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I remember GilesStratton (later hayekianxyz) turning from an Hoppean anarchist into a big-time statist. Inquisitor seeming like the most knowledgeable guy here, but leaving just after I came. Niccolò being a huge troll for Catholic anarchism. Brainpolice posting walls of text in every thread. Stranger being a shameless conservative and giving
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This is a very instructive article and I'm glad you linked it. It showcases very aptly why (serious) libertarianism and leftism won't get along; a true leftist will never rest until he can mold the world to fit his paradigms. Not even children's playtime is safe from their encroachments. It doesn't matter that their "gender = 100
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Whenever I'm debating the merits of capitalism with someone, at some point, they usually bring up the "fixed resources vs unlimited growth" talking point. I usually respond to this by saying that a market economy could function perfectly well in an equilibrium scenario where we have a fixed, non-growing annual amount of resources to work
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[quote user="thetabularasa"]and why, why, why are so many libertarians wanting a hereditary monarchy?![/quote] Because at least in American politics, family ties will get you far. You guys had a father and his son as presidents within less than 10 years, man. And after Bush II stepped down, you'd almost have gotten a husband-wife presidential
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It is pretty obvious that this person is trying their hardest to associate Mises et al with any bad word they can find. Your response was pretty good and similar to what I would've written, but the people running the Facebook page should simply delete such troll comments. Not because they should be afraid of "the truth", but because the
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What does mises.org think about privilege in its sociological sense? Do you believe your belonging to a certain sex, race or class has given you advantages that members of other sexes, races or classes have not enjoyed? If so, how do you expect to fix this in a "voluntarist" way?
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Isn't the main problem that the victims of human trafficking don't have their "documents" and hence can't comply with the identification requirements the state imposes to get anything done in this society, leaving only the handler as an institution to turn to?
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[quote user="Jon Irenicus"]Consequently, any choice to make matters "fairer" is equally the result of predispositions and experiences, which the society cannot choose to make since its constituent members cannot mak them[/quote] At any given point in time, true. However, ideological movements (whose members may have arrived at their
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[quote user="Jon Irenicus"]Are you leaping from the notion that "society" influences a person's choices to the notion that it "makes them" for the individual?[/quote] I'm a determinist, so I consider an individual's choice to be the result of predispositions and experiences, neither of which the individual has
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[quote user="gotlucky"]You saw it here first, folks. Apparently women aren't capable of making their own decisions, so society has to do it for them.[/quote] Maybe you came out of the womb with a copy of "Man, Economy and State" and based all your decisions on rationally deduced axioms. Good for you, then. That's not how