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November 08, 2013, 09:43:29 PM #3285
"The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be."
Lao Tzu
November 09, 2013, 04:29:17 PM #3286
This is from the link I posted in fail quotes

QuoteMeh. I was butthurt for like a minute then just pictured Pinkie as Alex Jones and was able to laugh....

>Climate change is a hoax?
The prediction models need more work....but of course it isn't a hoax. Anybody coming out of high school should know that, other things equal, if you emit a ton of carbon dioxide, it'll add to the greenhouse gases and trap heat. More so, there is more than enough empirical data to conclude the Earth is indeed getting warmer in the long-term. This doesn't mean; however, I have to agree with government policy regarding it, which reeks of oil corporations using regulations that don't even reduce carbon emissions to begin with to force smaller businesses out of the market.
>Poor people have refrigerators and food?
Well...in America they do. Higher standard of living and all. Based on accumulation of capital over decades. Moving on....
>Racial entitlement voting and liberal....oh fuck this. I'm skipping this part. It's pointless.
>Drones coming
I thought we could all agree the President's unwillingness to be clear on the drone program is unnerving...
>Death Camps
No. No death camps. Plenty of places for political prisoners, but you can find that in any nation. I would love to see the U.S government actually try to exterminate part of the population...
>No guns
Again, I thought we could all agree the U.S government's beefing up of its military and police force while trying to restrict firearms for citizens is concerning.
>Healthcare will kill us all
Given the current issues with it, I think we can logically say that Obamacare's misallocation of resources within the health insurance market will lead to people's health being at greater risk than before.

Kinda disheartening Being Liberal wants to portray us like this...especially in areas where we could all agree on common issues. Oh well...I don't expect much from the page to begin with.

#AppTRL
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November 13, 2013, 11:55:14 AM #3287
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Is it not glorious that we have the FDA to protect us from this stuff? Oh wait...
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537
November 13, 2013, 06:33:11 PM #3288
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November 14, 2013, 06:45:42 PM #3289
http://www.cracked.com/article_20705_5-ways-u.s.-democracy-more-rigged-than-you-think.html
I'm so shocked, I could die at any moment.  D :

Shane, I think that one's more relevant to you than it is me, but yeah, can't say I'm surprised by any of it.
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537
November 14, 2013, 06:48:22 PM #3290
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-awesome-things-with-inexplicably-bad-reputations/
#3 especially.  Cracked.com's on a roll today. :)
okay, #1 is a bit lame (more beating on MRAs, and crap).  And I don't even wear hats...
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537
November 14, 2013, 09:06:49 PM #3291
Anybody watching stosssels rise of  libertarians on fox busines now? ill probably post a link to the episode afterwords.
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November 15, 2013, 06:15:52 AM #3292
Quote from: surhotchaperchlorome on November 14, 2013, 06:45:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/article_20705_5-ways-u.s.-democracy-more-rigged-than-you-think.html
I'm so shocked, I could die at any moment.  D :

Shane, I think that one's more relevant to you than it is me, but yeah, can't say I'm surprised by any of it.

Notice how they use NC as an example of fraudulent districting...
November 15, 2013, 11:14:36 AM #3293
Quote from: MrBogosity on November 15, 2013, 06:15:52 AM
Notice how they use NC as an example of fraudulent districting...
I DID say it was more relevant to your interests.  And yeah, condolences. :(
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537
November 15, 2013, 11:27:55 AM #3294
Politics is the Mind-Killer by Eliezer Yudkowsky http://lesswrong.com/lw/gw/politics_is_the_mindkiller/

Some excerpts:

QuotePeople go funny in the head when talking about politics.  The evolutionary reasons for this are so obvious as to be worth belaboring:  In the ancestral environment, politics was a matter of life and death.  And sex, and wealth, and allies, and reputation...  When, today, you get into an argument about whether "we" ought to raise the minimum wage, you're executing adaptations for an ancestral environment where being on the wrong side of the argument could get you killed.

QuotePolitics is an extension of war by other means.  Arguments are soldiers.  Once you know which side you're on, you must support all arguments of that side, and attack all arguments that appear to favor the enemy side; otherwise it's like stabbing your soldiers in the back—providing aid and comfort to the enemy.  People who would be level-headed about evenhandedly weighing all sides of an issue in their professional life as scientists, can suddenly turn into slogan-chanting zombies when there's a Blue or Green position on an issue.

BTW, this is the same guy who wrote the Harry Potter fanfic I mentioned on the podcast awhile back. I'm rapidly becoming a fan! Especially after he said this:

Quote(And no, before anyone asks, I am not a Republican.  Or a Democrat.)
November 15, 2013, 11:34:39 AM #3295
So it sounds like if we existed back then, we'd have been killed.  Yet here we are today.  And probably more necessary than ever.
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537
November 15, 2013, 12:29:14 PM #3296
Quote from: surhotchaperchlorome on November 15, 2013, 11:34:39 AM
So it sounds like if we existed back then, we'd have been killed.  Yet here we are today.  And probably more necessary than ever.

It's certainly something to think about when a statist gives you that "We've always chosen a state throughout history" malarkey: those who didn't were usually killed.
November 15, 2013, 12:40:21 PM #3297
Quote from: MrBogosity on November 15, 2013, 12:29:14 PM
It's certainly something to think about when a statist gives you that "We've always chosen a state throughout history" malarkey: those who didn't were usually killed.
Indeed.  Hell, even at best that argument of theirs is a best game in town fallacy--or close to one if anything.  Well, in addition to status quo bias, appeal to tradition and popularity, but you get the idea.
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537
November 17, 2013, 01:27:04 PM #3298
Cool scottish guy talking about the facts about democratic socialism

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November 17, 2013, 06:02:13 PM #3299
Quote from: surhotchaperchlorome on November 15, 2013, 12:40:21 PM
Indeed.  Hell, even at best that argument of theirs is a best game in town fallacy--or close to one if anything.  Well, in addition to status quo bias, appeal to tradition and popularity, but you get the idea.

Additionally, I think it can be reasonably argued that we have not chosen the state throughout history; more often than not there was some individual or group of individuals that were stronger (in one way or the other) than everyone else in the community, and imposed their will on everyone else. In time, this evolved into a government-which in turn evolved into a state.

It's actually my one problem with setting up a libertarian community: I have no reason to believe anything different would happen.
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