Sorry to burst your bubble; but:
>He purchased the land for $42,000 to build a muffler shop and subsequently agreed to sell the land to Cody Docheff to build a concrete batch plant
He solid the land that "blocked him in". This would be like selling your driveway and being upset with the government that you can't access your garage from the road anymore.
>He was discovered to be dumping the waste from his improvised tank directly into an irrigation ditch, resulting in the fine.
Again, he sold the land his sewer lines were on; then dumped raw sewage into an irrigation ditch.
>"God built me for this job," Heemeyer said in the first recording. He also said it was God's plan that he not be married or have a family so that he could be in a position to carry out such an attack. "I think God will bless me to get the machine done, to drive it, to do the stuff that I have to do," he said. "God blessed me in advance for the task that I am about to undertake. It is my duty. God has asked me to do this. It's a cross that I am going to carry and I'm carrying it in God's name."
Just another nut job; not a man to be worshipped.
If anyone should be worshipped and remembered today it should be Tank Man; not some phsyco with a bulldozer and some welding skills.
The social credit system part is a reach from what the story actually says. They are de-anonymizing the internet and linking social media accounts to passports so that they can be monitored to “discourage poor behavior.” Which can certainly be looked at as a social credit system in a sense. Here’s the only link to the video snippet I can find
https://rumble.com/vm1dfz-australia-plans-to-de-anonymize-the-internet.html
Read Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson.
You can find it for free as a pdf download here
Ron Paul's End the Fed is also a wonderful introduction.
If you can't buy what you want, become the one who sells it
You must be the only person on the internet who's never heard of search engines...
https://www.qwant.com/?q=BLM+leader+we%27re+trained+marxists&t=web
I hear a lot of complaining on Nextdoor.com that homeless services attracts an 'unfair' number of homeless so our area. Heartless nimbies complain to police and govt about groups of homeless gathering to get food saying it's scary and dangerous for kids or some such. Many areas of California have enacted laws that make it difficult to feed homeless, like you need to have a licensed commercial kitchen and the food needs to be prepared by licensed food handlers and be prepackaged etc. Then they make additional rules about when and how and where you are allowed to distribute the food. The laws become strict enough that almost no orgs or groups have the capability of meeting the standards. THe govt claims it's for 'safety' of the homeless folks even though there have been no cases of homeless being given any bad food etc. So it's a solution to a claimed problem that never existed, basically it's to try to drive out the homeless while not admitting that's the real goal.
Economics in One Lesson is great to begin understanding how the free market works, but if you want to see the foundations of Austrian Economics thoroughly derived from a single solitary axiom, try Rothbard's Man, Economy, and State.
Here’s one for $5.95. Free 1 day shipping if you have Prime. Alternatively there’s this bastardized version that I actually own for the same price from the same company. The latter flag might help you not get confused for a Republican.
Ayn Rand's politics were minarchist Libertarian, but she sometimes interpreted minarchism as supporting policies that almost no Libertarians at the time did, like some US actions in the Cold War.
>"If we hadn't gone into Vietnam, it wouldn't be our responsibility to protect either side. It's their country; let them fight it out. But since we did go in, and asked for and received the cooperation of the local people, to then withdraw and abandon those people, when we have the power to fight, would be monstrous." -Rand
The second main reason, I think, for Libertarian disassociation with Rand is that her thought had political implications but it was not primarily political. She went down many avenues that Libertarians don't necessarily care about.
If you have an android device, its also possible to privacy-harden it by removing the Google Play Services Rootkit.
A way to do it is by installing an custom operating system, like GrapheneOS.
Or buy a phone that comes with it: https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/product/nitrophone-1-199
Well thanks for this! I just had a hearing and fitting test yesterday for hearing aids. I’m not sure if this would apply to my situation but I think so. I’ll have to keep an eye out. Any idea how it’s coming along? I read it was fast tracked https://www.amazon.com/DoorJammer-Lockdown-Portable-Protection-DJ4LD/dp/B07HM9HVN4
Businesses can demand them, and then I can sit outside on the sidewalk in a lawn chair selling blanks of these printed out on 60lb cardstock for $10 each with a handy example sheet of how to fill one out with pics from all the local virtue signalers who posted theirs online, and of course a free pen with purchase.
> US collects over two trillion dollars in taxes per year. That's a whole of a lot of base demand.
$3.267 trillion at the federal level in 2016.
