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Drew Posted: Sun, Feb 6 2011 12:41 AM

I'm sorry if I get a bit annoying with all my question asking and all.

But is this mr1001nights the youtube user everyone is talking about?

Most of his videos are...well...check it out.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPUvQZ3rcQ&feature=related

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Yes, that's the one often referred to here.

He seems a nice guy, so I was wondering why he said that he was banned from Mises.Org forums in one of his videos I saw a long time back. He shouldn't have been, unless we don't tolerate open discussions with outsiders.

Additionally, I was bothered by how he wrote, "Please donate to support my work" on his user page. Jonathan M. F. Catalan, one of Mises website's most regular contributors, also has a "Please donate to support my work" on his blog and he is a young penniless student. So Mr1001Nights is presumably also a penniless student...or a penniless adult. The latter seems more likely, when he has made a documentary and is regularly involved in anarchist organizations, so he is probably much older.

Yes, I know what they all might say, "Why should I make money off the capitalist system? What's so great about making money?" But you know, when you have to live off donations to continue your day job, you perhaps indicate a lack of personal responsibility, which is a problem when you regularly speak of society's responsibility.

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Yes, I know what they all might say, "Why should I make money off the capitalist system? What's so great about making money?" But you know, when you have to live off donations to continue your day job, you perhaps indicate a lack of personal responsibility, which is a problem when you regularly speak of society's responsibility.

I agree and disagree with that statement. The first person who comes to my mind is Stefan Molyneux. He had a job before Freedomain Radio, but he took the job of a stay-at-home dad so he can run the website/etc. and take care of his daughter while his wife works full-time, and I respect that a lot. We just don't know the situation of the YouTube user.

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