Wait, what? I thought government took everything under threat of force? You mean .gov actually asked, begged even? And here I thought you were in the ...
Yes, it earned it. I started to list the countless things it did for you and others to earn it (which is to not keep it, but turn around and give it b...
Oh I've always been on board for a reset. I've just got an ingrained opposition to those who I perceive as bullies, conservatives, Trumpers, Republica...
Sounds good, especially if you take from those who didn't earn it, or pay true cost for it, and give it to those who earned it, or payed the cost for ...
Again, you missed the point of the analogy. The stable/unstable distinction does not address the purpose for which the analogy was proffered. Specific...
I do think there are such things as unjust laws, morally bad, wrong laws, that morally should not be enforced, and that nobody is morally obligated to...
First of all, "can be" does not equal "are". You need to come up with an example. While you are searching, find one that was promulgated in violation ...
That is incorrect. It does have to be spelled out for everyone. The fact that it must be is one part of the moral authority underpinning the state. I ...
It would if they did, but they don't, because profits have allied against them, legislatively and practically (labor supply and demand). That's why wo...
So there is no claim of arbitrary authority. It is all based upon due process of law. And due process of law is all based upon the moral arguments set...
Questions for our resident Doctors and epidemiological experts: Did the Delta variant arise in people who did not have Covid 19? Did the Omicron varia...
To draw a distinction between the mindset of individual cops and law enforcement is to perpetuate systemic racism. All those cops could have been blac...
Where is this arbitrary claim of authority (in the U.S.)? When I read the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States,...
It's called push-back, not hypocrisy. Those cops were not Barny Fife. You and I both know what went on there and what would have happened if the shoot...
Might is sometimes right, might is sometimes wrong, but might does not create right. I suspect might only cares whether or not it is right to the exte...
It's okay that you don't like that view. You have the right to be wrong. But the state, whether you like it or not, retains the right, by force if nec...
A juror is specifically called upon to use his subjective life experience in finding facts. However, the scope of the juror's review is limited by law...
You've parsed a hair that I'd like to further explore. Regarding Alice, you distinguish between her morally legitimate command/force, and her lack of ...
They don't. You're just paranoid. "The choice is not between order and liberty. It is between liberty with order and anarchy without either. There is ...
If you had even the remotest understanding of the science of emissions control technology, you'd know that the initial efforts lasted less than 3 to 6...
Perfection is the enemy of the good. Our emission control technology for automobiles and factories is not 100%. Should we just trash it and go back to...
An analogy, by definition, is not the thing itself. It is no argument to simply point that out. Rather, it is incumbent upon those who wish to defeat ...
It's not assuming anything. The distinction between us and nature is and always has been a matter of convenience. We like to distinguish between us an...
They failed, when they let the shooter walk around with the AR, off private property, joking and palling around, showing him where their water was, yo...
Too fucking late. They had plenty of opportunity to disarm him before hand. You know, when they were palling around with him, showing him where the wa...
Bullshit. They were there and they did shit. Apparently it's you that didn't watch what was going on. Maybe the judge ruled the cops interaction with ...
You see, that the thing about video. I saw the cops all butt-hole buddy with him before the shoot. That's my outrage. Had he been black, he would have...
Shortly after the initial incident, I saw videos and heard stories. My heart became bad. Very bad. Especially when I heard about the conduct of law en...
I don't know about the rest of the country, but out west we have coops. Some are food coops. Some are electric coops. Some are Ag coops. There are fin...
:100: :up: I agree and only rolled with a tangent of my own, assuming his military reference was being used as an example of central planning, with th...
They aren't pejoratives. Well, trickle-down may be, now that it has been exposed. But trickle-up still needs a 40 year shot at it. The theory is as I ...
Sounds like an argument for trickle-up economics. Take from the hoarders and give to those who know best, and who will actually spend it in the commun...
I think it's too late. Tipping points will (or have been reached) regardless. I don't know about Venus. Maybe not that hot. It is too late, but what w...
It's a matter of convenience. People (should) like a baseline from which to start placing burdens of proof. The baseline is Earth without people. I he...
Only if it works. If it works, it's practical. I just think that if we threw as much money at central planning as we do the military, we could have go...
Pro tip: If you truly miss those times, then all you have to do when you read an article is scream "FAKE NEWS" and you will be transported right back ...
The military is grossly inefficient and prone it misallocation of resources. It works, yes, but we throw colossal shit tons of money at it for the ret...
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