State and local governments collected about about $1.6 trillion, according to the census bureau (PDF).
Total is about $4.8 trillion in tax collections - or just over 26.2% of GDP in 2016.
My stupid what?
And you're absolutely wrong: It is well-known that the vaccine does not prevent catching the virus and experiencing symptoms -- which is pretty weak for a vaccine, but it is the case. It merely lessens the severity and duration of the symptoms. Do you trust Dr. Fauci?
https://rumble.com/vevyw9-covid-vaccine-is-not-for-immunity.html
You're also wrong about whether I am getting vaccinated. Did I say I am or am not, and the reason behind my decision, or are you just making assumptions?
I need to add these to my collection. I already have an A-Salt gun to take out the bugs around the house. Now I just need this to plant flowers everywhere… Lolz.
I mean, if you put any time into making sure you have a good provider they work pretty well. With pretty much any kind of privacy tech online you are just paying for the convenience of not taking a few hour long course. Most kinds of privacy tech are exceptionally easy to make if you have any idea what you are doing. This means most companies that are doing private messaging, VPNs or anything else you can think of need to provide a very good service and, in many cases, they also offer extra legal protection.
For example: I use ProtonVPN and ProtonMail since they are a Switzerland based company, this gives two big advantages, the first is that Switzerland has excellent privacy laws and the second is that they don’t need to listen to US agencies like the NSA, FBI or CIA. Snowden used a similar emailing service by the name of Lavabit which made the mistake of being based in the US, the government wanted all of Snowden’s emails and Lavabit shut down so they wouldn’t have to give them away.(There are also some complications with the fact that all the government would have gotten is random noise since the emails are encrypted and decrypted from each client and just pass through the internal servers as indecipherable noise.)
I hope so. Education is the key so people don't give their money to poachers.
For liberals, Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt. For conservatives, Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire.
My cats are Sprite and Tails (he's a Manx).
Henry Hazlitt wrote a fantastic book, Economics in One Lesson that gives a wonderful introductory understanding to the world of economics.
I had one printed by a company that does custom flags, click here. I was pleased with the quality and all you need to do is upload the image you want as a flag. I'm sure you could find other options though if you don't want to use them.
[sighs] They warned me about humor impaired people online, but did I listen? CLEARLY I also want to defend HBO and HGTV as well. Anyway, here you go, kids.
irony(1) definition from Oxford Dictionary of English - download from: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobisystems.msdict.embedded.wireless.oxford.dictionaryofenglish
irony1 /ˈʌɪrəni / ▸ noun (plural ironies) [mass noun] the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect: ‘Don't go overboard with the gratitude,’ he rejoined with heavy irony. ▪ a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result: the irony is that I thought he could help me [count noun] one of life's little ironies. ▪ (also dramatic or tragic irony) a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. – ORIGIN early 16th century (also denoting Socratic irony): via Latin from Greek eirōneia ‘simulated ignorance’, from eirōn ‘dissembler’.
You can mask your online purchases with this app. Idk how well it'll hold up to government probing, but it should bypass individual credit card company logging
I have never tried laughing gas but I will try it now, out of spite. Ordering a large canister: https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Nitrous-Cylinder-CGA326-Handle/dp/B09PFCV1QK/ref=sr\_1\_4?content-id=amzn1.sym.86e9859b-8a7b-4e73-aeaf-1df666c1aeb1%3Aamzn1.sym.86e9859b-8a7b-4e73-aeaf-1df666c1aeb1&keywords=no2+tank&pd\_rd\_r=31517609-0926-...
You should pick up a copy of Economics in One Lesson.
Let’s hope you don’t run afoul of law enforcement over any of the hundreds of thousands of regulations in place. Ever hear of the book https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/1594035229/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=45a5acb5-18e5-4e74-b04c-bf141c9481a1 ?
>Correct, nobody dying from a parachute accident or lung cancer will say they consent to death by those things. Instead, they will explain that they understood the risk. Understanding risk =/= consent as per the literal definition,
They understood and agreed to the risk. Again, you cannot do something that you are well aware of the risks without agreeing to those risks.
>so your argument is dumb as fuck.
Exactly. “The Myth of Capitalism” influenced my thinking quite a bit. A chapter is dedicated to why and how the US broke up Nazi industrial trusts like IG Farben post war.
The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119548195/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ZK1SF3XHK7V6QKGEXPDB
I agreed with you:
>Because if something is not scarce then that means there’s an unlimited amount to go around.
