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Well, in the interest of me and the people that might read hereafter (but mostly me) I'd like to see what wasn't addressed. :) At the end of the day I think we've established that the biggest libertarian detractors have put forward the following argument: 1.) Bitcoin is not money. (It's not used alot). a.) In spite of the fact that it
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If someone trully believed that the best society is one in which the most ditches were dug at all costs then yes, you would have no argument. Instead, you should inquire what that person values and then explain why a libertarian society would provide it better than any other.
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[quote user="Hashem"] I don't think punishment can be justified. [/quote] Anything in the universe can be justified, it's called rationalization , but as Clayton pointed out there's going to be an agreement between a victim and perpetrator in order to avoid violent conflict (unresolved). You're right in that there's likely
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[quote] The probelm arises is that there is no way to "reconstruct" anything sociological in any conceivable way. [/quote] That's where I fundamentally disagree. One can not only understand society and markets while including pathological behavior, but some parts of society and markets can only be explained by pathology. Trying to seperate
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By the way, I'm not defending the injustices of the drug war that is foisted upon Blacks, or the insane way government handles immigration, but Wells Fargo is obviously going to discriminate based on what the government has done to these groups of people.
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Of course it's a pathology, of course it's abnormal, of course the brain is working in a very peculiar manner, but there's no reason to seperate this behavior from "human action". Pathological behavior need not, and should not, be removed from market/moral calculation. Very bizarre pathological values and goals do occasionally
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http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/12/12703799-wells-fargo-pays-175m-to-settle-race-discrimination-probe#comments So Wells Fargo recently settled its "crime" of discriminating by paying out 125 million dollars. Why? Because Hispanics and Blacks accepted sub-prime mortgages from them. Yes, the great crime of Wells Fargo was giving
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[quote user="MoonShadow"] Some of you bitcoin supporters are worse than opponents. [/quote] Excel isn't a supporter as far as I'm aware, unless you're referring to someone else? [quote user="GotLucky"] And that's the problem, most people don't want it, and they don't have a reason to want it. So it cannot
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[quote user="Malachi"] Bitcoin is money, its just not the right money for me. [/quote] Well, I can't knock you for that, well I can, but, there's no use. haha.
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@Malachi That's purely definitional then. You're saying that Bitcoins can't be money because money must have an industrial use. Then I guess when a cryptocurrency becomes the dominant medium of exchange we'll just be without money. When Bitcoins are as commonly used a Gold, there will be just as little risk. (Gold is not without risk