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Of course, the tragedy is that the paradigm-shifting paper falls to the wayside, because the front page is splashed with the headline: Social Engineer Demonstrates Causal Relationship.
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Paradigm-shifting paper... I can see the headlines now: Idealogical Shocker! New Report Answers Question of How Social Order Comes About Through Hand of Government, Rights and Liberties Maintained. Turns out it was hot dogs. The answer was in hot dog production all along.
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"Government spending during WW2 put people to work," It does that now. "put money in their pockets," It does that now. "stimulated private spending and investment," It does that now. Are you saying this is always a good thing? "created demand for more products," Can you expound on how the demand is created. You're
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"And really, an employer can only make a profit if conditions outside the workplace are such that it is reasonable for a laborer to sell their time. Given the choice, most people would rather be in the position of employers than employees" Unless they have an easy, high-paying job. "unless we start using gross justifications about how
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"I am not trolling, but you have picked up on the paradoxical nature of defining capitalism as voluntary trade. Defining capitalism as "voluntary trade" leads us to this: Capitalism is voluntary trade All anarchists support voluntary trade (which would include socialist anarchists) Socialist anarchists are capitalists. Now do you see
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Religion is not necessarily designed to be libertarian. Put that aside, however. Would a libertarian go around telling someone they aren't allowed to be religious? If anything, the libertarian, if indeed he or she does believe that we can live our lives freely, should not object to someone being religious, socialist, a constant drooler, or whatever
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I'm choosing to believe that part and nothing else, because that would be cool.
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Voluntary taxation.
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So from your view, why should we be bothered about death? ("We" shouldn't. Again, it's subjective. Perhaps I have things I want to try and accomplish, and so I am bothered by the idea of my own demise. But I in no way imply that this is the feeling of every other being. It's weird...you keep arguing points about subjectivity while
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Coercion is unavoidable in some form. Let us, however, take an example and boil it down. Suppose you are starving, and a man owns a storehouse full of apples. In the interest of self-preservation, you steal apples and eat them. In the sense that we assume people are justified in trying to live, the coercive forces are present in three places. First