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Greetings from Vancouver!

Merry Christmas from Dallas, Texas.

All of my childhood I could never sleep on Christmas Eve. Last night I slept almost too well. Tonight, however, I cannot sleep at all. Urgh.

Merry Christmas from Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

My country has a 96% tax rate lol

- 38.2% of the federal budget goes to defense

- 19.0% goes towards law and order

- 57.2% of the entire budget (which is trillions of dollars) is spent on keeping people in line and/or killing them

What a paradise

Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all.

-John Maynars Keynes

The Hyatt Islands was stormed by the Red Guerillas of The Leftist Union and North Korea on December 25, 2014.

Victory brought to you by:

Red Army of TLU Commander [nation=short]Lipno[/nation]

[nation=short]Willie[/nation]

[nation=short]Urzistan[/nation]

[nation=short]Godless Monkey[/nation]

[nation]Stierlitzia[/nation]

KPA General [nation]Comradeland[/nation]

[nation]State Socialism[/nation]

[nation]Red Chargers[/nation]

Tlu Special Forces wrote:Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all.

-John Maynars Keynes

The Hyatt Islands was stormed by the Red Guerillas of The Leftist Union and North Korea on December 25, 2014.

Victory brought to you by:

Red Army of TLU Commander [nation=short]Lipno[/nation]

[nation=short]Willie[/nation]

[nation=short]Urzistan[/nation]

[nation=short]Godless Monkey[/nation]

[nation]Stierlitzia[/nation]

KPA General [nation]Comradeland[/nation]

[nation]State Socialism[/nation]

[nation]Red Chargers[/nation]

I'm disgusted on so many levels. Why does this happen, and on Christmas of all days? I hope that situation gets sorted out and I hope those Reds get slotted.

Tlu Special Forces wrote:Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all.

-John Maynars Keynes

The Hyatt Islands was stormed by the Red Guerillas of The Leftist Union and North Korea on December 25, 2014.

Victory brought to you by:

Red Army of TLU Commander [nation=short]Lipno[/nation]

[nation=short]Willie[/nation]

[nation=short]Urzistan[/nation]

[nation=short]Godless Monkey[/nation]

[nation]Stierlitzia[/nation]

KPA General [nation]Comradeland[/nation]

[nation]State Socialism[/nation]

[nation]Red Chargers[/nation]

A healthy dose of solidarity provided by [nation=short]Kazirstan[/nation]!

Rotgeheim wrote:I'm disgusted on so many levels. Why does this happen, and on Christmas of all days? I hope that situation gets sorted out and I hope those Reds get slotted.

Sorry, I'm godless, the holiday doesn't mean much to me. Maybe the people of Hyatt Islands should of prayed harder. god doesn't like lazy slackers.

Zapatismo Chiapas wrote:Sorry, I'm godless, the holiday doesn't mean much to me. Maybe the people of Hyatt Islands should of prayed harder. god doesn't like lazy slackers.

Maybe you should have learned that you can't put a preposition after something like could, would, or should.

Among other terrible things that happened there, of course.

You'll get what's coming to you, that's for sure.

This is sweet to quote JM Keynes, especially because he was a capitalist and you are a social-collectivist...

Rotgeheim wrote:My country has a 96% tax rate lol

- 38.2% of the federal budget goes to defense

- 19.0% goes towards law and order

- 57.2% of the entire budget (which is trillions of dollars) is spent on keeping people in line and/or killing them

What a paradise

68,1% of my budget goes to law&order and defense, but the income tax is a flat 1%...

Fascists painted red invaded The Hyatt Islands on Christmas Day. Makes perfect sense.

Hey, hey guys.

Look at that.

Boom. Password gone.

Tlu Special Forces wrote:Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all.

-John Maynars Keynes

The Hyatt Islands was stormed by the Red Guerillas of The Leftist Union and North Korea on December 25, 2014.

Victory brought to you by:

Red Army of TLU Commander [nation=short]Lipno[/nation]

[nation=short]Willie[/nation]

[nation=short]Urzistan[/nation]

[nation=short]Godless Monkey[/nation]

[nation]Stierlitzia[/nation]

KPA General [nation]Comradeland[/nation]

[nation]State Socialism[/nation]

[nation]Red Chargers[/nation]

Oh wow, look at you, you can raid a minute region on a day when no one was on the game. Good job. You have earned a sticker.

