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http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/zaiq8/i_am_gov_gary_johnson_the_libertarian/
On September 11th of all dates.
On September 11th of all dates.
...and actually answer the hard questions?
Won't that stop you from achieving certain goals you have in your life? I mean, if you say "I hope one day I will be the greatest xy" then you will do everything do achieve this. If you say "I don't care how this ends up" and you don't care you won't achieve anything because there are other people who DO care and who are working to achieve a "certain end". And they probably will. Or at least more likely than you.
Well, we can recognize our desires and care about them. All I advocate is not chaining yourself to them. Create a certain level of friction, if you will.
"I will do everything to achieve this but I will still be happy if I don't."
I see hope as relying on certain ends for your pleasure. I think pleasure can be found everywhere at anytime.
If you let go of the desire of certain ends, hope becomes obsolete. Once you can embrace any end, any eternity, absolute freedom is achieved.
"Hope is another fraudulent method of evading the Absurd, and by not having hope, one is motivated to live every fleeting moment to the fullest."
"Hope is another fraudulent method of evading the Absurd, and by not having hope, one is motivated to live every fleeting moment to the fullest."
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/zaiq8/i_am_gov_gary_johnson_the_libertarian/
On September 11th of all dates.
On September 11th of all dates.
Well I tend to use the moniker Mutualist or simply "Anarchist" (without any adjectives) to describe my views.
My one grip with Libertarianism isn't really with the ideology itself but many of the followers of said ideology. You see I have a problem with what Roderick Long calls "Left-Right Conflation-ism" and Kevin Carson calls "Vulgar Libertarianism".
An example of this would be how some view modern day "Corporations" who buy political power. Those institutions are not legitimate. Their wealth was made by way of utilizing means not accessible to any of us. They also tend to be safe from Market competition due to regulations they've purchased. Simply chalking it off as "well they did the best they could under the current conditions" does not cut it.
Their wealth ought to be stripped from them, as we do with bureaucrats and others Statists, the moment Freed Markets takes shape. They are enemies of Liberty and Freed Markets.
My one grip with Libertarianism isn't really with the ideology itself but many of the followers of said ideology. You see I have a problem with what Roderick Long calls "Left-Right Conflation-ism" and Kevin Carson calls "Vulgar Libertarianism".
An example of this would be how some view modern day "Corporations" who buy political power. Those institutions are not legitimate. Their wealth was made by way of utilizing means not accessible to any of us. They also tend to be safe from Market competition due to regulations they've purchased. Simply chalking it off as "well they did the best they could under the current conditions" does not cut it.
Their wealth ought to be stripped from them, as we do with bureaucrats and others Statists, the moment Freed Markets takes shape. They are enemies of Liberty and Freed Markets.
I agree Corporations are in the same league as Governments. Same abuse of power when you get to the depths of it.
Sure, but only to an extent. I can walk out of walmart without spending a dime. Try "not spending" on sending other people's kids to school and paying those public teacher bureaucracies. See how far that gets you and if you don't have men showing up at your house with guns taking your house from you because you "owe" them.
I don't see any walmart cops grabbing people off the sidewalks and dragging them into the store because they "owe" walmart for shelving and stocking all these products on behalf of the public.
Wal-mart is one of the lesser evils when it comes to corporatism. They act more like clouty market participants than anything.
I look more to Monsanto and BP who bribe their way to government benefits and bailouts.
For instance, Monsanto evades Puerto Rico's constitutional land limit by using several LLC names. They are looking for a monopoly on Puerto Rico agriculture.
Everybody else is forced to follow the rules.
He supports American sovereignty and, as he as stated, will not back-up Israel in a war against Iran/Palestine/etc.
Since Obama has proven not be a full-out globalist and he will not listen to the Zionists when spoken to, powerful people will do everything to make sure he is not re-elected.
I'm calling it right here: Obama will not win in November whether it be because of the electoral vote, voting manipulation or otherwise.
TLDR Zionists.
Since Obama has proven not be a full-out globalist and he will not listen to the Zionists when spoken to, powerful people will do everything to make sure he is not re-elected.
I'm calling it right here: Obama will not win in November whether it be because of the electoral vote, voting manipulation or otherwise.
TLDR Zionists.
Well I tend to use the moniker Mutualist or simply "Anarchist" (without any adjectives) to describe my views.
My one grip with Libertarianism isn't really with the ideology itself but many of the followers of said ideology. You see I have a problem with what Roderick Long calls "Left-Right Conflation-ism" and Kevin Carson calls "Vulgar Libertarianism".
An example of this would be how some view modern day "Corporations" who buy political power. Those institutions are not legitimate. Their wealth was made by way of utilizing means not accessible to any of us. They also tend to be safe from Market competition due to regulations they've purchased. Simply chalking it off as "well they did the best they could under the current conditions" does not cut it.
Their wealth ought to be stripped from them, as we do with bureaucrats and others Statists, the moment Freed Markets takes shape. They are enemies of Liberty and Freed Markets.
My one grip with Libertarianism isn't really with the ideology itself but many of the followers of said ideology. You see I have a problem with what Roderick Long calls "Left-Right Conflation-ism" and Kevin Carson calls "Vulgar Libertarianism".
