That is complete horseshit and you know it. I just made a statement and a decision. He's free to disagree with my assessment, and I'm free to not give a fuck. We're both free to move on with our lives. But then you…
I can't tell what you're trying to convey. You may just be trolling, of course. "The rule of law" sounds good and all, but you have to differentiate between laws that are only detrimental to us, and laws that would…
In reality, it's not that complicated. Here's all you need to know about the Constitution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngpsJKQR_ZE
> They are parasites That's right, and so are lawyers, accountants, and any other profession whose existence is predicated on the government making us jump through pointless bullshit hoops.
You're disingenuous so I'll just not bother anymore.
How does it matter?
> One thousand times NO. The rule of law applies to all equally. This is just your cognitive dissonance talking. You can say "NO" a million times, but Bradley Manning was just imprisoned without trial (and tortured for…
Look, the NSA as an organization, as a whole, is blatantly violating the Constitution, which is supposedly the most sacrosanct law of the nation. The fact that they don't care about what laws say doesn't get any clearer…
You're right to point out that the NSA doesn't give a fuck about the law, but.. > the rule of law is the point, it is a necessary condition for a civilized society and MOST ESPECIALLY the government needs to be bound by…
Payment fees are high and plentiful because banks are a state-maintained cartel everywhere. For example, it's outrageous that they charge us something like $30 - $60 for a wire transfer, but that's what happens when…
Yeah, that was seriously weird. No one needs an emoticon to tell himself his own mood. It could be useful for surveillance purposes though..
Alright. Well, we're talking about something that might be theoretically possible, but is impossible in practice. I don't think it matters.
Wow, that's just absurd.
So how does the 'optimization' work? :) I have no clue about physics, so I'm just curious.
The question is actually based on the false premise that value can be objectively measured/quantified. In fact, value is purely subjective. In other words, the value of 'Wikipedia consumption' is only what each…
Perhaps more clearly, GDP doesn't distinguish between productive and unproductive activity. The government could pay people to dig ditches and fill them back in, and that would contribute to the GDP even though it was a…
> if you're willing to spend enough energy, you can optimize the state an arbitrarily large system as you please Define "optimize" and "system"?
> I'm always a bit weary, when people rely on physics or rigid math to derive economic conclusions. You'll be delighted by Austrian Economics then: http://mises.org They start from some axioms on how humans actually…
If you take the idea of "getting rid of randomness" to its logical conclusion, it boils down to making the world deterministic. Does it make sense to pursue impossible goals? If not, does it make sense to philosophize…
Oh come on. We all know politicians break their promises and lie all the damn time. We all know there's massive surveillance everywhere, very much against the citizens' wishes. We all know politicians don't give a shit…
Dude, seriously. By that logic, it's unethical for you to buy anything, because something bad could have happened to someone along the production chain. That's a completely nonsensical view to take, because you just…
It's not "an ideology", by the way. It's simple truth, and I pointed to one element of why it's obvious: >> bureaucrats just aren't particularly prudent when they are using our money > Another view is that the so-called…
> If mass deforestation was so bad, no one would do it! /s Or production/mining with extreme environmental havoc How is that analogous to what I said? What is that "METASTABLE" nonsense? :P
Cute, but where would you draw the line? "You see, the government owns your car too, because you're driving on roads built by the government" "Oh but you see, clearly, based on the government deciding under what…
All of which could be much more efficiently provided by private enterprises competing in a free market. Strangely enough, bureaucrats just aren't particularly prudent when they are using our money.
That is complete horseshit and you know it. I just made a statement and a decision. He's free to disagree with my assessment, and I'm free to not give a fuck. We're both free to move on with our lives. But then you…
I can't tell what you're trying to convey. You may just be trolling, of course. "The rule of law" sounds good and all, but you have to differentiate between laws that are only detrimental to us, and laws that would…
In reality, it's not that complicated. Here's all you need to know about the Constitution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngpsJKQR_ZE
> They are parasites That's right, and so are lawyers, accountants, and any other profession whose existence is predicated on the government making us jump through pointless bullshit hoops.
You're disingenuous so I'll just not bother anymore.
How does it matter?
> One thousand times NO. The rule of law applies to all equally. This is just your cognitive dissonance talking. You can say "NO" a million times, but Bradley Manning was just imprisoned without trial (and tortured for…
Look, the NSA as an organization, as a whole, is blatantly violating the Constitution, which is supposedly the most sacrosanct law of the nation. The fact that they don't care about what laws say doesn't get any clearer…
You're right to point out that the NSA doesn't give a fuck about the law, but.. > the rule of law is the point, it is a necessary condition for a civilized society and MOST ESPECIALLY the government needs to be bound by…
Payment fees are high and plentiful because banks are a state-maintained cartel everywhere. For example, it's outrageous that they charge us something like $30 - $60 for a wire transfer, but that's what happens when…
Yeah, that was seriously weird. No one needs an emoticon to tell himself his own mood. It could be useful for surveillance purposes though..
Alright. Well, we're talking about something that might be theoretically possible, but is impossible in practice. I don't think it matters.
Wow, that's just absurd.
So how does the 'optimization' work? :) I have no clue about physics, so I'm just curious.
The question is actually based on the false premise that value can be objectively measured/quantified. In fact, value is purely subjective. In other words, the value of 'Wikipedia consumption' is only what each…
Perhaps more clearly, GDP doesn't distinguish between productive and unproductive activity. The government could pay people to dig ditches and fill them back in, and that would contribute to the GDP even though it was a…
> if you're willing to spend enough energy, you can optimize the state an arbitrarily large system as you please Define "optimize" and "system"?
> I'm always a bit weary, when people rely on physics or rigid math to derive economic conclusions. You'll be delighted by Austrian Economics then: http://mises.org They start from some axioms on how humans actually…
If you take the idea of "getting rid of randomness" to its logical conclusion, it boils down to making the world deterministic. Does it make sense to pursue impossible goals? If not, does it make sense to philosophize…
Oh come on. We all know politicians break their promises and lie all the damn time. We all know there's massive surveillance everywhere, very much against the citizens' wishes. We all know politicians don't give a shit…
Dude, seriously. By that logic, it's unethical for you to buy anything, because something bad could have happened to someone along the production chain. That's a completely nonsensical view to take, because you just…
It's not "an ideology", by the way. It's simple truth, and I pointed to one element of why it's obvious: >> bureaucrats just aren't particularly prudent when they are using our money > Another view is that the so-called…
> If mass deforestation was so bad, no one would do it! /s Or production/mining with extreme environmental havoc How is that analogous to what I said? What is that "METASTABLE" nonsense? :P
Cute, but where would you draw the line? "You see, the government owns your car too, because you're driving on roads built by the government" "Oh but you see, clearly, based on the government deciding under what…
All of which could be much more efficiently provided by private enterprises competing in a free market. Strangely enough, bureaucrats just aren't particularly prudent when they are using our money.