Exactly. There is an unlimited amount of any idea to be had. It doesn't require everyone to know calculus, only that teaching someone an idea or telling it to them does not remove that idea from your head when you give it to another. Copying is not trade, copying is not theft, ideas can be infinitely copied.
Ideas are not scarce or rivalrous, therefore they cannot be property.
If you want the full argument, read the book.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1933550325/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_GMBPNSZJ1999SDS3KXE2
Let's see, Reddit has a habit of auto-hiding this link, but maybe it'll work like this:
ivmmetä.cöm (replace letters with dots)
Ryan Cole speaks about lab findings here:
You're wrong, though.
https://castbox.fm/vb/295521279
Dr. Angela Hattery puts together how systemic racism works. Its worth a listen. I came from "it's classism, not racism" to recognizing systemic racism as a factor, too.
Since slavery was considered "acceptable" by many (not all) at that time in history, there was no need to include it in the constitution as a "right". It was allowed by law already. It would be similar to asking "why didn't the right to marry get written into the constitution back then?" The answer would be the same; it was a given, there was no need to explicitly write it down. It was already in full swing at the time. The 13th amendment "abolished slavery and involuntary servitude". It did not codify it, which is defined as 1. to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code. 2. to make a digest of; arrange in a systematic collection. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/codify Not sure what point you were trying to make here, but I think you used the wrong word trying to make it...
Facebook is horrible, I’m not surprised at all that they monitor your messages.
If you’re looking for an app that won’t monitor you, you can use Signal. It was just endorsed by Elon musk and is a great alternative to messenger/WhatsApp
if you want a 25 minute analysis, then truthstream media made a great video about it too:
https://odysee.com/@truthstreammedia:4/a-few-not-so-random-thoughts-on-the-myth:b
;)
funny, however no sane parent would directly lie to their children or other children.
telling your child, that the tooth fairy or santa claus exists will teach the child, that knowingly lying to others is ok and acceptable and that there is no trust between parents and children.
it also creates a ritualistic environment, where other children are told, that they need to lie to children, that don't know, that they got lied to yet...
it is extremely sick and insane.
truthstream media great a video about this:
https://odysee.com/@truthstreammedia:4/a-few-not-so-random-thoughts-on-the-myth:b
there is also the deliberate destruction of the family unit, as trust is completely broken by the parents lying to the children and the children learning, that the parents needlessly lied to them.
and by know it should be easy to see, that there is a deliberate agenda going on to destroy the family unit.
the kakistocracy doesn't want you to have a family unit or community around, because without those you are pushed towards the criminal state and much easier accept them as replacement care takers.
also a child or adult in a sane house hold would never need to realize, that the fake left vs right paradigm is a control move from the kakistocracy to keep control by having the illusion of choice, because they would never even begin to believe in the left vs right lie from the start.
Nope, ALL taxes are theft. Pointing a gun at someone and robbing them of their wealth by force is immoral and unjust.
It does not matter if a group of people took a vote to hire some goon with a gun and piece of metal on their shirt to do it for them, or if they come over and pointed a gun at you themselves.
It is all based on a totally immoral and unjust foundation: https://odysee.com/@Bitbutter:c/george-ought-to-help:9
I've heard people say that a lot but... "n.
Devotion, especially excessive or undiscriminating devotion, to the interests or culture of a particular nation-state.
n.
The belief that nations will benefit from acting independently rather than collectively, emphasizing national rather than international goals.
n.
The belief that a particular cultural or ethnic group constitutes a distinct people deserving of political self-determination.
etc" (https://www.wordnik.com/words/nationalism just looking at how varied definitions have been [from independence to jingoism to patriotism] makes me realise how little research people do into the political terms we use)
There are so many different explanations of what nationalism is, that the only common thread I can find is the existence of a nation and beliefs.
Wotd: performative
Relating to or being an utterance that performs an act or creates a state of affairs by the fact of its being uttered under appropriate or conventional circumstances, as a justice of the peace uttering I now pronounce you husband and wife at a wedding ceremony, thus creating a legal union, or as one uttering I promise, thus performing the act of promising
Both parties claim the other cheats.
Ever notice which party never actually does ANYTHING to make cheating harder, and which one also complains anytime anyone suggests any idea to make cheating harder?