Shermaniya wrote:Fascists painted red invaded The Hyatt Islands on Christmas Day. Makes perfect sense.

Oh, absolutely. So let me get this straight:

- They organized a tag raid on Christmas (the one day a year everyone is out celebrating rather than playing NS, and also the one day a year they could possibly have pulled it off).

- Not content with the usual mischief of a tag raid, they then spammed the hell out of THI's RMB.

- And our RMB, for good measure.

- They "forgot" to credit one of their participants.

- They delivered self-righteous lectures on economics. Well, Keynesian economics, but still.

- Their commander suppressed the posts of everyone who disagreed with him so that he could feel important.

I can tell I'm a capitalist, because I've just seen nasty men with nastier motives delude themselves into thinking their childish antics somehow work for the benefit of all.

Zapatismo Chiapas wrote:Sorry, I'm godless, the holiday doesn't mean much to me. Maybe the people of Hyatt Islands should of prayed harder. god doesn't like lazy slackers.

Someone could say you were going to hell, but being that you are in a militaristic authoritarian socialist region, I'd say you are already pretty much there.

You say Go to hell...I say that ship sailed years ago!

You say go to hell, I say "let me take the 5 minute drive into the city".

I live on Long Island, for those who haven't figured it out yet.

Miencraft wrote:You say go to hell, I say "let me take the 5 minute drive into the city".

I live on Long Island, for those who haven't figured it out yet.

I hate NY...but I cant leave so umm..

Ankha wrote:I hate NY...but I cant leave so umm..

Come to New Hampshire. No income or sales tax, Quaint towns, no magazine or automatic weapon restrictions, motto "live free or die"

Shermaniya wrote:Come to New Hampshire. No income or sales tax, Quaint towns, no magazine or automatic weapon restrictions, motto "live free or die"

Indeed. lol

Shermaniya wrote:Come to New Hampshire. No income or sales tax, Quaint towns, no magazine or automatic weapon restrictions, motto "live free or die"

Our state is the best, isn't it?

Liberated Democratic Republics wrote:Our state is the best, isn't it?

You guys tailgate in suits so um...

I have returned from the Netherlands. Bow down before me!

So, the reds tag raided an inactive Reato member and spammed the page with banana jokes and anti-libertarian fallacies? As a reaction to what - CAPS? Cuba? Das Kommune?

Yeah, I'm not impressed. They're getting a little desperate, it seems.

Lol! They tried to post anti-libertarian propaganda, and this is the best they could come up with.

Libertarians secretly worried that ultimately someone will figure out the whole of their political philosophy boils down to 'get off my property.' News flash: This is not really a big secret to the rest of us.

Libertarianism is, at its simplest, the antonym of authoritarianism. The term has been around since the beginning of the 20th century or earlier and was primarily used for self-identification with anarcho-syndicalism and labor movements. In the USA, the term was adopted by the Foundation for Economic Education think tank in the 1950's to describe a political and social philosophy that advocates laissez-faire capitalism as a panacea for virtually everything. Non-libertarians view this as synonymous with oligarchic plutocracy after the fashion of the American Gilded Age, while the reality-based community tends to realize that one cannot just yank economic theories out of the air and magically expect them to work.

This anti-government phenomenon is found primarily in the United States, likely due to Americans' extensive experience with dysfunctional government, coupled with their unawareness of the existence of other countries. Historically, and almost everywhere other than America still today, the term has been associated with libertarian socialism and anarchism. The adoption of the libertarian label by advocates of free market economics is an ironic example of their tendency to take credit for other people's ideas.

Well that was an epic failure...

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Pevvania wrote:Lol! They tried to post anti-libertarian propaganda, and this is the best they could come up with.

It would probably be easier if they actually knew how libertarianism works.

Or anything at all for that matter.

Kanatistan wrote:Oh, hello Ankha

Hey Kan. We should talk sometime....

Liberated Democratic Republics wrote:Our state is the best, isn't it?

I don't actually live there, though I'm moving to Keene soon. Right now I live in Jacksonville, Florida and the Adarondack Mountains, New York.

Hello everyone. New to the game and this looks like a region where smart people congregate. Anyone else read the Sword of Truth books by Terry Goodkind?

So.... Board elections?

Humpheria wrote:So.... Board elections?

