Thanks! Will hear it tomorrow at work.No clue where else to post this, but if you want a background/investigation into the "intellectual" bedrock of the modern right wing, this is excellent.
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It should. Atleast if the Dems apply the same standards on their own as they do with the GOP. She is definitely as crazy as some of the GOP loons.Could get some bipartisan support.
It should. Atleast if the Dems apply the same standards on their own as they do with the GOP. She is definitely as crazy as some of the GOP loons.
It beats having policies and plans to help the middle and working classes.
It should. Atleast if the Dems apply the same standards on their own as they do with the GOP. She is definitely as crazy as some of the GOP loons.
Never a bad time to revisit this gem…
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/366635-there-are-two-novels-that-can-change-a-bookish-fourteen-year
Crazy but let them at it! MTG will just reveal her insane batshittery & incompetence to more people. It’s a boon to the Dems really.
That's not a problem for libertarians, because they're also wrong about nearly everything.Ayn Rand is a problem for libertarians because she was wrong about nearly everything.
"She wore a cape because she thought she was a super hero, essentially mimicked Stalin in a personal sex **** and got Alan Greenspan to disavow her lover whom she cheated on her husband with" - The least insane Libertarian.That's not a problem for libertarians, because they're also wrong about nearly everything.
It's super funny. Didn't fully understand all of it unfortunately (no native speaker myself) but parts had me laugh out loud. They present it in a very good and relatable way as well. She must have been so bonkers in person. Questioning in public "What would have Howard Roak done?" One of her cardboard characters she herself invented. Making your husband wear bells attached to his slippers so he can't sneak up to her in their house. WTF!"She wore a cape because she thought she was a super hero, essentially mimicked Stalin in a personal sex **** and got Alan Greenspan to disavow her lover whom she cheated on her husband with" - The least insane Libertarian.
Genuinely folks...give the podcast a listen.
The intellectual mind that inspired the Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States (1987–2006)It's super funny. Didn't fully understand all of it unfortunately (no native speaker myself) but parts had me laugh out loud. They present it in a very good and relatable way as well. She must have been so bonkers in person. Questioning in public "What would have Howard Roak done?" One of her cardboard characters she herself invented. Making your husband wear bells attached to his slippers so he can't sneak up to her in their house. WTF!
"Nuance and complexity of thought are a conspiracy of the medicore and poor against the idea that rich people are awesome" - Crazy Bat Lady in her capeGuys in here disrespecting the philosophic mind that got from A=A to Objectivism.
My favorite is her absolutely butchering Kant, which is why her disciples are known for blaming him for Nazism among other things. In Kant's deontological moral framework a moral action is one where you do something because it's your moral duty to do so. It follows from this that e.g. a pharmacist selling someone a life saving medication because she wants to earn a profit isn't doing something morally good because she's motivated by profit rather than saving lives; it's an amoral action, as in it has nothing to do with morality. Galaxy Brain Rand manages to interpret that reasoning as Kant saying it's an immoral action, i.e. it's morally wrong to sell medicine (and further that any sale or barter is immoral)."Nuance and complexity of thought are a conspiracy of the medicore and poor against the idea that rich people are awesome" - Crazy Bat Lady in her cape
Actual Philosophers:
I haven't met any libertarians or anarchists who have a sophisticated understanding of how the world economy works. Though that being said I haven't met many people at all who could claim that. Who studies systems? Everyone is a specialist.That's not a problem for libertarians, because they're also wrong about nearly everything.
She clearly deserves her own appreciation thread I reckon.
Imagine despising Robin Hood as a child because he gave it to the poor.
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I don't think it's fair to compare libertarians and anarchists. Libertarianism has never existed, but there have been serious attempts at anarchism. The problem is that they were so counter to the prevailing order that they were never allowed to survive. It doesn't help that they always began in time of crisis, because that is when people could be easier convinced that a system revolution is necessary. Anarchism has ten times the intellectual backing that libertarianism is. It's also not inherently immoral.I haven't met any libertarians or anarchists who have a sophisticated understanding of how the world economy works. Though that being said I haven't met many people at all who could claim that. Who studies systems? Everyone is a specialist.
For most, freedom+economics=libertarianism.
One of my favorite attempts was Canudos in Brazil, a story fictionalized brilliantly by Mario Vargas Llosa in The War of the End of the World. The true story is mostly the same as the fiction and a fascinating chapter in human history where you actually had basically functional anarchism (but you could say there was still a hierarchy to a small extent) but the government couldn't stand it.I don't think it's fair to compare libertarians and anarchists. Libertarianism has never existed, but there have been serious attempts at anarchism. The problem is that they were so counter to the prevailing order that they were never allowed to survive. It doesn't help that they always began in time of crisis, because that is when people could be easier convinced that a system revolution is necessary. Anarchism has ten times the intellectual backing that libertarianism is. It's also not inherently immoral.
(That said, I see that maybe that wasn't what you were saying, I just had to add it!)
Some people I've talked to use the term libertarianism instead of anarchism because of how reactionary people are to the word anarchy.I don't think it's fair to compare libertarians and anarchists. Libertarianism has never existed, but there have been serious attempts at anarchism. The problem is that they were so counter to the prevailing order that they were never allowed to survive. It doesn't help that they always began in time of crisis, because that is when people could be easier convinced that a system revolution is necessary. Anarchism has ten times the intellectual backing that libertarianism is. It's also not inherently immoral.
(That said, I see that maybe that wasn't what you were saying, I just had to add it!)
Anarchism is a lot more than just minimalist government, though. I'm not an anarchist in any way, but fair is fair.Some people I've talked to use the term libertarianism instead of anarchism because of how reactionary people are to the word anarchy.
Some see a minimization of government as the closest you can get to self government.
None of these people are anything approaching an expert, and neither am I, it must be said. I'd be happy to learn more about it all.
Thought it seems to me we did have minimalist government once upon a time. And we kept needing to add more rules to clarify the intent of the original ones. I don't see how this can be avoided.
I was saying Libertarianism is about minimal government.Anarchism is a lot more than just minimalist government, though. I'm not an anarchist in any way, but fair is fair.
Who hated Robin Hood?
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Ayn Rand did. And with a passion.
Imagine saying on the one hand that i) those that don't worship money are directly advocating for a lawless society where everybody loots and robs everybody else (at gun point and by using force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims) while also ii) criticising Robin Hood for taking what doesn't belong to him + even getting bonus points for that from others while the whole point of the story is kind of that the evil king worships money which doesn't belong to him originally (he hasn't produced and sold anything) but he was able to take by force (or taxes! ) the wealth from his disarmed citizens/victims.
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The step was a remarkable one for Mr. Biden, who vowed to be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen,” and for Democrats in control of Congress, who count organized labor among their most loyal constituencies.
Senate Democrats, under pressure from progressives to insist on the additional compensated time off for workers, tried and failed to push through a House-passed measure to add seven days of paid medical leave to the agreement. It was defeated 52 to 43, failing to secure the necessary 60 votes needed to pass and prompting multiple liberal senators to oppose the agreement altogether.
Ultimately, a broad bipartisan group set aside reservations about inserting Congress into the labor dispute and backed the agreement that the Biden administration negotiated. The vote was 80 to 15, with Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, voting “present.”
Mr. Biden had championed the negotiations that led to the tentative agreement, which his administration helped strike under the Railway Labor Act, a 1926 law that allows the president to intervene in rail labor disputes that threaten to cut off essential commerce or transportation service.