[http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Hunter-Gatherers_and_Play]
It is perceived as 'absurd' because of culture memes rooted in religious hierarchy have made capitalism into a kind of religion. We existed as Egalitarian tribes for most of our history, this is in the fossil record.
It was either:
https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/utopia-and-terror-in-the-20th-century.html Or https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/fall-and-rise-of-china.html
(I think the latter) that mentioned Stalin considering Mao to be a bit extreme and “taking it too far”
Where the Khmer Rouge would fit I cannot fathom.
>You’re not an epidemiologist
>You’ve made hypocritical statements
Not exactly. If I'm a "divulgador científico" I don't have to be the scientist to question the fact you're questioning the cientists
Just so that I don't have to question if you're a doctor to criticize that fact you are disagreeing with a doctor
Doesn't mean you are wrong when you criticize the doctor, tho
>You are overly emotional to be able to partake in discourse
No, I am not. And that's not even an argument
Are you aware that uloz.to works in SK just as well as in CZ, right? I didn't have a TV for the last 15 years and I'm happy.
Obecna skola is a love project of Sverak before he went crazy, it's about himself, it's a well made thing. However it is before the Iron curtain era.
Maybe NOW is the time for free open source options that Linux users have been trying to push for years. Like... Giving social networking back to you - Mastodon (joinmastodon.org)
Links only valid for 14 days. Here is a PDF for the card. Have fun. Pretty sure its just printed on standard card stock.
I will simply end with this: consider reading Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto.
All of your questions and more will be answered.
Read this one if you have time, modern day mein kampf. If people read Hitler's work in 1925 and took it seriously maybe the world would have been different.
Pretty sure it was a lot more than that.
This was planned from the get go, ever hear of Jekyll island?
The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve https://www.amazon.com/dp/091298645X/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_a_1V7NMDR5E7SZVBVAP7YA
How do you feel about Woodrow Wilson? What about his buddy Colonel Edward Mandel house (he wasn’t a colonel)?
Certainly not true that only rich people can afford apple laptops, ridiculous infact. they're slightly more expensive than the competitor windows model, yes.. but only the rich?
You and I have a very different idea of what "the rich" are, a person who works at mcdonalds can afford to buy apple products.
Here is the exact sticker in the meme btw, It doesnt cost $ 44.95 , but 4.95 what happened there?
Okay, let's take a look at this great app's permissions:
Y'know what, I'm just gonna stick with the old ways.
>: I use ProtonVPN and ProtonMail since they are a Switzerland based company, this gives two big advantages, the first is that Switzerland has excellent privacy laws and the second is that they don’t need to listen to US agencies like the NSA, FBI or CIA.
Incorrect. #1 Switzerland has agreements with US to cooperate. Being based in Switzerland gives them no additional legal protection whatsoever.
#2 Protonmail uses rented VPS servers all over different countries
#3 Being based in the United States gives you a level of legal standing in the US Courts. The NSA, CIA have 0 regulations, 0 inhibitors as to what they can tap, trace, or otherwise collect in other countries outside the US.
#4 Why do you think Snowden chose Lavabit? Because he knew that company was not part of the PRISM data collection.
#5 Lavabit shutdown rather than turn over the TLS keys that would've give the FBI/NSA unfettered access to his entire 400,000 customer base. Other "secure" email companies have not taken such stands. Hushmail, TutaNota, and ProtonMail. Keep in mind Protonmail uses a client side Javascript gpg script to generate your keys for you by default. You really believe they don't have copies of those private keys you upload to their servers or the ones they generate for you?
Lavabit is the ONLY company to stand against a national security letter to turn over that type of information. In fact, Apple in the San Bernadino case cited the Lavabit case stating it was an overreach of the government to compel a company to create software or products that would be detrimental to their own product.
is back up and running, and their Lavabit Encrypted Proxy is also up an running. You can find it on FDroid. For free. Its fast, and has IPv6 support.
https://www.amazon.ca/Porn-Generation-Social-Liberalism-Corrupting-ebook/dp/B00BS02BHG/ref=nodl_
Maybe he’s updated his opinions, and respect to him for doing so. But he definitely wrote down and got published a defence of government intervention into porn.
Science, humm?
https://www.amazon.com.br/Millers-Review-Critical-Vaccine-Studies/dp/188121740X
Could it be that these 400 scientific studies, showing some ills of vaccination - cases of autism included - are not enough science for you?
Here's a book I'd like you to read sometime.
https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/dp/0062316095
It will help explain to you why governments need to exists and the fact we can't go back to the extremist view of hyper individualism.
