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[quote user="Michael Lagoy"] Hello everyone. I've been a daily reader of these forums for a few days, and I decided to join today. Joining new forums is never easy for me. What to say, what to contribute to, who to talk to, etc. always stump me, but I'm glad to be here. I've been a libertarian for four years, but I spent much of
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Does the economic calculation problem apply to so-called "market socialism"?
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It just seemed like unnecessary contention, whether you'd call it 'nitpicking' or not. I clarified what I stood for, in a minarchist sense, in my first post. I failed to see how any further definitions of government were necessary, given the clarity of that first post. Regardless, I apologize for reacting in the way that I did. For those
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Little late in that reply, but okay. Are we passed that now, I hope? Okay, good.
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No where specific. Just the general tone. I often think that of nitpickers/argumentative types (of which I am admittedly one). People often think I am too sensitive to tone, though. They're probably right.
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I appreciate that. :)
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For the sake of brevity and ending a completely ridiculous argument over a non-existent problem: Yes, I will concede to the fact that a state, usually bound territorially, is an entity monopolizing the initiatory use of force . Further, I see no functional distinction between the terms "state" and "government." Following my own reasoning
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I'm not a statist. I spend most of my time online (and much of it off) trying to educate people about the lack of need for a state, at least in its current form. If the state is, without exception, an entity which has a monopoly of force through law enforcement/national defense, then the state is immoral and must be opposed. I will be the first
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Haha. Look at all the intellectual children validating themselves and acting as though they're important. Building yourselves up and pretending to have valid points when all of your points were addressed in my first two posts is ridiculous and childish, but expected. Yes, I know how 'government' is defined here. I also know that I clarified
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"Talking about a mass manipulation of people to "do the right thing" is hardly comforting food for thought." Where did I talk about manipulation?