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Type: Posts; User: a500lbgorilla
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IME = In My Estimation?
Yes, when it's all laid bare and you're leaving this world, and those that gravitated toward you leave you because they abhor your degenerative weakness, you will remember...
Most comfortable, imo.
People can't worry about everything. You check in with the guy that understands your organs, you want him to tell you your organs in shape.
Yeah, because everyone has an entire life to live. They have kids and interests and desires...
If you can punch through someone with great insurance, why not?
Yeah, work produces sweat which is the best of its pollutants.
Changing the rules is always an effective tact. But sometimes you have to let life breathe.
Devil's avocado for a moment.
Why do either of us know about Roger Federer?
Generals who tell their leaders they can't win, don't get the job. Generals that tell their leaders they can however...
I forgot about fuedalism
Geography, people, resources, climate.
All more important than -isms.
Barry Schwartz blows Capitalism out of the fucking water.
https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice#
So it's really a secondary motive.
There are a few thumbs up posts in this thread, so I'll just do a broadcast thumbs up.
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I think I know, and it is definitely interesting to explore.
So what is the profit motive?
Is the profit motive what drives you to eat each day? Is the profit motive what drives you to shelter...
Sure, why does it seem to happen every time?
An accident that happens every time. See US, Hong Kong, Singapore.
Nothing happens because it's impossible. I remember some dude said that Europe would never go to war because they were all making too much money - smash cut - WW1 - WW2.
No, you're just so...
Economics is Philosophy.
Pick up any real science and see the difference.
Why States won't implement a sustained free market:
States must maintain internal stability to maintain its ability to wage war. The State has an incentive to reallocate its resources to maintain...
Why governments will always exist:
In Anarchy, violence enjoys primacy. Anyone with an edge in violence will reap benefits in every other corner of life. The marketplace can not defeat Anarchy's...
Pretty surprised you can't answer the second question. Capitalism has a mechanism for wealth-accrual. The most successful become the wealthiest. Wealth means the ability to command more work and...
And public outcry is another example of how the people can cause undue harm. Look at that one professor who was fired because people took a joke of his out of context.
Donald Trump is so popular...
He said that to calm the crowds and you hear it as another victory for the power of the decentralized hive.
Yeah, people are stupid.
But people are stupid, though.
PS and you and I are absolutely included in 'people' here.
So, we just need politics to resolve itself? And never again will we see that shadow of human nature?
edit Dbags like this price-jacking guy are gonna exist. This trick might not fly, but someone...