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—“Do you agree that greed is the main source of all problems we face today?”— No. 1 – Overpopulation of the untalented classes. 2 – Competition for status, because status increases opportunity. 3 – Factual differences in individual, group, social, political, and religious value in modernity. 4 – Lack of material value of…
The Best Answer You Will Find.
—“Is social conformity a form of lying?”— 1 – In **display** (dress, manner) conformity is a form of *taxation*. (cost) 2 – In **action** (behavior) conformity a form of *taxation*. (cost) 3 – In **word**, the question is whether the statement is true (scientifically), or false, not conforming or non conforming. If…
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(quote of the day) —“Generally speaking, I find I have more fun with my pants off.”— (some actor)
Books On Politics
–“What are good introductory books to study about states, politics, and public laws?”— The reason we are in this post-enlightenment **political and pseudoscientific debacle** is that Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche had very different beliefs about human nature – they expressed their own Aristocratic, Middle Class, and Underclass perceptions of man. And…
On Africans
—“Should we try to encourage the belief that black Africans are the master race? They really don’t have a lot going for them, and life in Africa and among black Americans is so hard. I think it would be uplifting for them.”— There is no master race. There are races that have evolved…
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Curt Doolittle’s answer: —-”What is the worst geographical situation for a country according to geopolitical science?”—- Answering this question requires a few dimensions: 1) Coastal, to rivers, to dry, to desert 2) Hot desert or jungle to cold mountains or tundra. 3) A low disease gradient …
What Are The Different Branches Of Economics?
I’m going to give you a different answer from the rest. Which is the group evolutionary strategy advanced by the different schools. Ostensibly, all schools study every scale of human interaction from behavior through micro, thru macro, through the world economic system. We teach the fundamentals with micro and macro. But these are just entry…
If Mathematics Is An Exact Science, Why Are There Assumptions?
As far as I know, mathematics consists not of science but of a logic. A logic meaning a grammar of decidability. And in the case of mathematics, the grammar of decidability consists of reduction of all references to positional names, and therefore all relations to positional relations. And we can do so with an unlimited…
If An Advanced Alien Civilization Uses An Axiomatic System That Allows Them To Solve Many Math Problems That We Have Tried For Centuries To Solve, Would We Adapt To Their System So That Our Math Knowledge Can Catch Up To Theirs?
Um. I don’t think you understand the constitution of mathematics. And I am not sure that I want to invest that level of effort. But given the simplicity of math, and the impossibility of anything more ‘simple’ than math, the only thing we can do with mathematics that we cannot do now, is increase the…
Why Do People Say It’s Not Their Responsibility To Explain Issues Of Social Justice, Racism, And Oppression, When They Also Say A White, Straight Man Can Never Experience These Things?
Don’t you think that by asking this question you are using racism against white people? Look. White people made modernity and dragged everyone else into it kicking and screaming. White people produce the ONLY high trust- low corruption high truth telling society other than Japan. When other peoples produce the same levels of development then…
In Laymans Terms, How Would You Define The “free Market”?
That prices are determined by market forces independent of state interference. There is no perfectly free trade. And in the current era the value of free trade is no longer what the classical economists suggested. https://www.quora.com/In-Laymans-terms-how-would-you-define-the-free-market
Why Do Americans Support The 1% Knowing They Will Never Be Part Of It?
a large percentage of americans cross the 400k threshold at least one year. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Americans-support-the-1-knowing-they-will-never-be-part-of-it
Which Country Best Reflects Your Political And Ethical Philosophy?
Switzerland. Small, homogenous, locally organized country win no external ambitions, and a universal militia. Cant be done much better. https://www.quora.com/Which-country-best-reflects-your-political-and-ethical-philosophy
How Did Karl Marx Impact Our Society?
100 MILLION PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF HIS PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC NONSENSE. https://www.quora.com/How-did-Karl-Marx-impact-our-society
What Do Libertarians Think About The Modern Monetary Theory?
