There is a false paradigm of "left vs right" in the way that people think in terms of "left" and "right"
Left to right is a continuum that measures the amount of state control in a polity.
Far leftism, communism, is absolute state control. Control of economics requires state control, so any form of socialism is by definition on the left.
On the far right side is anarchy (pure anarchy, ancap - there is no such thing as a anarcho-socialist, it is a contradiction in terms)
And although the Left has a long tradition of dishonesty and information distortion, which includes anyone opposing them as "right extremists" and changing their own nomenclature, even smart guys like Nolan and Pournelle have contributed to the confusion of definitions of Left and Right.
I think it's great that my little prince of the baahamas has taken an interest in this topic, it's one that should be very close to his heart.
Baah has been injured with autism due to a bad batch of the varicella vaccine and as such struggles with a few things like interacting with other people.
Please remember this when speaking with him, after all he is my little genius.
too many assumptions in the first minute of the vid
"people got along with each other before government"; no, they didn't...any museum worth it's salt has a skull that was bashed in millienia before anyone had said the word government
There are always going to be bandits; government does not create the bandits, but bandits will infest government when the citizenry does not perform their own self-defense duties
when bandits don't have government, it is up to people (who become "citizens" under government, although it's exactly the same group of folks), to bear arms and maintain vigilance against banditry, then kill bandits where they attack.
in ether case, people must defend themselves
When government is used, it is again up to the citizens to keep bandits out of government, and kill them where they infect it by paying attention to politics and watering the tree of liberty as necessary
there is no magical utopia where people hold hands and sing cumbiya...government does not create this magical utopia either
all government is is a "dangerous tool"; it is a extension of humanity as it is
anyone who wants to be left alone needs a large armory, government or not.
this is sloppy, but it should serve as a post on it's own. thanks for the inspiration!
you're a braindead zombie that believe government is a necessary evil
snort, I was going to state specifically that government is NOT a "necessary evil" because I thought you were adult enough to understand that, but congratulations for putting the words in my mouth that you want to argue against
Good luck on your own Utopia!
btw, how are you going to get me to participate in your political fantasy other than use of force?
hopefully, you understand to just leave me out of it ;>
a better inspiration: Why running around calling folks zombies and sheeple helps me convince those folks that my ideology, which most of those folks already hold a suspicious view of, is superior to theirs
With special bonus inspiration: why ignoring everything those folks say to argue against what I really want to argue is a superior tactic in such convincing
There is a false paradigm of "left vs right" in the way that people think in terms of "left" and "right"
Left to right is a continuum that measures the amount of state control in a polity.
Far leftism, communism, is absolute state control. Control of economics requires state control, so any form of socialism is by definition on the left.
On the far right side is anarchy (pure anarchy, ancap - there is no such thing as a anarcho-socialist, it is a contradiction in terms)
And although the Left has a long tradition of dishonesty and information distortion, which includes anyone opposing them as "right extremists" and changing their own nomenclature, even smart guys like Nolan and Pournelle have contributed to the confusion of definitions of Left and Right.
Much more detail here:
What is leftism? What is rightism? Why are there so many different interpretations?
Hello, my name is Urma and I am Baah's caretaker
I think it's great that my little prince of the baahamas has taken an interest in this topic, it's one that should be very close to his heart.
Baah has been injured with autism due to a bad batch of the varicella vaccine and as such struggles with a few things like interacting with other people.
Please remember this when speaking with him, after all he is my little genius.
now this is classic
a golf clap for @baah!
Well played, sir ;>
Now, if there really is a Gloria or Urma. I expect to see a picture verifying her existence...she should be a Jamaican woman in a bikini, on the beach
So what do we really have here?
Classic, in any case!
If you are confusing republicans, a leftist political party, with the Right, then I see the confusion
There isn't a doctrinal policy of dishonesty on the Right, as there is on the Left.
That doesn't mean that any given politican or theorist on the Right isn't a liar, though.
Freedom means the freedom to be a lying douchebag, if an individual chooses to do so for power.
too many assumptions in the first minute of the vid
"people got along with each other before government"; no, they didn't...any museum worth it's salt has a skull that was bashed in millienia before anyone had said the word government
There are always going to be bandits; government does not create the bandits, but bandits will infest government when the citizenry does not perform their own self-defense duties
when bandits don't have government, it is up to people (who become "citizens" under government, although it's exactly the same group of folks), to bear arms and maintain vigilance against banditry, then kill bandits where they attack.
in ether case, people must defend themselves
When government is used, it is again up to the citizens to keep bandits out of government, and kill them where they infect it by paying attention to politics and watering the tree of liberty as necessary
there is no magical utopia where people hold hands and sing cumbiya...government does not create this magical utopia either
all government is is a "dangerous tool"; it is a extension of humanity as it is
anyone who wants to be left alone needs a large armory, government or not.
this is sloppy, but it should serve as a post on it's own. thanks for the inspiration!
snort, I was going to state specifically that government is NOT a "necessary evil" because I thought you were adult enough to understand that, but congratulations for putting the words in my mouth that you want to argue against
Good luck on your own Utopia!
btw, how are you going to get me to participate in your political fantasy other than use of force?
hopefully, you understand to just leave me out of it ;>
a better inspiration:
Why running around calling folks zombies and sheeple helps me convince those folks that my ideology, which most of those folks already hold a suspicious view of, is superior to theirs
With special bonus inspiration:
why ignoring everything those folks say to argue against what I really want to argue is a superior tactic in such convincing
;>