Of trying to change things? We all die anyways, and even if we could accomplish anything, it would all change in a hundred years.
At most, I think only 5% of the adult population would need to stop cooperating to have real change.
existentialist?
do we get free cheezeburger in socielism?
Because we can.
The fallacies of intellectual communism, a compilation - On the nature of power
Because we must
Irish Liberty Forum
MatthewWilliam: Because we must
Why? Everything will just change tomorrow.
For the sake of the world, I cannot stand idely by knowing that ideas that I hold could very well lead to further liberty and prosperity.
Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found.
- Edmund Burke
I plan to live forever.
a platonic charisma:I plan to live forever.
I can dig that. I'd be happy living indefinitely, so long as there are new horizons to visit.
Spideynw: Of trying to change things? We all die anyways, and even if we could accomplish anything, it would all change in a hundred years.
If you really believe that then I must ask why you're writing this post, after all, doesn't the same apply?
"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"
Bob Dylan
GilesStratton:If you really believe that then I must ask why you're writing this post, after all, doesn't the same apply?
No, I am not trying to change things with this thread.
Keynes: In the long run we are all dead
The difference between libertarianism and socialism is that libertarians will tolerate the existence of a socialist community, but socialists can't tolerate a libertarian community.
You made me quote Keynes!
man acts...
why? because he seeks to improve his world. to change it.
your post demonstrates a desire to change something.........(however minor)
Where there is no property there is no justice; a proposition as certain as any demonstration in Euclid
Fools! not to see that what they madly desire would be a calamity to them as no hands but their own could bring
Stranger: Because we can.
Yes we can!
Thedesolateone: You made me quote Keynes!
I was thinking the same thing, beat me to it by half an hour.
Because it is the right thing to do.
May your chains set lightly upon you.
Where I come from, the women don't glow, but the men definitely plunder.
"Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no one can find a safe way out for himself if society is sweeping towards destruction. Therefore, everyone, in his own interests, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle. None can stand aside with unconcern; the interests of everyone hangs on the results. Whether he chooses or not, every man is drawn into the greatest historical struggle, the decisive battle into which our epoch has plunged us." – Ludwig von Mises
Conza88: "Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no one can find a safe way out for himself if society is sweeping towards destruction. Therefore, everyone, in his own interests, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle. None can stand aside with unconcern; the interests of everyone hangs on the results. Whether he chooses or not, every man is drawn into the greatest historical struggle, the decisive battle into which our epoch has plunged us." – Ludwig von Mises
This +1
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fezwhatley:existentialist?
An existentialist (if there is such a thing, heh) would respond because you choose to.
Spideynw: GilesStratton:If you really believe that then I must ask why you're writing this post, after all, doesn't the same apply? No, I am not trying to change things with this thread.
Then why are you posting?
To ask the question and see people's answers. Not to change things in any political or social sense.
Brainpolice: To ask the question and see people's answers. Not to change things in any political or social sense.
Right, in which case apply the same logic to why we should change things.