What exactly does the Board do? Is that our region's government?

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Kanatistan wrote:Hmmm... (Bad habit of distrust kicking in)

Do you not like Goodkind? Have you even read the books? They're how I got into Ayn Rand and libertarianism. Am I mistaken in thinking that this is a region for libertarians?

Kanatistan wrote:Hmmm... (Bad habit of distrust kicking in)

Me too...

What the hell? Why is everyone so paranoid? I thought this was a place that I could fit in. I guess I was wrong; sorry to bother you.

The Midlands Alliance wrote:What the hell? Why is everyone so paranoid? I thought this was a place that I could fit in. I guess I was wrong; sorry to bother you.

* Claims to be new

* "Why is everyone so paranoid?"- "everyone" denotes that this has happened before

Humpheria wrote:* Claims to be new

* "Why is everyone so paranoid?"- "everyone" denotes that this has happened before

* Is new

* "everyone" because the only people who acknowledged me didn't say anything nice to welcome me, just messages about how suspicious they were of me.

Whatever. I'm moving on; good luck always looking over your shoulder.

Yeah that's right commie, keep walkin

speaking of commies, i think your good pals (in so far as one guy comes over occasionally and posts) in laissez faireholm are being raided. i'm not very good at the whole gameplay stuff. i'm not sure how it works and i usually hate it when people makes posts like this, but wouldn't it be nice if one or two you came and gave us and particularly lincoln sydney a big hug for a bit?

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The Midlands Alliance wrote:What the hell? Why is everyone so paranoid? I thought this was a place that I could fit in. I guess I was wrong; sorry to bother you.

How are the bread lines working for you [nation=Godless Munky]?

Actum wrote:pa·gan

ˈpāɡən/

noun

1.

a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions. (That is the definition according to Oxford. Also, the second meaning is a Non-Christian)

Christianity is the #1 religion in the world.

http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

So, no, your claim is completely false.

Yeah, he refers to a tome written and published by christians. Pretty convenient ;D

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Fascism wrote:Yeah, he refers to a tome written and published by christians. Pretty convenient ;D

I'm jealous of that nation name. That's pretty original.

Kanatistan wrote:How did you know it was him?

Communal Earth retired from trolling, and Kazirstan is busy with raids. His slightly aggressive behavior makes it obvious.

Shermaniya wrote:Communal Earth retired from trolling, and Kazirstan is busy with raids. His slightly aggressive behavior makes it obvious.

Speaking of, it seems THI isn't the only target.

It is as I had predicted - the Norks have gotten desperate, and it does not surprise me that they are now working with Lipno. I wonder how many tag raids they will initiate before they feel the loss of their precious alliance has been repaid.

Yet another failure of REATO to defend its member regions!

"All states are authoritarian dictatorships, it's just all about what class they serve."- V Ming

Anti Authoritarian Alliance- occupied by The Leftist Union, North Korea, and Das Kommune since December 26 thanks to the following comrades:

Point-Man [nation=short]Lipno[/nation]

[nation=short]Stierlitzia[/nation]

[nation=short]Godless Monkey[/nation]

[nation=short]Willie[/nation]

3 comrades of the Korean People's Army

[nation=short]Kazirstan[/nation] of Das Kommune

A brief message to fascists, capitalists, Zennyist renegades, theocrats and other rightist morons: We are the Red Guerillas and we are coming for you!

Yeah, yeah, we got that. Thanks.

Hungry for more bananas, I assume, Red Gorillas?

https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=9175596

So I've read. Again, thank you ever so much for calling attention to your actions. Someone out there must be so proud of you.

Shermaniya wrote:How are the bread lines working for you [nation=Godless Munky]?

lol, you think that's me? Tell us again, how did you "convince" me to leave DK?

Zapatismo Chiapas wrote:-snip-

Oh. Hey. I read the "24 types of libertarians" you linked to - it was actually pretty funny.

Actum wrote:Someone could say you were going to hell, but being that you are in a militaristic authoritarian socialist region, I'd say you are already pretty much there.

Ankha wrote:You say Go to hell...I say that ship sailed years ago!

What would Ayn Rand think of such talk?

I'm on vacation. Fvck off please.

Zapatismo Chiapas wrote:What would Ayn Rand think of such talk?

