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ok, well at least your distaste is aimed at the right thing, and not at mere scientist/technicians/engineers/entrepreneurs looking to nature for ideas.

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nirgrahamUK, of course I have no problem with looking at nature to design stuff, if private business should find it useful to do so. But the part of the video I saw was where he talked about how it's "crucial" that "we" create a solar economy.

 

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TIMES Interviews Robert Kiyosaki on "Conspiracy of the Rich"

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I made this for no reason.

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BramElias replied on Fri, Feb 18 2011 2:12 AM

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"I liked freedom before it was cool." Hehehe, nice. Why a picture of Tunisia and glasses?

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Nielsio replied on Fri, Feb 18 2011 12:53 PM

Creating a Free State: Filmmaker Christina Heller on Building a Libertopia in New Hampshire

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"I liked freedom before it was cool." Hehehe, nice. Why a picture of Tunisia and glasses?

Tunisia was technically the country that sparked the revolution(s) and protests in various middle east countries. People usually point to Egypt as the spark, but Tunisia had their little uprising before that. Hence, they "liked freedom before it was cool," it before it became a huge issue. And the glasses are just a symbol for "cool" I guess.

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nuksukow replied on Fri, Feb 18 2011 2:14 PM

It's a hipster meme. Basically, hipsters will be all into something (a band, for example) when it is "underground" and not that popular. Eventually, the thing becomes mainstream and the hipster is all like, "I liked so-and-so before it was cool." It's a street cred thing... or something. cheeky

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Nielsio replied on Fri, Feb 18 2011 9:05 PM

Conservation and Property Rights (by Murray N. Rothbard)

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1,000 libertarians moved to New Hampshire out of a population of 1,000,000; 0.1%.  Not looking very impressive at this point.

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BramElias replied on Sat, Feb 19 2011 6:54 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCXHbCYvzjI

 

Haha gotta love Football songs

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Nielsio replied on Sat, Feb 19 2011 8:24 PM

TOC 2011: Kevin Kelly, "Better than Free: How Value Is Generated in a Free Copy World"

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Nielsio replied on Sat, Feb 19 2011 8:51 PM

Conformity

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Nielsio replied on Sat, Feb 19 2011 9:25 PM

Robert Anton Wilson on Anarchism

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Nielsio replied on Sat, Feb 19 2011 11:06 PM

AlJazeera in North Korea

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Nielsio replied on Wed, Feb 23 2011 11:40 AM

Risk and Insurance: From Healthcare to Welfare (by Hans-Hermann Hoppe)

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Nielsio replied on Wed, Feb 23 2011 8:54 PM

This is pretty freaky:

 

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Nielsio replied on Fri, Feb 25 2011 11:42 AM

It's kinda freaky to hear Hullsman speak his native language.

 

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Thanks Nielsio for you contributions! Watched a couple of the vids over dinner, really liked the conformity video =)

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Nielsio replied on Sun, Feb 27 2011 11:05 AM

Jan Helfeld gives us another episode of political doublethink.

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Jan Helfeld has a freaky style some times in his interviews. He would keep repeating the same question over and over, even after the interviewee has frankly told him that he or she has no interest in answering the question. It's like a very creep kind of interrogation.

Jan Helfeld: Is a person justified in initiating force against someone who has not used force?

Bernie Sanders: I have told you five times I don't want to answer it.

Jan Helfeld: Is a person justified in initiating force against someone who has not used force?

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Nielsio replied on Mon, Feb 28 2011 8:32 AM

Are we running out of resources?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNwJ690VdNA

Woodrow Wilson and the twelve dollar bill.

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Nielsio replied on Mon, Feb 28 2011 1:24 PM

Under capitalism wouldn't "corporate organizations" be able to provide all of the physical protection necessary for their customers and or employees, making government unnecessary?

Whatever you are proposing it is not capitalism. The proper name for what you purpose is not 'corporations', but street gangs, who fund their business through extortion of their victims (which you would call 'customers'). Government is an agency with a monopoly on the power to legally use force in a specific geographic area. What you purpose are multiple agencies (what you incorrectly accuse to be private corporations) in the same geographic area, that have the power to use force subject to no rule of law: anarchism.

http://capitalism.org/faq/anarchism.htm

 

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These low content threads can become a bit of a heavy load. Maybe it would be better to post links instead of embedded videos.

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Nielsio replied on Mon, Feb 28 2011 5:01 PM

More embedding you say?

 

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Nielsio replied on Mon, Feb 28 2011 8:18 PM

The Philosophy of Liberty (remade)

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Paul replied on Wed, Mar 2 2011 6:49 AM

Congratulate me. After months of being in the forums (actually, more than two years), I finally figured out what these 'low content' threads are meant for.

Can't wait for the March low content thread.

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