Hey man, you don't need to believe what I'm saying here and I'm not even sure that I do. Sure, you can question the grounding of it, just as I or anyo...
Because "being" - including human "being" - being good is a fundamental premise of western/Judeo-Christian society that takes it root in the bible. “T...
Interesting you say that - I feel this is where American culture was maybe....10-15 years ago? You know, around the time of Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris,...
This is a terrible way of thinking. Imagine you wanted to try MMA or Judo. It might "empower" you the most to think that you're the greatest Judoka or...
I don't think anyone is saying that nationalism is always good, only that it can be good. Racism is always bad and stupid. American nationalism can be...
I'm only talking about American identity here, but in any case I think it's helpful in a society to have a common set of values. When we get fractured...
I'm actually not much of a protectionist. I more support free trade. What I am keeping an eye on is the fracturing of a common American identity and a...
Yeah, I'm not here to defend every iteration of nationalism. I have mixed feelings towards it. The moment nationalism turns into xenophobia I'm out; i...
Nationalism is in-group favoritism, but that in-group favoritism isn't (and definitely shouldn't be) overriding. If I were to travel to the UK and spo...
This is true, but it might make sense to have a sense of allegiance to a nationality/ethnic group like German or French or Lithuanian due someone's fa...
A lot of "racist" statements that emphasize supporting or advancing the interests of a certain race aren't even deemed racist today, so lets just star...
Because nationalism can unite people across a number of different boundaries like race or class. Humans naturally form into groups often based on resi...
I'd reckon COVID plays a role, and I'd be interested to see how the statistics compare before/after. In any case, nothing wrong with being out of work...
I agree with that, and in doing so acknowledge that it can be tough to truly conceive ourselves as truly independent, disembodied minds pondering this...
Couldn't we just simplify this and say everyone's just looking for the best all around deal that's nicest to all the groups? Tying this back to taxati...
The thing I kind of struggle with with Rawls is that he basically asks us to be non-situated, i.e. pretend that we're a mind floating up in the ethere...
Maybe it goes back then to what we understand as the proper role of government. Is the overarching goal of government to provide everyone a level play...
No I believe there is plenty of unfairness surrounding wealth inequality, but that the fault lies elsewhere. There are absolutely rules in the system ...
Ok so you're saying something like "When there are wealth disparities, that must involve exploiting that wealth difference as a means of accruing weal...
Could you just explain what exactly you mean when you say "When the means of exchange in a system are vastly different from each other, it involves us...
Oh are you talking about differences in foreign currency value? I could agree with you there, but I was talking about domestic economics with tim and ...
I'm familiar with wealth inequality, but that shouldn't be our main concern here. If your main concern is equality, the best way to do what would be t...
So what about the "capitalists" who are saving 5k? 10k? 100k? 500k? At what point does it become a big deal to you? You seem to be treating it like ev...
Or if they're selling stock, or cryptocurrency, or collectables like comic books or baseball cards. In other words, people who invest, and in those ca...
I'm not sure how to respond to this, Tim. You make like 10 different points and all I was talking about was at the very least reforming if not cancell...
This sounds like a good system. Capital gains tax is terrible and disincentivizes investing and also makes taxes extremely, extremely cumbersome here ...
I get what you're saying here. However, we need to keep in mind that markets over time trend upwards, so if you're going to be a bear you need to time...
I liked your response here. Here I'm addressing the parts that I disagree with, but I read through your entire post and agreed with like 90% of it so ...
This can certainly be the case, but it's not always the case. Two emotionally-balanced players could be playing and one could just be using better str...
No! I stand with your average mom and pop investor who comes home from their 9-5 on payday, paycheck in hand, and decides to 10x leverage long AMC at ...
The truth is somewhere in the middle, no? Some successful people literally just inherit their money or succeed with an investment or use their parent'...
Sure you're an observer - and I don't mean to be offensive or rude here - but you don't really seem to be an observer who really knows quite exactly w...
If Metaphysician Undercover is also against "hoarding", "stockpiling" and gambling then I can't imagine it's worth it to try to convince him to accept...
Yeah, probably, but I'd also figure masculinity looks different everywhere you look. Disabled people also need to square masculinity with their condit...
You're talking about shorting, right? What makes it ok is that all parties in the transaction understand and consent to it. Your broker and who ever i...
Alright so lets say I buy a piece of artwork at $100 and later sell it at $200 - how is that different from someone buying a stock or a commodity at $...
So should people only be paid if they provide services to others? Should winning poker players not be paid? Do you believe gambling should be banned? ...
What do you mean "the trader requires payment?" The trade doesn't happen unless there is a buyer and a seller, both of whom believe that he has done s...
Ok so you don't believe that people should be able to borrow funds or have lines of credit extended to them, ok. I wonder how many economists would sh...
If you want to be skeptical that's on you but it's happened with me a few times. Sometimes you just set your stop loss a little too tightly and you ge...
I think the truth or falsity of the accusation genuinely does matter here. If there was actual fraud or something criminal behind the scenes then inve...
No of course not. Buying a house is a different issue. It would actually be really dumb to buy a house in cash. Regardless of whether we consider usin...
Ok just replace "speculating" with "trading" then. My point is you basically step into the realm of trader when you start using margin trading/leverag...
I've heard the statistics that 90% of traders are losing money. But some portion of that figure will probably become winning traders and some portion ...
That money is going to come from other traders. So for instance I trade eth and btc derivatives on Phemex (I know we're talking about stocks here but ...
Different sources will say different things about index funds vs. mutual funds. For the sake of clarity and simplicity, index funds just basically tra...
I find stock investing pretty boring TBH. The basic advice people will give you is to throw everything in the S&P or the Dow and and just capture the ...
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