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That is complete horseshit and you know it. I just made a statement and a decision. He's free to disagree with my assessment, and I'm free to not give a fuck. We're both free to mo…

> it makes more sense to barter something that's fungible, which is why most currencies in history have been some kind of commodity, like some form of metal, and scarce, like some …

I can't tell what you're trying to convey. You may just be trolling, of course. "The rule of law" sounds good and all, but you have to differentiate between laws that are only detr…

In reality, it's not that complicated. Here's all you need to know about the Constitution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngpsJKQR_ZE

> They are parasites That's right, and so are lawyers, accountants, and any other profession whose existence is predicated on the government making us jump through pointless bullsh…

I've debated lots and lots of other psychopaths, going through variations of those bullshit distractions, so I'll just not bother now.

You're disingenuous so I'll just not bother anymore.

How does it matter?

> One thousand times NO. The rule of law applies to all equally. This is just your cognitive dissonance talking. You can say "NO" a million times, but Bradley Manning was just impr…

Look, the NSA as an organization, as a whole, is blatantly violating the Constitution, which is supposedly the most sacrosanct law of the nation. The fact that they don't care abou…

You're right to point out that the NSA doesn't give a fuck about the law, but.. > the rule of law is the point, it is a necessary condition for a civilized society and MOST ESPECIA…

> they are probably allowed, under the same charter that allows CIA to conduct HUMINT missions, to attack Italian security companies They are definitely not allowed , under the Con…

Payment fees are high and plentiful because banks are a state-maintained cartel everywhere. For example, it's outrageous that they charge us something like $30 - $60 for a wire tra…

Yeah, that was seriously weird. No one needs an emoticon to tell himself his own mood. It could be useful for surveillance purposes though..

Alright. Well, we're talking about something that might be theoretically possible, but is impossible in practice. I don't think it matters.

Wow, that's just absurd .

> That fallacy is called ipse dixit, roughly translated as I say so, therefore it is. That's not what happened though. I pointed out that bureaucrats aren't prudent when spending o…

So how does the 'optimization' work? :) I have no clue about physics, so I'm just curious.

The question is actually based on the false premise that value can be objectively measured/quantified. In fact, value is purely subjective. In other words, the value of 'Wikipedia …

Perhaps more clearly, GDP doesn't distinguish between productive and unproductive activity. The government could pay people to dig ditches and fill them back in, and that would con…

> if you're willing to spend enough energy, you can optimize the state an arbitrarily large system as you please Define "optimize" and "system"?

> Thats exactly analogous - both oversized parking lot and burning down forests for few years worth of farming are profitable, yet highly undesirable. I specifically talked about a…

> I'm always a bit weary, when people rely on physics or rigid math to derive economic conclusions. You'll be delighted by Austrian Economics then: http://mises.org They start from…

For whatever it's worth, he was clearly not posting substantively . Perhaps a reminder would be in order?

If you take the idea of "getting rid of randomness" to its logical conclusion, it boils down to making the world deterministic. Does it make sense to pursue impossible goals? If no…