Have you ever read or heard something so ridiculous that it made you face palm so hard you (hopefully metaphorically) smashed your nose into your brain and sustained irreversible brain damage?
This thread is to immortalize those comments, verbal or written, composed of enough earth-collapsing ignorance to single handedly rip a black hole in reality large enough to devour our universe through its vacuous, unadulterated stupidity.
"Intrinsic value, as money."
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It's easy to refute an argument if you first misrepresent it. William Keizer
Stand back bitches, Neo's got this.
This was the greatest quote I've ever heard. I was speechless. It was the only think anyone's ever said to me that ended the discussion in its tracks.
"Freer markets mean higher taxes"
-BOSS
"Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society." - What the IRS building says
"In the society that the Zeitgeist Movement will create, everyone will have their own Central Bank, so you can just print your wealth and nobody will be poor." - Zeitgeist Guy
Okay, so that last one was me paraphrasing, but it's true, that's what they believe. Even I know more about economics than those lummoxes.
"Things would have been much worse if the government hadn't intervened."
"we are from the government and we're here to help"
That is IMPLIED value. Meaning that people will imply a higher or lower value based on emotions. That doesn't change what the ACTUAL value of the item is.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..."
Euthydemus:
"If you will answer my questions, said Dionysodorus, I will soon extract the same admissions from you, Ctesippus. You say that you have a dog. Yes, a villain of a one, said Ctesippus. And he has puppies? Yes, and they are very like himself. And the dog is the father of them? Yes, he said, I certainly saw him and the mother of the puppies come together. And is he not yours? To be sure he is. Then he is a father, and he is yours; ergo, he is your father, and the puppies are your brothers."
"Capitalism kills."
fakename:Euthydemus: "If you will answer my questions, said Dionysodorus, I will soon extract the same admissions from you, Ctesippus. You say that you have a dog. Yes, a villain of a one, said Ctesippus. And he has puppies? Yes, and they are very like himself. And the dog is the father of them? Yes, he said, I certainly saw him and the mother of the puppies come together. And is he not yours? To be sure he is. Then he is a father, and he is yours; ergo, he is your father, and the puppies are your brothers."
The sophistry, it burns...
The keyboard is mightier than the gun.
Non parit potestas ipsius auctoritatem.
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... Please tell me that there was some pun in the original Greek text, because that seems so unintelligent as to be the sort of wordplay used by five year olds that just isn't that clever...
Rabid Obama supporter girl: "So you're a libertarian? That's just such a cop out from real issues."
Highschool girl after I was arguing against conscription: "You're such a communist"
Random hippie: "I don't eat beef because cows could’ve evolved to the point where they have a conscience if humans hadn't been eating them this whole time"
Random hippie ahead by a mile.
Willy Truth: Rabid Obama supporter girl: "So you're a libertarian? That's just such a cop out from real issues."
Anyone wanna guess what she means?
"2008 Housing Crisis was caused by the Free Market" or, anytime anything goes wrong "Free Market Fixed it Again!"
The Anarch is to the Anarchist what the Monarch is to the Monarchist. -Ernst Jünger
In surveys people consider the Star Trek Federation to be a model of perfect human society. Oddly enough. It's also an example of pure communism.
"Libertarians? Oh yeah, they're conservatives alright. They are just conservatives who smoke pot."
I thought that most scarcity was non-existent in the Star Trek universe. Property (capital) is only needed when there's conflict over it.
Also from Star Trek - the needs of the many outweight the needs of the one.
In the next movie they also said the reverse, though.
They’re called fascists, just like Michael Savage. No, fuck you. Way to go conflating a voluntarily chosen ideological position with a forced condition of economic servitude. Please teach us how to be bourgeois insurrectionists! I steal internet from a hacked DSL gateway. I haven’t said a single thing I am ashamed of.
"if you truly believe in depriving two people of their legal equality then you are a terrible human being and whatever heaven you believe in isn't worth that"
"I'm the type of person who thinks everything can be fixed by zoning" I'd like to hear the fantastical justification for that one.
"Taxation advances civilization"
"The fed is bad because its a privately owned bank"
“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.”
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What don't you understand about the principle of a free market with BASIC REGULATIONS. Not unreasonable regulations like these, but BASIC REGULATIONS?
It's like, we think we're so civilized and smart, but really, we're like the most regressive and primitive species there is, man.
Taken from the FB page "Psychadelic Adventure"...
Yeah, we need to do it like the animals do, and have death matches to see who gets to keep living at all. Pay with your life!
"By continually advocating for the freedoms that benefit rich white dudes most first and foremost, we lose legitimacy in the eyes of people who care about other victims." -- Cathy Riesenwitz, commenting on the "Freedom in the 50 States" report
Bad assumptions, bad reasoning, bad grammar...it's got it all.
paraphrase: We can't have too much money in the economy now, because I've never met anyone with too much money.
"I enjoy satire and parody, but I wonder if shows like South Park and Beavis and Butt-Head don't add to the cynicism and negativity in our culture, especially in children." - Barbara Streisand
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Also:
"Marginal utility is that place where the washing machine is, right?"
Re: Boston Marathon bombing
Q: What is an English Literature Major going to grad school's biggest fear?
A: An entry level job position
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"As in a kaleidoscope, the constellation of forces operating in the system as a whole is ever changing." - Ludwig Lachmann
"When A Man Dies A World Goes Out of Existence" - GLS Shackle
Good friend of mine, RE: Boston Bombing
"I bet theres some north koreans living in the US soaking up all of its benefits and their the ones behind this today"
"there are no such things as 'terror groups' any and all bombings are the result of government false flags. Proof!??! you are an apologist!!"
vive la insurrection: Q: What is an English Literature Major going to grad school's biggest fear? A: An entry level job position I make funny
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."
A fail comment on one of my videos:
Lets say there has never been a law stating that killing other people is wrong and should be punished. Then how would you know that is wrong and it is the believe of majority of other people? It is only wrong because some point in the past some law maker made that law.
Government Explained 2: The Special Piece of Paper
Law without Government
Graham Wright: A fail comment on one of my videos: Lets say there has never been a law stating that killing other people is wrong and should be punished. Then how would you know that is wrong and it is the believe of majority of other people? It is only wrong because some point in the past some law maker made that law.
You're the narrator? I've enjoyed a few of those videos, but I didn't know that the creator was on here.
Yes I am the narrator. Glad you enjoyed them.