What happened to all the typewriters before the word processor came out?
What will we do with the telephone operators now that we have Google Maps?
My full service gas station had to let go of all of their filling station attendants. Oh my god...we need UBI or else they’ll starve!
Who will repair the horse carriages now that the automobile has arrived?
Charles H. Duell was the Commissioner of US patent office in 1899. Mr. Deull's most famous attributed utterance is that "everything that can be invented has been invented." Most patent attorneys have also heard that the quote is apocryphal.
Mankind will adaptadapt, young socialist.
Which I can't read, because I have to buy the book, right?
The title of a book isn't substantial evidence. For example, here are two book titles that contradict each other:
The 9/11 Conspiracy: The Scamming of America https://www.amazon.com/dp/0812696123/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_loMSFbAK22BJT
A source needs to be more than just the title of a book for it to hold weight.
I haven’t gotten anything from them, but this is the cheapest custom flag I can find. And it’s amazon so if it’s shitty you can probably return it.
How can you possibly say this? The Republicans have aligned and affiliated with mega churches an no this isn't just Trump, look up Bush and his years. Reddit has many young users so you might have been in Junior High or younger when GWB was around and you don't know the RNC history and the religious right influence on the GOP. Maybe watch The Family as starters, and from there go to some older stuff on Vimeo like Jesus Camp and see how they praise cardboard cutouts of GWB and brain wash kids.
Or read stuff like this:
https://www.amazon.com/God-Our-Side-Religious-America/dp/B000AM4POA
Pretty much known stuff for GOP to want a Saudi like setup in America with an authoritarian theocracy.
It was before the great tumblr migration. When all those fat ugly whatever gender they chose that day people from tumblr came to reddit it completely went to shit. This website used to have absolutely outrageous subreddits. Freedome of speech was a thing mods were not so heavy handed. All of it has been shut down. Add in the dnc with shareblue or correct the record or whatever they call themselves now, and you have the left turning reddit into a literal propaganda machine.
>Most modern communists argue for a decentralized economy where no one person or group controls the whole thing.
This isn't a new idea, it's always been the goal. Socialism is a step to communism. Communism being without a government and everything being run from bottom up. The problem is they have a step between what we currently have and what they want that centralizes all control to the hands of people who are in favor of that who then abuse their power like most people do. The goal is always for the people to be in charge and every experiment has ended with extreme authoritarianism. It's not blind luck, it's the natural progression and fault of this ideology.
>Genuine question, what do you do about crime?
This question will never be answered properly in this format and at best I could make you curious of my claims, never would I convert you to my ideal way so it's a waste of time. This question has books written about it, if you really want to know about this topic here's a starting point.
Actually a little bit more digging into this would help you.
The settlement was part of shutting the case if you look at the ground report from NGOs in the area and activists there are folks who never received any amount even after multiple settlements
https://thewire.in/rights/bhopal-gas-tragedy-victims-compensation
DOW chemicals which bought UCC never paid a dime to settle afterwards even though finding after finding point to criminal neglect in storage of said chemicals.
The people punished never included the head of management like warren Anderson who was responsible for hiring and running the incompetent staff. The last chief of operations wasn’t even versed in managing chemicals but was solely hired for economic reasons. The staff that did get punished included engineers
More can be found here
https://www.amazon.com/Five-Past-Midnight-Bhopal-Industrial/dp/0446530883
You don’t have to always assume mallic my friend, sometimes it nice to ask and share and corroborate
Lastly I said Indian govt made sure the folks never got punished. I didn’t say that they didn’t have a hand in aiding them. In fact Anderson left india only because of help from the govt at that time.
You do realise that peaceful resistance is consistently more than twice as effective as armed resistance (read this book.
I doubt you will read that book though, you have your mind made up. I used to be pro gun (had a gun and a gun license) but I looked at the evidence and realised the pro gun argument simply doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
From the book “The America We Deserve”: “The essential, bestselling book that first defined President Donald Trump's political ideas.
The America We Deserve is the essential book for anyone who wants to understand the core of Donald Trump's political thinking. In this book, written as he first considered running for president in 2000, Trump offers no-nonsense, populist, provocative, and dramatic solutions to issues that continue to resonate with voters today.”
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From the book “The America We Deserve”: “The essential, bestselling book that first defined President Donald Trump's political ideas.