The answer is that she wouldn't think a thing about it. Objectivism, remember?

Miencraft wrote:It would probably be easier if they actually knew how libertarianism works.

You know, you shouldn't be so hard on us. We try to understand the bs nonsense that you guys call an ideology. We understand the basics, a child screaming "MINE" when you tell them to share. But the finer details are a bit hard to understand. It doesn't help that the "expert" proponents don't seem to understand it much better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BhcdVubtZ0

Zapatismo Chiapas wrote:a child screaming "MINE" when you tell them to share

Well, there's your problem! You were looking at a daycare - the meeting room we rented out is the third one to the right.

Conservative Idealism In Libertatem wrote:Well, there's your problem! You were looking at a daycare - the meeting room we rented out is the third one to the right.

My bad, I saw both rooms. One had selfish immature brats, the other had children, couldn't tell which was which.

Zapatismo Chiapas wrote:My bad, I saw both rooms. One had selfish immature brats, the other had children, couldn't tell which was which.

Might I suggest wearing glasses or contacts? Granted, they probably won't help you see past the propaganda you endorse, but they're better than nothing.

No response? And here I thought we might have engaged in a snark-off for the ages.

Good day/morning, everyone.

Hallo Island

Here's an interesting question for y'all: time travel and libertarianism. If time travel existed, who should be able to use it? Just the government? Some people? Anyone? Does time travel violate the NAP? Discuss.

Hallo Island

This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department of Energy.

I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. Then, I brushed my teeth with that water, filtered to standards set by the EPA and my state.

After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. I watched this while eating my breakfast of US Department of Agriculture inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the Food and Drug Administration.

At the appropriate time as regulated by the US Congress and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the US Naval Observatory, I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads built by the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank and printed by the Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing. On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the US Postal Service and drop the kids off at the public school.

I park my car on the street, paved and maintained by the Department of Transportation, and put quarters issued by the United States Mint into the parking meter.

Then, after spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, I drive back to my house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and the fire marshal's inspection, and which has not been plundered of all its valuables thanks to the local police department.

I then log onto the Internet which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration and post on freerepublic and fox news forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can't do anything right. Keep government out of my Medicare!

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department of Energy.

I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. Then, I brushed my teeth with that water, filtered to standards set by the EPA and my state.

After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. I watched this while eating my breakfast of US Department of Agriculture inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the Food and Drug Administration.

At the appropriate time as regulated by the US Congress and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the US Naval Observatory, I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads built by the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank and printed by the Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing. On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the US Postal Service and drop the kids off at the public school.

I park my car on the street, paved and maintained by the Department of Transportation, and put quarters issued by the United States Mint into the parking meter.

Then, after spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, I drive back to my house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and the fire marshal's inspection, and which has not been plundered of all its valuables thanks to the local police department.

I then log onto the Internet which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration and post on freerepublic and fox news forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can't do anything right. Keep government out of my Medicare!

This is basically a partial list of some of the things that government does. The fact is that most of the services they provide suck. I'd go through all of these, but I'm a little busy right now. Try again.

Pevvania wrote:This is basically a partial list of some of the things that government does. The fact is that most of the services they provide suck. I'd go through all of these, but I'm a little busy right now. Try again.

I can wait.

Pevvania wrote:Here's an interesting question for y'all: time travel and libertarianism. If time travel existed, who should be able to use it? Just the government? Some people? Anyone? Does time travel violate the NAP? Discuss.

It's not even a "who should use it" issue.

It's more about how the vast majority of physicists will tell you not to develop time travel on account of how significantly one minor change would alter the course of history, and as such competent scientists would not allow it to be invented.

So it'll probably never happen, but I guess technically using time travel if it were to happen would count as pretty much infinite aggression on account of the sheer power of tearing through space and time in order to arrive at some other date.

Doesn't New Sea Territory control Tsardom?

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The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department of Energy.

This statement alone exposes the fallacy of government regulation. Collectivists believe in regulating industry to prevent the creation of monopolies - despite the facts that government is a monopoly, and worst of all that government regulation is the biggest creator of monopolies. Companies lobby the state to introduce these laws that inhibit competition by introducing barriers to entry that only the largest firms can get over - resulting in the destruction and prevented creation of thousands of smaller businesses.

