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Re: Books

aelena74 — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:36:41 -0000

awesome, thanks

Re: The Vegetarian Argument (rough draft)

Ven — Wed, 29 May 2013 13:24:36 -0000

You got that story from Star Trek Voyager.

Re: Ayn Rand’s Contradictions On Government

Max Casey — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:21:48 -0000

The assessment that Beaird is speaking for Rand, contradicts Rand's own writings. how does this show a contradiction in Rand's views on government?

Re: The Vegetarian Argument (rough draft)

AlecJonesChannel — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:04:01 -0000

I don't eat Intelligent Animals. Only fish, and Crustaceans.
Farm animals have brains larger than 100 grams. I consider it
unreasonable to eat intelligent animals, because they can
experience and understand suffering and pain.
It's not just a matter of Protein intake, but also Iron intake.
Without a healthy level of Iron and Protein, your physical health declines.

Re: The State Is Not Great: How Government Poisons Everything

AlecJonesChannel — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:58:35 -0000

Fuck you asshole. The State is great, now bend over, and let Politicians fuck you in the ass, by increasing taxes on everyone making more than 1,000 dollars a year, per Chairman Obam Mao's communist plan.
But in all seriousness, people need a State, 95% of people could not dream of a world without a State, let alone agree to behave well and not manipulate each other, in an Anarchist society.
Most humans, have barely evolved passed the chimpanzee level, or homo erectus level.
The 5% of Ubermensch, who would consider Anarchy, need to empathize with the downtrodden masses, instead of fulfilling their dreams of freedom and liberty.

Re: A Blast From The Past

SDCFVGBYHGBFV — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:58:14 -0000

POST MORE ECONOMICS VIDEOS ASSHOLE

Re: The State Is Not Great: How Government Poisons Everything

Guest — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:45:04 -0000

This is just pure fantasy. Without a state the whole infrastructure would collapse. This free makert fantasy isn't going to happen.

Re: An Open Letter To Sam Harris

James Booth — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 06:44:27 -0000

Sort of -- it's more like you explain things logically, but your opponents despise logic, and hit you with one hundred economic errors, often twisted around in ad hominem attacks, while speaking with the full confidence of a religious fanatic on free-market economics in an economy that hasn't been free since the early 1900s.

Re: The Vegetarian Argument (rough draft)

K. Voss — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:24:08 -0000

As a fellow vegetarian/libertarian/atheist, I thank you for writing about this. The non-aggression principle should apply to non-human animals as well.

Re: The State Is Not Great: How Government Poisons Everything

Ildar Masagutov — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:05:47 -0000

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: The State Is Not Great: How Government Poisons Everything

Ildar Masagutov — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:11:57 -0000

watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Contact

jacobspinney — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:34:37 -0000

Do a search for debeers on mises.org and poke around.

http://www.google.com/searc...

Re: Contact

Skyler — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:36:57 -0000

My friend and I got into a debate of socialism vs capitalism. He used the example of the de beers mining co as an example as to why the government should intervene in the economy. He talked about the millions that died working for this "evil" corporation. In one of your videos you said that only through the nationalization of the diamond mines was this abuse possible. Where have you heard this I need help to research this to see if de beers was trult a failure of capitalism or a government induced nightmare.

Re: An Open Letter To Sam Harris

Mojo Rhythm — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:24:12 -0000

Here is the problem with Libertarians: they conflate being "ignorant of basic economics" with "rejecting the Austrian School of economics". Both concepts are worlds apart.

Re: The Vegetarian Argument (rough draft)

Jared Bond — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:53:22 -0000

Hi Jacob! I came here because I was impressed by your political videos. Regarding
vegetarianism, I am a sympathizer, but I don't think improving health can be used as a key argument. I see someone else has posted a Weston A Price link, which
is a good start, but it also may lead to radical beliefs in the other direction. I'll add to that these links: http://180degreehealth.blog... and www.raypeat.com . It seems as though the commonly taught science of health and cellular biology is wrong at some very fundamental levels. But hopefully this won't be too unbelievable for someone who already does not trust the current system. There are so many things out there that the mainstream appears to be completely wrong about, that in my judgement it could only be conspiracy.

Re: A Blast From The Past

Timothy Conard — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:40:59 -0000

I'm unable to view this link without explicity allowing my Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 to do so.. I get a malware warning. :/

Re: An Open Letter To Sam Harris

J Cortez — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:01:57 -0000

I came across this by accident, many months after your posting.

I am agnostic/atheist and I am personally offended by the activist atheism that has come up in the past few years. In addition to their complete ignorance of economics, these people are just as intolerant if not more so than their opponents.

Thank you for your post.

Re: Ayn Rand’s Contradictions On Government

kiaser211 — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:35:26 -0000

If that premise were true, I'd agree, but it's not. As one that has read nearly every single non-fiction and essay of hers, I can attest that one of the more pleasing aspects of Rands work is that she focuses on the development and application of her philosophy instead of attacking others.

Her content aside, it is a breath of fresh air among the sea of books in which so-called philosophers or intellectuals spout out rhetoric and constantly attack other views.

Furthermore, any attacking she DID do was combined with the proof of theoretical demonstration or historical accuracy in order to objectively validate her vews. Rationality demands that one responds to the incorrect, but it does not demand that one keep up the response after the proof is unaccepted without any attempt to rationally refute. In her writings, she seemed to follow that rule much more than the alternative in which you claim, greenghost2008.

Re: Ayn Rand’s Contradictions On Government

kiaser211 — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:35:12 -0000

I would say flawed premise in the above post is the assuming of Capitalism also including non-economical functions of society, such as police, courts, and military.
Laissez faire Capitalism is the severing of all direct ties between government and economics. It does not involve non-economical functions, such a as the protection of individual liberties by arbitration of force in response of initiation of force (which initiation is improper).

Furthermore, just as a monopoly of a business in Laissez faire Capitalism can be correct, (by being the best, cheapest, and most available business in its market instead of using government force and jurisdiction to hold a forced monopoly), the PROPER non-economical functions of a government (sole arbitrator of force) is also correct.

Re: Contact

TommyEnns — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:46:46 -0000

So i came across your videos while in a giant debate against a friend of mine over socialism. As this debate began i was against socialism and communism but not totally for capitalism i am now completely on the side of capitalists and he keeps telling me im an idiot, ive used ideas from your videos over and over again but he just keeps saying im stupid. I would love to see you debate this fellow, i think it would make for a great debate.

Re: The State Is Not Great: How Government Poisons Everything

Anto — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:12:27 -0000

I can't believe you took the time to write that down. Haha.

Re: A Blast From The Past

Matt A. — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:02:56 -0000

" feel free to peruse the essays and chuckle about how much of a hardcore atheist I was"

Why should we chuckle? Have you repudiated anything of the religious criticisms you articulated at that time?

Re: A Blast From The Past

slacker — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:58:17 -0000

Been trying to read your archived essays, but I keep getting a malware warning.

Re: The State Is Not Great: How Government Poisons Everything

LIBIntOrg — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:04:32 -0000

Thank you! As the song goes, if I were President, all day Ice Cream cones would only cost a cent.

Check out other Libertarians and friends at work worldwide at http://www.Libertarian-Inte...

Re: Ayn Rand’s Contradictions On Government

jacobspinney — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:29:56 -0000

P.S. If you're interested in what my views are - http://www.youtube.com/watc...

I'm sure it's nothing you haven't heard before.