What are people's thoughts on starting local Mises Clubs/Reading Circle-type organizations to not only meet up with fellow Miseians, but to branch out of the Mises Institute to spread the word through local organizations? Or, is this already happening?
I am interested in Mises dating. I'm looking for my Margit.
Liberte? Are you still around? ;)
There's meetup.com, where C4L and the LP have presences. You could make a meetup that not necessarily about political action.
To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process. Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!" Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake."
Grassroots for Mises
Unfortunately, so far, horrible place to meet girls. ;)
liberty student:I am interested in Mises dating. I'm looking for my Margit.
Everytime I hear something like this I'm reminded of the email exchange Walter Block shared with a former student whose girlfriend cried when he told her he didn't think people had a right to food. He offered some time-earned insight on the plight of young libertarians:
...it is tough to be a young male libertarian. At most gatherings where they frequent, the male—female ratio is about ten or twenty to one. For example, at the recent Mises University (look at the picture; see how many women you can find), my estimate is that there were almost 200 students; about 15 or so of them were female. (Hint for young ladies: a word to the wise is sufficient.) Nor is this merely a modern problem for male libertarians. Things have always been this way; I can attest to this, at least from 1962, when I first became a libertarian. What to do? Well...
...it is tough to be a young male libertarian. At most gatherings where they frequent, the male—female ratio is about ten or twenty to one. For example, at the recent Mises University (look at the picture; see how many women you can find), my estimate is that there were almost 200 students; about 15 or so of them were female. (Hint for young ladies: a word to the wise is sufficient.) Nor is this merely a modern problem for male libertarians. Things have always been this way; I can attest to this, at least from 1962, when I first became a libertarian.
What to do? Well...
I highly recommend reading the whole email. That whole post is actually quite enlightening.
I would be interested in Austrian meet ups in London. I know meetup.com has an Austrian meet up in London but it only has a few members :| . I have been meaning to join it for a while. I think they do study groups etc.
http://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Meetup
Yes, being a libertarian unfortinately makes you a cruel hearthless chauvinistic arrogant bastard in the eyes of females some times. I've gotten into quite a few tuffles about wage discrimination and apparently my attitude towards the poor is "harsh", but the arguements never boil down to economic ones (because then I'd be right) but more about how I could even concieve of a world where females might have lower wages than males. I've think it doesn't help that economics in general doesn't seem like a major alot of females sign up for because they aren't interested (in my view).
Luckily though my birthday is coming up, and one of my friends jokingly ordered the Rothbard T shirt, so I should have teh babes swarming over me in no time :P
Wait, how is that a joke? That's just a good present. No joking.
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Yes, being a libertarian unfortinately makes you a cruel hearthless chauvinistic arrogant bastard in the eyes of females some times.
@BlackNumero
That should work in your favor, women like jerks.
BransonBow:Yes, being a libertarian unfortinately makes you a cruel hearthless chauvinistic arrogant bastard in the eyes of females some times. @BlackNumero That should work in your favor, women like jerks.
Unfortunately, not the right kind of jerk.
Females are attracted to jerks arent they?
Thtas y in my school and all other schools, all the hot girls hang out with the bastards who treat them like shit.
Best dating advice:
“Since people are concerned that ‘X’ will not be provided, ‘X’ will naturally be provided by those who are concerned by its absence.""The sweetest of minds can harbor the harshest of men.”
http://voluntaryistreader.wordpress.org
The Professor? Looks like someone just earned a few cool points.