The Physics of Whoredom: Intellectuals and the State

Physicists and the dark matter of violence... by Stefan Molyneux, Host of Freedomain Radio, the most popular philosophy podcast on the web - www.freedomainradio.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• libertarian
• anarchist
• anarchism
• freedomain
• physics
• science

[TreachMarkets]

@mixtliful You 'give' your taxes? How generous of you. The word give sort of implies a choice, like you mulled it over and then decided to send in the check. I understand economics. These projects are called 'malinvestments', they rip money out of the hands of people that would have spent it on other things. There's no magical money fairy that creates research money. You presume the right to decide that colliders are more important than what I might otherwise choose. That's arrogance.

[studentofsmith]

@chrisangeluk Public education is the best PR program the government ever had. We need more choice and diversity in education. I advocate a voucher program as a transitional step towards a free market in education.

[boghdan2000]

i love you stephan!....but to be honest from all 12 teachers i've had two inspired me to learn math and physics, now I am an engineer making good money but being raped by these parasites..I used to live in California, you can not believe the grossness of the violence there. Any way I couldn't take it any more I quit my job I took what ever I had saved and I moved abroad, now I am working side jobs all cash, I make less money but I feel free and happy!

[nurbSoldier]

@pretorious700 You can be Joe sixpack and see that there is something wrong with that man.

[nurbSoldier]

@brolly2234 We tried doing things your way for years, Mr. Moderate. Got nowhere. End up looking like pussies and no one takes us seriously. Guess which is the #1 libertarian website in the world? Lew FUCKING rockwell.com, that's what. No backbenchers like you there.

[neurathsboat]

So you're saying that without state violence, we wouldn't have things like theoretical physics, and indeed, most intellectual and artistic activity that isn't immediately useful to industry? That's the best argument for state violence I've ever heard.

[qtutoringhelps]

As you know, in Ontario, government employees who make more than $100,000 per year are listed publicly. Do you know Steve Paikin, the host of TVO's main weekday political show makes like $275,000?

[Zendout1]

Radio-man

I'm lost

It sounds like rambling

Think storybook--3 parts

ask a question--that I want to hang around for to find out the answer

plan it out

[bergweg]

are teachers taxed on the land known as Canada?

[pretorious700]

Paul Krugman anyone?

[LAkkadian]

Mr. Molyneux, please consider breaking with a banner that says, "commercial" every 9 minutes, Akkadian.

[GetMeThere1]

I understand your position; but I think it can be seen from another (milder) perspective. Why aren't "scientists" simply government employees, carrying on work that the gov sees as socially useful? Is everyone who takes a job for the state complicit in violence? Is it being complicit in violence to hire out to repair a mafia don's roof?