MMT is an interesting thought experiment.The problem is we can’t test the theory very easily.And the underlying question is whether it would just generate runaway inflation.And as far as I can tell it would. HOWEVERI will put money on the fact that governments will, sometime in the next few decades, distribute liquidity directly to citizens…
What’s The Difference Between Communism And Libertarianism?
In Communism private property is abolished in order to create exclusively common property. (Rule By Discretion) In Libertarianism, common property is abolished in order to create exclusively private property. (Anarchy) In Classical Liberalism (Rule of Law), the houses of government constitute a market for the voluntary production of commons between the people who pay for…
What Do Libertarians Think Of A Progressive Global Wealth Tax?
Why would we want to end capital flight? It tells governments that they are managing badly. https://www.quora.com/What-do-libertarians-think-of-a-progressive-global-wealth-tax
What Is The Difference In Thinking Between Milton Friedman And Friedrich Hayek?
Friedman was a statistician and Hayek a philosopher and historian.Hayek explored every field and came to the conclusion that we were having the wrong discussion: the question is simply rule of law under the common law of tort versus discretionary rule of any other kind. Friedman proposed means of producing commons by market means. These…
What Do Americans Think Of The Fact That Their Country Is Seen Almost Everywhere On Earth As The Most Arrogant And Bellicose Country Responsible Of The Death Of Millions Of Innocent People?
WE LOOK AT SUCH PEOPLE AS UNGRATEFUL CHILDREN. —-”What do Americans think of the fact that their country is seen almost everywhere on Earth as the most arrogant and bellicose country responsible of the death of millions of innocent people?”—- What do Americans think? You mean uneducated or educated, or educated and knowledgeable, or educated,…
Do You Agree That Greed Is The Main Source Of All Problems We Face Today?
No. 1 – Overpopulation of the untalented classes.2 – Competition for status, because status increases opportunity.3 – Factual differences in individual, group, social, political, and religious value in modernity.4 – Lack of material value of vast sectors of the population – which will only get worse as technology advances. https://www.quora.com/Do-you-agree-that-greed-is-the-main-source-of-all-problems-we-face-today
Is Social Conforming A Form Of Lying?
THE BEST ANSWER YOU WILL FIND. In display (dress, manner) conformity is a form of taxation. (cost) In action (behavior) conformity a form of taxation. (cost) In word, the question is whether the statement is true (scientifically), or false, not conforming or non conforming. If you state the truth, it’s a form of taxation. (cost)…
What Are Good Introductory Books To Study About States, Politics, And Public Laws?
THE BEST ANSWER I KNOW OF The reason we are in this post-enlightenment political and pseudoscientific debacle is that Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche had very different beliefs about human nature – they expressed their own Aristocratic, Middle Class, and Underclass perceptions of man. And today we see Nietzschean(‘Aryan’), Hobbesian (authoritarian), Lockean (libertarian),…
Should We Try To Encourage The Belief That Black Africans Are The Master Race? They Really Don’t Have A Lot Going For Them, And Life In Africa And Among Black Americans Is So Hard. I Think It Would Be Uplifting For Them.
There is no master race. There are races that have evolved in different geographies that produced different demands. Each geography produced variations of the human animal suitable to those conditions. All people should love their own and take care of their own – self doubt is useless. The greatest inhibitor of black americans is that…
As A Rural American, What Would You Like Those On The Coasts (in The City) To Know About You?
I would like them to secede or allow us to secede so that each of us can live life how we wish without imposing the costs of our preferences on the other. In simple terms, the coasts have high population densities and are heterogeneous expensive micro-cultures, with vast but low cost, high risk commons. Those…
What Will Finally Bring About The Abolition Of Today’s Racial Classifications In The United States?
Never happen. We will end up like Brazil or India. People don’t talk about it, but they demonstrate low trust. Americans talk about and demonstrate high trust. https://www.quora.com/What-will-finally-bring-about-the-abolition-of-todays-racial-classifications-in-the-United-States