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General / Re: Time to introduce myself... I'm a left libertarian

« on: February 04, 2011, 09:22:48 PM »

I agree, I don't think government is the only threat to freedom though. >_> It's not that I disagree with NAP as much as I'm skeptical of what it implies.

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General / Re: Time to introduce myself... I'm a left libertarian

« on: February 04, 2011, 04:19:51 AM »

Oh yeah btw I'm an anarcho-capitalist, and I used to have more left-anarchist leanings. These days its all about the Non-Aggression Principle. If you havent heard of it check it out.

Reminds me of Locke's Harm Principle. I think I used to subscribe to NAP in essence, but these days I'm a little skeptical about taking that at face value. Probably because of the unsustainability of it. I don't think theoretical anarchism is unworkable, but if it's governed by non-aggression, I feel like aggression will inevitably arise and then you'll have no tools or organization to fight it.

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General / Re: Time to introduce myself... I'm a left libertarian

« on: February 04, 2011, 04:12:51 AM »

Howdy.

Many labels in your intro... so, what is it that prevents you from just skipping all the stages and getting straight to anarchy?

I really should. I think that's where I'm inevitably headed, ideologically, and I guess I'm just trying to grab onto everything I can on the way. 

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General / Re: The Tunisian revolt spreads to Egypt

« on: February 04, 2011, 04:09:28 AM »

This is exactly why I am not all the excited about the timing of these uprising. People all over the globe are not ready for them and each and everyone will end with worse conditions.

Granted, this is just one protester in one country. But, who can not imagine the same sort of list being demanded by an American if this shit was happening here? Governments have greatly reduced the ability of people to reason to the point these uprising are gonna make things far far worse.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see each and every government all over the world come to a violent end, along with the actual individuals that make up those governments. But that violence should have a real goal to move towards.

If/when this shit happens here it would be better to head for the hills and disappear during the confusion rather than joining in. The end result is not going to be to our liking.

"Fuck Mubarak" seems like a pretty coherent goal to me. 

Evidence of what I have stated above can be seen in the regulations government places on business. If they truly loved business, they wouldnt feel the need to regulate the hell out of them at every turn. It is the government that places words like "Yeah, we gotta get them rich people to pay their fair share!!!!!" in peoples heads and out of their mouths. So when the government regulates business people cheer and praise the govt for "doing something" about the percieved problem.

i really dont think we disagree on much here.

What's so great about business?

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General / Re: The Tunisian revolt spreads to Egypt

« on: February 03, 2011, 02:24:47 PM »

If you're saying Egyptian government intervention caused their problems then it sounds like their anger is well directed. I guess when Mubarak is overthrow and a true democracy is established, natural market forces will solve all their problems. >_>

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General / Re: Age

« on: February 03, 2011, 05:03:46 AM »

18

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General / Re: The Tunisian revolt spreads to Egypt

« on: February 03, 2011, 05:01:15 AM »

Among the protester demands:
Life
Liberty
Dignity
Higher Minimum Wage
End to rocketing food prices

...

Whoever foisted those last few on there should facepalm themselves..

What, those aren't legitimate things to be pissed off about?

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General / Re: Koch vs. Soros

« on: February 03, 2011, 04:59:35 AM »

You gotta love partisan bickering...

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General / Time to introduce myself... I'm a left libertarian

« on: February 03, 2011, 12:08:21 AM »

Going down the road of socialism or anarchism currently.

Why join a libertarian forum, then? Well, I started out as a vague anti-Bush Democrat until before the election, like many others, Ron Paul introduced me to libertarianism. I started listening to the FTL podcast around the same time. Since then, I've spent most of the Obama Administration redefining myself as a Goldwater Republican or a classical liberal or whatever else seemed interesting to me. Anyway, even though I haven't listened to the show in years, I thought it'd be educational to join an exclusively libertarian message board and shoot the shit here. I have the feeling people here are generally more intelligent and down to earth than other places I could have signed up on. So howdy.

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The Rubber Room - Not Safe for Work / Re: Joseph Farah gets "Anarchy" wrong

« on: February 02, 2011, 11:57:39 PM »

>_>

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General / Re: Vaccines

« on: January 30, 2011, 04:23:50 AM »

Actually, according to the description of this board, it is "anything goes," at least according to the description. And I like to get my information from many sources, including the medical community. Also, seeing that the topic currently above mine has to with breasts, I am going to run with the assumption that being somewhat off-topic is not a faux pas.

He didn't say don't ask here because it's off-topic, but because the internet is a terrible place for medical advice overall.

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General / Re: Al Jazeera

« on: January 30, 2011, 03:48:50 AM »

I've been hearing a lot about it the past month and got around to checking it out. Watched the Egypt coverage last night. I agree, very refreshing news source.