The America We Deserve is the essential book for anyone who wants to understand the core of Donald Trump's political thinking. In this book, written as he first considered running for president in 2000, Trump offers no-nonsense, populist, provocative, and dramatic solutions to issues that continue to resonate with voters today.”
Get your copy on amazon today...
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From the book “The America We Deserve”: “The essential, bestselling book that first defined President Donald Trump's political ideas.
The America We Deserve is the essential book for anyone who wants to understand the core of Donald Trump's political thinking. In this book, written as he first considered running for president in 2000, Trump offers no-nonsense, populist, provocative, and dramatic solutions to issues that continue to resonate with voters today.”
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Please, you cant just throw the names of movements out and say "this" pick 1 and tell me why it's different from what I said. It's like when Nazis tell me "FiNd ThE GaS ChAmbeRs DoOrs." Or "ThE rEcOrDs OnLy ShOw 100k DiEd" its toxic and it's not an arguement for Nazism.
As an example.
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis https://www.amazon.com/dp/0913966630/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9d11CbKBMASRK
ThIs Is wHy I'm rIgHt.
Throw me a weeks of research, jackass...
Your right, welfare states are not socialism, which is the point I was attempting to make, I fell short and I apologize. Also, I'm am going to have to make a point to read Anarchy in Action to understand the totality of "social justice" as I currently agree with the narrative that minority groups are being marginalized, but not by active measures or willful action, more so by taking shitty actions on good data. There is exception in area where the white supremacist movement has managed to gain power in regions by questionable tactics purposefully take shitty actions that installs the institutional racism. I disagree entirely with "social justice" on a pure economic class interpretation as in a democratic society I elect the rich with my money except in cases of "plunder" or "fraud" which we are dealing with currently. Fuels both sides of the anarchy spectrum. Now I understand that we are not Techno-primitivist so certain markets I have no choice in if i want to economically important but that choice is always there.
Would love to have a homestead and a tiny house... the market allows me to have both.
Would you mind sending that question to ProXPN support and emailing me their response at ian at ? I'm interested in the answer. Adding their software to your system adds a new network device, so I'm guessing it does bypass your default DNS, but that's really a question for them.
I don't know. I think certain parts of a society need to be pulled into modern ethical norms.
I know this is anti-libertarian but I think the state needs to implement certain laws to help society behave more ethically.
I say this based on the data found in Steven Pinker's book Enlightenment Now. I highly recommend it and he does a far superior job articulating the importance of the state.
I don't want this to expand into a slippery slope argument. I think there need to be strong limits on government power.
Edit: Added Link
Actually scratch the macro/micro difference. The best layperson Econ books are:
-Freakonomics (Revised Edition) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0061234001/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_p6WfAbTQ50ZGZ (it has a follow up, SuperFreakonomics)
And
-The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1451651732/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Q5WfAbR3TEZTP (or anything by Steven Landsburg really)
If you like podcasts, check out Planet Money, Freakonomics Radio, and EconTalk.
Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics are both available as audiobooks and done really well if that’s a thing you like.
Haha, I suggest "Basic Economics" by Sowell, or "Economics in One Lesson" by Hazlitt. Learning economics is one major difference between libertarians and socialists. The two groups have actually very similar goals, except the socialists accept a number of economic assumptions that are false and can never be realized in the actual world, meaning they are always chasing an impossibility, and every time it's tried they're left baffled that it didn't work somehow. Let's not share that fate.
We're talking about the Federal Reserve, and on that subject in his book Capitalism and Freedom, Milton Friedman says,
"The Great Depression in the United States, far from being a sign of the inherent instability of the private enterprise system, is a testament to how much harm can be done by mistakes on the part of a few men when they wield vast power over the monetary system of a country.
...Any system which gives so much power and so much discretion to a few men...is a bad system.... It is a bad system to believers in freedom just because it gives a few men such power without any effective check by the body politic-this is the key political argument against an "independent" central bank. But it is a bad system even to those who set security higher than freedom."
Actually scratch the macro/micro difference. The best layperson Econ books are:
-Freakonomics (Revised Edition) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0061234001/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_p6WfAbTQ50ZGZ (it has a follow up, SuperFreakonomics)
And
-The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1451651732/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Q5WfAbR3TEZTP (or anything by Steven Landsburg really)
If you like podcasts, check out Planet Money, Freakonomics Radio, and EconTalk.
Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics are both available as audiobooks and done really well if that’s a thing you like.