According to a study by the Journal of Economic Growth (http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jjseater/regulationandgrowth.pdf), the growth of federal regulations over the past six decades has cut U.S. economic growth by an average of 2 percentage points per year, and as a result, the average American household receives about $277,000 less annually than it would have gotten in the absence of six decades of accumulated regulations—a median household income of $330,000 instead of the $53,000 we get now. GDP would have been $53.9 trillion instead of $15.1 in 2011. This is just one study of hundreds that confirm that most government regulation harbours negative opportunity costs that result in the destruction of wealth.

Libertarians believe in regulation, but not government regulation. The market is the best and most efficient regulator out there. Good video on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvxT7fryE3Q Market regulation is not an ideological concept - it is in use in most countries in thousands of industries.

Put very simply, companies are not these big bad uncontrollable giants, but they are organisations of people seeking profit, and thus are totally accountable to consumers and the market. If they create an unsafe product, customers will go to competitors or even sue the company. If they provide a crappy product, then customers will go elsewhere. If they engage in illicit business practices, then customers will go elsewhere. Few if any monopolies - companies with market shares so strong that they can dictate prices - exist as a result of free competition. Licensing and patent laws, regulations, taxation barriers and other government restrictions are the biggest monopoly creators.

The idea that corporations can somehow do whatever they want without consequence is totally economically illiterate.

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. Then, I brushed my teeth with that water, filtered to standards set by the EPA and my state. I park my car on the street, paved and maintained by the Department of Transportation, and put quarters issued by the United States Mint into the parking meter.

Government does things - so what? We'd argue that history and countless reviews of empirical evidence have shown that the private sector does almost everything better. Government agencies have little incentive to provide quality services to consumers, and are usually more concerned with the self-interest of their employees. In the market, self-interest is tied to profit motive, which incentivises businesses to deliver goods and services to the people that are safe, good quality and affordable.

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels

I didn't know socialists were fans of free speech restrictions. Oh, wait, yes I did.

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Alright, I'll give you that one. NASA is one of the government agencies that isn't a total fvck-up. But I'd still argue that scientific research is best left in the hands of the private sector: http://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/science-doesnt-need-public-funding

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:I watched this while eating my breakfast of US Department of Agriculture inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the Food and Drug Administration.

The Food and Drug Administration is one of the most vile regulatory bodies of all, because its monopoly on the regulatory sector allows it to take years, even decades, withholding life-saving drugs from the market to prevent losses to its own reputation. Private, voluntary regulators have an incentive to properly examine a product's safety, lest they gain a bad reputation, and to quickly check the product so they can be compensated for their efforts.

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads built by the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation,

Ah, the classic MUH ROADS argument. Many roads are actually built by private companies contracted by the government, but in a completely private transportation market not only would roads be cheaper (government inefficiencies always exist), but also of a far higher quality, as companies would have to keep the roads in check or else they'd lose business. The pothole would completely disappear.

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank and printed by the Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

The Federal Reserve is a private institution that is legislatively granted a public monopoly on money by the government. It is "corporatist". Although it is a de facto government institution, this is an important distinction to make. The monopoly that the Fed has had on currency for more than a century has been incredibly destructive to the economy, leading to inflation, currency depreciation and constant business cycles. Occasionally a Chairman gets in there who isn't completely up his own ass, but nevertheless it is an institution that is in serious need of reform or abolition.

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the US Postal Service and drop the kids off at the public school.

The US Postal Service - a business so good it's been utterly out-competed by private sector alternatives to the point where it's on the verge of bankruptcy.

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:Then, after spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration,

Are you seriously implying that pieces of paper are preventing my boss from murdering me while I work for him? Are you f*cking kidding me?

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:I drive back to my house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and the fire marshal's inspection,

Real estate and housing development companies have no interest in creating poorly-designed products, because they're held accountable by the market (and the judiciary). Nobody wants to buy a dangerous product, so nobody wants to sell them. It's all supply and demand, brother.

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:and which has not been plundered of all its valuables thanks to the local police department.

The State: protecting you from being killed or robbed by killing and robbing you since 10,000 BC!

