claim on their set of values, not mine. Hiding behind the pretense of objectivity is how collectivists justify forcing everyone to live by a single, arbitrarily-determined set of values.

[rmcc0002]

@XlancerTHEgreat1 If humans aren't 100% logical than you surely don't want to create a system where these flawed people can rule over others.

[rkyeun]

@rmcc0002

You for one welcome our robot overlords.

[rumco]

@XlancerTHEgreat1 You don't seem to understand what he (or Austrians) means by rational (don't confuse it with logical). It means that humans act purposely, rationally, towards certain ends in away that they consider to be best in their situation, according to the information they've obtained etc.. Whether they make mistakes or act illogically does not mean they don't act rationally.

[tumbleweedjoe]

Rothbard and Hoppe are the greatest of the liberal thinkers, in my opinion.

[LibertyInOurTime]

When is her book going to be released?

[bloodaltar2]

i much prefer Rothbard over Ayn Rand

[Jan0Adamovic]

I have dillema about that...Ayn Rand is brilliant but I cant imagine laissez-faire system in her way...It reminds me of social darwinism...I like Rothbard`s principles of anarcho-capitalism...

[sbuttgereit]

As a practical matter, I'm a bit unsure of the differences between the two. I agree that there are substantial differences in foundational thinking, but the outcomes seem to be the same... at least politically. Ethically, there might be differences as well, but that would operate on a more individual level I would think. Admittedly I'm only half watching this video, so I might be missing something. I'd be interested in hearing your perspective.

[headcrabzombie]

check out the play he wrote called "mozart was a red" which is making fun of objectivists. its hilarious.

[LogicalFlawDetector]

@bloodaltar2

I much prefer Milton Friedman over Ayn Rand.

[jonathanaconway]

@bloodaltar2 I prefer Ayn Rand's philosophy much more (so shoot me!), but I must admit, Rothbard has a great sense of humour and gives some very powerful defences of the free market.

[KraljevicPavle]

Adding to my previous comment, I would much rather just listen to the pretty Italian and read subtitles.

[KraljevicPavle]

Her accent is like a retarded version of my Slovakian French teacher, on crack.

[LibertyJedi]

Rothbard was the man! One of the few that didn't sell out to the scum of society.

Yes her accent is sexy too, is it the ideas or the accent that are so attractive, not sure, weird observing these feelings, maybe mises will be banned as a new form of porno :-( for all us twisted liberty lovers, it will be forebidden in the new statists world we live in... in for hundreds of years, we will have to go underground to survive:-( Such attractive ideas will not be allowed to be free:-(

[johnpdd]

-uh

[ccarterc1984]

Man, she's not super hot but I would totally marry her for her accent.

[jpschubbs]

@ccarterc1984 She has that smoldering hot, naughty, European librarian look. I'd marry her for that, her accent, and her mind. Me gusta.

[787Bisurdaddy]

It's kind of funny, because I find that because she speaks slower, it's easier for me to understand her. I have Asperger's Syndrome and I tend to take information in slowly when someone is speaking, because I have to process the words they're saying. Since she's speaking slowly, it's easy for me to process while she speaks.

I'm not even having a problem writing this while listening to her.

[harryogre]

Normally I sip bourbon and play FreeCell while watching Mises videos.

Not this one.

This takes 100% concentration to follow along.

I do enjoy the contrast she paints between the masters.

[WelshLibertarian]

It wasn't such a problem for me because I dated an Italian girl for a while and I speak Italian. I suppose for those that haven't been around Italians nor speak Italian her accent could be a problem.

[benjis007]

unfortunately, she is hard to listen to b/c of her accent...despite her well researched talk.

[elliotcheely]

i agree, her accent is very distracting.

[harryogre]

I applaud her for her grasp of English and the depth of her work. Being monolingual I look stupid criticizing anyone for not knowing the intricacies of English.

That said, I also had a very difficult time following her due to her vocal inflections and the general flow of her speech.

I had to back it up several times and struggle to follow what she was talking about.

So, yea. You are correct.

Very hard to listen to.

Bruises the ears.

[valterielacqua]

yes, also to me, as an italian, the flow and pronunciation results in a little effort to follow the matter.....patience