Yet they work for Amazon, so apparently however unsatisfying the conditions its better than the alternative. Amazon may take advantage of poverty, and...
It seems to me imposing on someone and forcing someone to undergo consequences is the same thing. I think what argues is that impositions are immoral ...
What concrete example do you have of either of those companies making people destitute? Governments are essentially bodies that hold monopolies on vio...
Theoretically, perhaps. I don't think we see that in practice. Are Amazon or Pfizer making people destitute? In a situation where a company is able to...
Okay, but I fear I will get no further than a psycho-analysis. And while those may sometimes be interesting and handy, they don't carry much weight as...
I'm not so sure about that. They can refuse to serve you, which can be problematic. They cannot take your lunch money, or throw you in jail, or send y...
Monopolies and large, centralized power whether in the hands of governments or cooperations is mostly bad. I think at least we can agree on that. Howe...
Well, people have had some silly ideas about right and wrong, so I don't see why that should be any concern of mine unless their ideas are supported b...
Sure. But one is the result of the voluntary exchange and association, the other of coercion. I'd say people who seek to coerce have a much larger bur...
No idea. I may just be very dumb and fail to see how their logic adds up. Insofar as is relevant to this discussion, no. Why would that be odd? Isn't ...
For a lot of those it is debatable whether they were achieved by government meddling, or whether their results were at all desirable. Anyway, my point...
I can't read people's minds. My impression based on the arguments that have been put forward suggest to me most are comfortable with keeping a double ...
Governments have been trying to solve socio-economic issues for ages, and they always fail. While not necessarily fixing the problems, the free exchan...
The trouble is that widening our understanding may lead to some of us having to concede they had no understanding to begin with, and that's an extreme...
About 2 or 3 days, I think. The first time I was able to access the site again I read about the new invite-only rule so I thought maybe it had to do w...
That is very strange then, but thanks for looking into it. The problem could be on my end, I suppose, but I'm not having difficulties on any other sit...
The site tries to load for about a minute and then times out. Occasionally, like now, it goes back to working fine, and then long periods of not being...
By willfully rolling that rock downhill, one caused an entity to come to be, whose will was disregarded. It's an act of force. You're attempting to hi...
That's irrelevant. The parents know that by their direct actions a child will come to be, and that child has no choice in whether it does or not. It's...
The parents willfully initiated a process which they knew would result in a person being born and thus forced to live. An act of force. Note that your...
To be born is to be forced by one's parents to live. That seems like such an obvious statement of fact that I'm struggling to understand why this is s...
It's a shame that after so many pages of discussion (including those in the other threads) we've essentially not moved beyond this point. No sane pers...
Collectivism may have some merit at the local level, where people cooperate voluntarily and the ties that group them together are tangible. However, t...
Unless one voluntarily took upon themselves the responsibility to take care of another's well-being, or is themselves the cause of another's suffering...
These worries are fair and understandable. Let me say the following: The prospect of no humans doesn't appeal to most humans. It doesn't appeal to me ...
Why would the existence of the human race even be on the individual's radar? They don't have an influence on whether the human race exists or not, nor...
That's usually the idea I get when people claim their actions are motivated towards the survival of the human race. What benevolent and great beings t...
It should be obvious that in such a scenario the United States may not want to defend Taiwan if it means sparking WWIII, hence they pursue strategic a...
Useless by what measure? Obviously they must find some use for it - entertainment or otherwise. Why else would people spend money on it? What do you b...
Those darned advertisers convincing people they need pointless luxuries! Wouldn't it be nice if we could take all of that money and instead use it for...
Taiwan, even according to official United States policy, is a part of China. This has been United States policy since 1972 was reaffirmed explicitly a...
Ah, one styles themselves the arbiter of who needs what. Spoken like a true 'collectivist'. China is an autocratic dictatorship. A big mess of repress...
As far as I know, the United States pursues a strategy of 'strategic ambiguity' in regards to Taiwan, meaning that they haven't made it explicitly cle...
Sure, capitalism is far from perfect, but at least a successful capitalist has to produce something others want to buy, which is why its many evils al...
If Pelosi visits and the Chinese government doesn't back up their threats, they will look weak. But then again, what could they do? Attack? Regardless...
That despite having been tried and having produced by far the worst track record of any system in human history, collectivism still is supported shame...
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