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:I then log onto the Internet which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration and post on freerepublic and fox news forums

False. If anything it was government that prevented the internet's creation for decades. John Stossel summarises the truth of the matter quite well:

The government did create Arpanet, the world's first decentralized computer network. It was supposed to help the Department of Defense communicate after a nuclear attack. Even then, government scientists relied heavily on inventions by private companies. Arpanet introduced TCP/IP, the protocol that the internet uses to transfer information. That was useful, but for decades, the government possessed the technology it needed to create the Internet, and did very little with it. In 1969, Arpanet linked 4 computers. Over the next three years, Email and instant messaging were invented, but they weren't useful to you, because the government's Arpanet linked only 37 computers.

Only as the program was privatized did the private sector make the investments, in money and creativity, that gave us the internet we have now. Why didn't the private sector develop an Arpanet? According to Andrew Morriss of The Freeman, two reasons: First, government crowded out the private sector by hiring many talented computer scientists. Second, laws required the FCC to authorize new networks, and "Regulatory barriers to entry, not a lack of entrepreneurial activity, slowed the efforts to build private networks." In 1995, government fully privatized their network. That's when the current internet started to flourish. Morriss says, "the real Internet grew out of a spontaneous ordering process of the interactions of millions of individual users.... The explosive growth in commerce, for example, became possible only when the government's ban on commercial use of the networks it financed was lifted." Peter Klein, of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, points out that most of the internet went "unforeseen by its original designers - [but was] developed in the private sector." For example, Xerox and Apple developed "a useable graphical user interface (GUI), a lightweight and durable mouse, and the Ethernet protocol."

Yes, President Obama, government invented the Arpanet. But what happened next shows how government fails, but individuals succeed. Government enacted barriers to private-sector research, and took decades before it allowed all of us to benefit from an important new technology. Once it was privatized, individuals - not government - created the internet that we know today. - http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/stossel/blog/2012/07/24/did-government-invent-internet

The Libertarian Paradise Of Somalia wrote:SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can't do anything right. Keep government out of my Medicare!

Socialised medicine is indeed bad. It's usually more efficient in other countries, but the government's corruption of the healthcare industry in the US has had catastrophic results. Healthcare in the US needs to be privatised, for the sake of poor people and everyone else that's suffering.

Kanatistan wrote:I always figured that if time travel was real, if you changed the past it wouldn't effect the future, but create a different time line thing... Or destroy the universe... Nerdy.

If you want to get really into it, there's a whole thing about how every single decision creates an alternate universe with each and every possible outcome from that decision.

Calculate every possible decision made by every person in the universe, and there are so many alternate universes that we don't have a number for it.

But, technically, as far as I know time travel would violate the laws of physics. And if it didn't, every scientist on the planet would warn us not to use it on account of what could possibly happen.

There's no guarantee you'll end up in your old universe after you return, after all.

Pev, that is the longest post I have ever seen.

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Shermaniya wrote:Pev, that is the longest post I have ever seen.

He cares more about the United States than most Americans.

Shermaniya wrote:Doesn't New Sea Territory control Tsardom?

TG me if you must.

Conservative Idealism In Libertatem wrote:He cares more about the United States than most Americans.

Mhm.

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Kanatistan wrote:Most Americans don't care or understand much about the United States, the world, or the constant threat to their existence.

I believe the word you are looking for is

APATHY. New York has enough to go around

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Ankha wrote:TG me if you must.Mhm.

About what?

Shermaniya wrote:About what?

Tsardom and such. If you'd like, that is.

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Kanatistan wrote:I have finally done it!

Umm..

So the Swedish Police have now declared 55 "no go zones" that emergency services, postal workers, and other government employees cannot go because they have lost control of those areas to Muslim street gangs.

Multiculturalism at its finest.

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Conservative Idealism In Libertatem wrote:He cares more about the United States than most Americans.

Thank you, Con, that's very kind of you.

Kanatistan wrote:I like multiculturalism at its basics... But I think this has gone to far. (Call in the armored divisions)

Even ambulance and firefighting services can't go into those areas without police escort - who now themselves won't even enter because they have declared those areas "no go zones". Sweden needs to change something about its policies or the whole nation will be overrun by Muslim gangs.

Pevvania wrote:Thank you, Con, that's very kind of you.

My pleasure.

Hm. I wonder what your opponent there thought of what you had to say - I expected a fallacy-driven response by this point.

Kanatistan wrote:"It" is done. I am so excited, yet upset, "this" could fix... Or destroy, everything!

Uh oh, I've heard that before.

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