On the Nature of Things | Forum

All Mao had to do is take a fancy to a gal and she was left with no choice. Quite unlikely what happens in our moral, ethical, capitalist society... Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Berlusconi, Bill Clinton, John Kennedy or Edward Heath (who seemingly preferred boys...) could never be accused of such deeds....

To put in perspective the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, the total of deceased from all causes and at all times (including twenty or thirty years from induced cancers) of these two atomic bombings is somewhere between 300 and 400,000 dead. The total of deceased during the Asian part of WWII is es...

Economic theory is mostly non-predictive non-testable bunk. There is nothing as arrogant as ingrained ignorance... Very common to people who have discovered that 2+2=4... The most common phrase in economics: "Economists were surprised that . . . [insert any non-linear economic event here].&quo...

It's a non sequitur to discuss "stealing" land in a sparsely populated landscape without allodial tenures from aboriginal bands who migrated to land of other bands, with the occasional occupation. The point I'm making - and which was at least partly made by John Stuart Mill - is that the ...

If Trump is what being American is all about, then I think it is time to put "Americanism" where it belongs, in a very strong cage very far from the rest of us. As to the idea of Trump being the "leader" of the "western world", it scares me to death. The "western ...

If Trump is what being American is all about, then I think it is time to put "Americanism" where it belongs, in a very strong cage very far from the rest of us. As to the idea of Trump being the "leader" of the "western world", it scares me to death. The "western w...

https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11899976_1455955484711036_4281860360412482487_n.jpg?oh=51d5b36cb5670e6b50c306cacef85034&oe=56722821 I couldn't help showing you this fake political poster supposedly from the party in power in Portugal: In 4 years we have produced more ...

NapLajoieonSteroids wrote:I'm sure when the Comanche were setting up their state by conquest, they paused to consider what they meant for the common heritage of the planet.

They didn't, but we should. That's the difference between being instinctive and being ethical...

Your "right" to private property comes, directly or indirectly, from theft, conquest or occupation. And occupation presupposes that any part of the planet is up for grabs, in disregard of all the other inhabitants of this planet who have an equal right to the actual occupier's... Even if ...

Have you ever stopped to think where your "right" to private property comes from?... Many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many times. Many times. I would suggest your reading - not Marx - John Stuart Mill, on the subject of property. You might be surprised at what h...

How about my right to private property. What leftist is fighting for that. For starters. Have you ever stopped to think where your "right" to private property comes from?... I would suggest your reading - not Marx - John Stuart Mill, on the subject of property. You might be surprised at w...

Typhoon wrote:Economic theory is mostly non-predictive non-testable bunk.

There is nothing as arrogant as ingrained ignorance... Very common to people who have discovered that 2+2=4...

Given that Russia imports just about everything besides oil, food stuffs and any value added manufactured goods, currency devaluation will have a negative impact on the economy. If you were an economist you might understand that more expensive imports tend to boost domestic production, to replace s...

Libertarianism is not just one thing. There are brands and variations . So how can claim that a libertarian is this or that to the exclusion of such and so. It's just silly. Replace "libertarianism" with "democracy" and you will see how inadequate your statement is. Libertariani...

Mr. Perfect wrote:These days we like teens having kids.

Preferably while keeping their virginity...

Yes I do. Leftists wore out the word liberal which they coopted and now progressive which was ridiculous from the start and are now glomming desperately for a new word. Libertarianism is irreconcilable with leftism as leftism calls for unlimited government. Wrong! Wrong! WRONG!!! Leftism only calls...

The tomb of Tutankhamun https://www.academia.edu/14406398/The_Burial_of_Nefertiti_2015_ Recently published, high-resolution scans of the walls of room J (the Burial Chamber) of Valley of the Kings tomb KV 62 (Tutankhamun) reveal, beneath the plastered surfaces of the painted scenes, distinct linear...

Bloomers | Russian GDP Plunges 4.6% Russia’s economy shrank the most since 2009 after a currency crisis jolted consumer demand, while a selloff in oil threatens to drag the country into a deeper recession. Gross domestic product contracted 4.6 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier after...

At least we will not be able to blame the next war on Germany. The US will share that "honour" with no other country... Let's hope that just as it happened with the previous world wars, the country starting the third world war will also pay the heaviest price... Will Native Americans be th...

True. But a lot is with hindsight. I don't think many people expected the amount of horror that got unleashed and developed once the pandora's box was opened. I also naively expected/hoped that although the case made for the Iraq war of Bush was a fraud.. one would expect that a people that suffere...

Why do people suppose that a rugged individualist is/wants to be without any relationship with others? That confuses a rugged individualist with a hermit or autist. He does want to have a relationship with others. One in which he ruthlessly exploits the others for his own benefit...A rugged individ...

And they won't. Do you know why that is. Global oligarchic interests. Many European politicians have been bought by those interests and simply do as they are told. That's why Syriza and Tsipras in Greece were such a big problem, as they were not owned by the oligarchy. Some people may think that ha...

U.S. is Destroying Europe Eric ZUESSE | 07.08.2015 | 08:00 http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/08/07/us-is-destroying-europe.html In Libya, Syria, Ukraine, and other countries at the periphery or edges of Europe, U.S. President Barack Obama has been pursuing a policy of destabilization, and ...

Contemporary "libertarianism" is a utopian fantasy to soothe egos wounded by our complex, relational dependencies. Contemporary libertarianism - at least the leftist version thereof - is not individualistic, although it tries to protect individual rights within the community. Sort of, don...