December 2010
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A reply to some guy's dumb "problems with... →
defenestratorx:
Christopher Beam has a good critique of libertarianism in New York magazine. He brings up several problems with the philosophy that have always bothered me. 1. It’s juvenile. Authority is bad! Let me do whatever I want! As Beam points out, “It’s no coincidence that most libertarians discover the philosophy as teenagers.”
2. It’s unrealistic. We’re not going to have a society...
“The usual terminology of political language is stupid. What is “left” and what...”
– Ludwig von Mises (via anothersillyfloridian)
“This is the basic libertarian idea: that people should be free to do ‘‘anything...”
– Jacob H. Huebert, Libertarianism Today (p. 4)
statehate:
I also used to think libertarians were crazy, until I realized they’re right.
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Bookworm Libertarian: Marriage: Why does the... →
bookwormlibertarian:
Let me state this bluntly, I do not support governmental control over marriage. Plain and simple. I have never understood why the government can regulate who can and cannot wed. In my opinion, people should be able to get married to whomever they want. Why is it my business, the governments…
Hi, we're the GOP, and we're going to make a... →
Yes, you do the same and worse to the Dems. And so you should. Point is this: The D and R parties both suck because they are statist.
poweroflight:
gregmintyfresh:
From the “Pledge”:
America is an idea – an idea that free people can govern themselves
Yet you still need a government. Trust us.
America is the belief that any man or woman can – given economic, political, and religious...
Watchafterschoolspecials:
NOTES FROM SUGATA MITRA TED TALK 9/22/10 children will learn to do what they want to learn to do -sugata mitra the method of the grandmother stand behind them and admire them deep learning group learning, photographic recall granny cloud SOLEs self organized learning environments breaking language barrier, cutting costs of resource/equipment, emergence + self organizing...
The Dynamical Basis of Emergence in Natural... →
gfbertini:
Since the origins of the notion of emergence in attempts to recover the content of vitalistic anti-reductionism without its questionable metaphysics, emergence has been treated in terms of logical properties. This approach was doomed to failure, because logical properties are either sui generis or they are constructions from other logical properties. If the former, they do not explain...
Emergence
jimgilliam:
Simple explanation of emergence:
At room temperature, hydrogen and oxygen are gases. Combine one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms and you get water. Liquidity is an emergent property, which no chemist could have predicted by analyzing the individual atoms. The same can be said of us— we are made up of material components, but what’s interesting about humans are the emergent...
“We sometimes talk about emergent systems “bootstrapping” themselves into...”
– Steven Johnson, Emergence (via garik)
Emergence
isthisalreadytaken:
3 rules, seemingly great complexity (short: “emergence”)… Bait Ball is a flocking simulation by Robert Hodgin. The behavior of the fish is determined by only 3 rules:
1) Don’t get too crowded. 2) Don’t get too isolated. 3) Swim with neighbors.
(and get the hell away from predators, by all means).
From Montreal to Thailand: Describe Libertarianism... →
thai-madness:
Gathered a few answers from the folks over Reddit :
“Don’t steal,” and all that entails.
A belief in both natural and personal property rights that say you should be free do what you want as long as it doesn’t hurt others.
You own yourself, you own your labor; and don’t f with others…
“A doctor who is an excellent gardener may very well prefer to employ a hired man...”
– Kenneth E. Boulding, qtd. in Rothbard’s Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market.
Perhaps the best succinct illustration of comparative advantage I’ve come across.
(via ptbruiser)
Type1: The Free Market and The Government of The... →
Democrats tend to equate Republican economic solutions, and blame the current economic problems on the “free market,” and because of this, using the term “free market” is useless because it is devoid of meaning (the term “free market” is not a free market). The “free market” as the Democrats use…
“yes when there is market failure, intervention by a benevolent regulator is a...”
– P. Friedman
Pigovian Taxes are not efficient if the money gets wasted
Krugman arguing for Pigou, Patri rants
(via type1)
Iron Man 2: Libertarian Super Hero vs. An... →
anothersillyfloridian:
GREAT ARTICLE! EVERY LIBERTY MINDED PERSON SHOULD READ THIS…
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS!
“On the free market, everyone earns according to his productive value in...”
–
Biography of Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995) http://mises.org/about/3249#ixzz0ne5HnP57
(via eyjafjallajokull)
Hi, we're the GOP, and we're going to make a... →
gregmintyfresh:
From the “Pledge”:
America is an idea – an idea that free people can govern themselves
Yet you still need a government. Trust us.
America is the belief that any man or woman can – given economic, political, and religious liberty – advance themselves, their families, and the common good.
But only with our help.
America is an inspiration to those who yearn to be free and...
fib:
The Anarcho-Capitalist Theme Song — Randall...
smullenix:
Free Market Anarcho-Communism
Touch My Island: Julian Assange possible... →
ferventlux:
You’ve developed a reputation as anti-establishment and anti-institution.
Not at all. Creating a well-run establishment is a difficult thing to do, and I’ve been in countries where institutions are in a state of collapse, so I understand the difficulty of running a company. Institutions…
Cheese Cake and Martinis: Seeing what no planning... →
dpworld:
You can read in many books about the complexity, or lack of in some writers opinions, of an economy. But I must comment that once again today I saw the deep complexities that are beyond the hope of any to fully comprehend and control. Today I went Christmas shopping, and not just anywhere I when…
Fringe Elements: A Possible Alternative Narrative →
fringeelements:
Now I’m not completely sold on this, but I have been reading some material about there being, generally speaking, a 3-level “class structure” in the south:
Top - White slave owners
Middle - Black slaves
Bottom - Poor whites
On the one hand, this does explain the seemingly paradoxical “uncle…
A South politician preaches to the poor white man, ‘You got more than...
“The real damage is done by those millions who want to ‘survive.’ The honest men...”
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Sophie Scholl: Die letzten Tage (2005). Quote from Sophie Scholl, a student leader of the peaceful anti-government resistance group the White Rose in 1940s Germany. She was a biology major at the University of Munich. She was beheaded by the National Socialists in February, 1943. (via...
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From Montreal to Thailand: Coercive Retaliation Is... →
thai-madness:
Coercive retaliation is the nature of the state. It is used to force human beings into submission. The state is not the only institution that uses this tactic. The tactic of coercive retaliation should be opposed on all levels from a level of abuse between two individuals to the level of a state…