An example of this would be how some view modern day "Corporations" who buy political power. Those institutions are not legitimate. Their wealth was made by way of utilizing means not accessible to any of us. They also tend to be safe from Market competition due to regulations they've purchased. Simply chalking it off as "well they did the best they could under the current conditions" does not cut it.
Their wealth ought to be stripped from them, as we do with bureaucrats and others Statists, the moment Freed Markets takes shape. They are enemies of Liberty and Freed Markets.
I agree Corporations are in the same league as Governments. Same abuse of power when you get to the depths of it.
People do not like libertarianism because it makes their lives harder. It does not support the view that Americans are better and more deserving of a disproportionate share of the world's resources. It does not use the state to create benefits for a specific group of people. It does not shift the costs of now onto the future. It does not allow people to use the power of the state to stop unpopular ideas, criticism, or offensive material. It does not allow the majority to enforce morality through law.
It is not a fun way of life. Imagine living someplace where the state had no moral control over actions and behaviors that do not violate the rights of others? It would be total chaos. People could enter into legal relationships with those of the same sex or people that they are related to. People could use illegal drugs. they could sell organs. Maybe they would be saying things that you find offensive.
That would be a terrible place. The state exists to serve me. I am owed everything and no one should ever do anything that offends or inconveniences me.
It is not a fun way of life. Imagine living someplace where the state had no moral control over actions and behaviors that do not violate the rights of others? It would be total chaos. People could enter into legal relationships with those of the same sex or people that they are related to. People could use illegal drugs. they could sell organs. Maybe they would be saying things that you find offensive.
That would be a terrible place. The state exists to serve me. I am owed everything and no one should ever do anything that offends or inconveniences me.
I have a feeling Bitcoin and its Black markets are going to be like old Russia.
The various dissident enterprises that form from the Bitcoin underworld will eventually overthrow those in power bringing things back to equilibrium.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QAJwINlqvyI#t=987s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QAJwINlqvyI#t=987s
Bitcoin vs. Liberty Reserve: http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin,+liberty+reserve&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
Bitcoin vs. Dwolla: http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin,+dwolla&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
So it's not all bad.
Bitcoin vs. Dwolla: http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin,+dwolla&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
So it's not all bad.
http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin,+paypal,+dwolla,+liberty+reserve&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
Bitcoin has a long way to go. Our best google trends performance was last year but we had nothing to show for it. Look where we still are today.
Bitcoin has a long way to go. Our best google trends performance was last year but we had nothing to show for it. Look where we still are today.
16 TRILLION DOLLARS on the backs of Americans lent globally at 0% interest.
The Federal Reserve is doing such a grand job. Yes, let's keep it independent. There is no reason why the American citizenry should interfere through Congress. 
http://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2012/09/first-audit-in-the-federal-reserves-nearly-100-year-history-were-posted-today-the-results-are-startling-2449770.html
http://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2012/09/first-audit-in-the-federal-reserves-nearly-100-year-history-were-posted-today-the-results-are-startling-2449770.html
Thank you for exposing and toppling the insecure and poorly-managed investment program that was Bitcoin Savings and Trust. By sensing something was wrong, alerting the community and causing a bank run, you let BTCST deflate before getting much larger and becoming a larger threat to the Bitcoin community.
Bitlane, you may have reduced the loss. We could of lost far more than $5 million dollars in Bitcoins if Pirate continued to operate and borrow money.
You have served us well.
Bitlane, you may have reduced the loss. We could of lost far more than $5 million dollars in Bitcoins if Pirate continued to operate and borrow money.
You have served us well.
Quote from #btcst @ 7:18PM PST, August 31st:
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<@pirateat40> Total Accounts Repaid: 22/459 (subject to required information)
only 96% of the coins left to pay back
oh wait those were the tiny accounts he paid off first?
only 99.999% go to!
The gesture is referred to as the Good Zhou.
submitted to Urban Dictionary
Re: The real reason for this decline: Monday is a Federal holiday.
Everyone is betting on people cashing out desperately on the cheap on Monday due to little to no US dollars coming in. The current sells are just early claims on that event.
at this point theirs so much cash in mtgox, weekends really dont make any difference...
Best to just judge people on the content of their arguments instead of some concept of identity.
Identity as a basis for trust is over rated.
Identity as a basis for trust is over rated.
When people change their identity it is not possible to judge them on the content of their argument as when they changed their identity they also dissociate themselves with their previous arguments.
A way to do it, that I'm sure is going to be deeply unpopular, is to charge a registration fee. Although this would not completely remove sockpuppets it would at lest impose a cost on them. The fees could be used for the good of the community.
Yes, previous arguments are very relevant to future and different arguments. People should fully live under the burden of their history. Nothing should be forgiven or forgotten.
Forgiveness will only lead to a society without justice.
Forgiveness is a vital component of justice. If nothing is ever forgiven, no justice can be had.
People should stand by their previous statements, and own the ones they want to make, but if we never forgive, how can we move on? It's the simple wisdom of "Apology accepted."
My point exactly. I was being sarcastic.