Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, gives a rousing speech to close off Libertopia 2011 -- the future will be nothing like the past, how to spread the joy and beauty of human possibility to everyone around you!
@WithANameLike Even the super poor in the United States is better off than 99% of people on earth. Capitalism drives innovation and achievement while also bringing down costs allowing new technologies to spread rapidly. Looks at computers, cell phones, the internet, TV's, cars, food, anything you want it gets cheaper, more varied, and better over time.
@xxxxAXIxxxx Being bogged down doesn't really bother me as a problem. Being bogged down is great compared to unrestrained capitalism which destroys society or maintains it by throwing crumbs to the subjects.
@WithANameLike Except in socialism that market would be bogged down with regulations of all sorts to satisfy unions of all kinds to pay for public-sector health services of minimal variety and so forth. The analogy does not stand with socialism, because all socialism stands for is big government by throwing crumbs to the subjects.
This is why minarchists are epistemically WRONG to ask us to explain how defense services would be provided.
If you know economics, you know how these things work IN PRINCIPLE. If you don't know economics you need to shut up, because you have no right to any opinion on politics or social organization.
@jeffiek The group I'm talking about is society. Cooperation is at the heart of soceity. It's hard to cooperate with people you've never met or will meet, and that's why government is a smart idea. If you don't like the idea of being punished by jailtime for not paying taxes you can still find government moral.
@WithANameLike "It doesn't seem odd to feed someone who's starving in the name of the group."
Absolutely. There are plenty of organizations out there doing just that. I support them wholeheartedly. They manage to do a lot of good without having to resort to threats of violence, without being bullies.
The group YOU are talking about, government (the one that taxes), is the monopoly on force in a geographic area. That's the definition.
@WithANameLike Even the super poor in the United States is better off than 99% of people on earth. Capitalism drives innovation and achievement while also bringing down costs allowing new technologies to spread rapidly. Looks at computers, cell phones, the internet, TV's, cars, food, anything you want it gets cheaper, more varied, and better over time.
metzger90 2 weeks ago
@xxxxAXIxxxx Being bogged down doesn't really bother me as a problem. Being bogged down is great compared to unrestrained capitalism which destroys society or maintains it by throwing crumbs to the subjects.
WithANameLike 1 month ago
@WithANameLike Except in socialism that market would be bogged down with regulations of all sorts to satisfy unions of all kinds to pay for public-sector health services of minimal variety and so forth. The analogy does not stand with socialism, because all socialism stands for is big government by throwing crumbs to the subjects.
xxxxAXIxxxx 2 months ago
@leafwatch Charity is a vice, bro. Voluntary or otherwise.
Some people should just not reproduce. Sorry to tell ya.
ThisMachineKillsReds 3 months ago
This is why minarchists are epistemically WRONG to ask us to explain how defense services would be provided.
If you know economics, you know how these things work IN PRINCIPLE. If you don't know economics you need to shut up, because you have no right to any opinion on politics or social organization.
ThisMachineKillsReds 3 months ago
vanity.self.deceit.insincerity.
those sound about right.
telemetry9 3 months ago
Whats he doing up there on the podium?
BigLittleAdventure 3 months ago
@jeffiek The group I'm talking about is society. Cooperation is at the heart of soceity. It's hard to cooperate with people you've never met or will meet, and that's why government is a smart idea. If you don't like the idea of being punished by jailtime for not paying taxes you can still find government moral.
WithANameLike 3 months ago
@WithANameLike "It doesn't seem odd to feed someone who's starving in the name of the group."
Absolutely. There are plenty of organizations out there doing just that. I support them wholeheartedly. They manage to do a lot of good without having to resort to threats of violence, without being bullies.
The group YOU are talking about, government (the one that taxes), is the monopoly on force in a geographic area. That's the definition.
jeffiek 3 months ago
@leafwatch You seem to be forgetting that you are in part holding the gun.
WithANameLike 3 months ago