tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post7777975520808640104..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: Exactly How do You Define the Free Market?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-88221541339164833412016-02-25T10:02:30.766-05:002016-02-25T10:02:30.766-05:00It seems you have become an illiterate when it com...It seems you have become an illiterate when it comes to economics. Extolling the virtues of a system that has literally sucked the life out of its citizenry, emasculated its men and androginized its womenfolk. Whether you like it or not, in spite their beauty, the Nordic countries are failed countries where, despite their high average IQ, have contributed very few to the human advancement, in comparison with the rest of Europe. By the way I am not a libertarian (even though I share many of their tenets) I would call myself economic nationalist, as simple as that, free market within the nation, self interest über alles when it comes to foreign trade. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-32601877271518001552016-02-23T18:58:20.908-05:002016-02-23T18:58:20.908-05:00In the "mainstream" of public discussion...In the "mainstream" of public discussion, this cannot be spoken of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-31168035349299262412016-02-23T06:53:53.247-05:002016-02-23T06:53:53.247-05:00Personally, I prefer the Germanic countries over t...Personally, I prefer the Germanic countries over the Scandinavian/nordic countries:<br /><br />Vienna is the best city in the world to live in: London, Paris and New York don't make top 35 as German-speaking cities dominate quality of life rankings<br /><br />Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3459417/Vienna-best-city-world-live-London-Paris-New-York-don-t-make-35-German-speaking-cities-dominate-quality-life-rankings.html#ixzz40zVmWE2T <br />Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on FacebookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-77507270164341866112016-02-22T22:29:45.615-05:002016-02-22T22:29:45.615-05:00"Representation might be interpreted that way..."Representation <i>might</i> be interpreted that way, but that would be misinterpreting it, since it doesn't work like that at all.<br /><br />I know all about <a href="http://blog.kentforliberty.com/2009/04/are-free-riders-real-problem.html" rel="nofollow">"free riders"</a> and see them as a great excuse for people scared of liberty.Kent McManigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-30159635877469734992016-02-22T22:08:06.406-05:002016-02-22T22:08:06.406-05:00https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_intelligence#H...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_intelligence#Human_swarming - you might look it up, Kent. "Representation" might be interpreted this way.<br /><br />As for/against the need for explicit agreements, read about the free rider problem. It's not in the interest of a free rider to bind oneself with a contract, as long as free-riding is more advantageous.Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-68677225933293823482016-02-22T17:07:12.452-05:002016-02-22T17:07:12.452-05:00"(look up Jonathan Mayhew sometime, who was r..."<i>(look up Jonathan Mayhew sometime, who was referred to in his time as a 'transcendent genius' and who came up with the concept of 'no taxation without representation'), and who wrote that no one had to obey a government that disobeyed Natural Law.</i>"<br />So, which is it? You can't have both "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H585nogZWpQ" rel="nofollow">taxation</a>" AND obedience to Natural Law. If it doesn't violate Natural Law, it can't be "taxation", with or without "representation", which is an absurd concept anyway- no one can represent another without an explicit agreement between the two individuals, which never exists with government.Kent McManigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.com