Re: Two interesting Articles for Dr. Brin:
http://www.asymptosis.com/libertarians-republicans-and-democrats-new-findings-on-morality-empathy-and-sympathy.html Another point. Since conservatives seem to care a great deal for purity, this post makes a whole lot more sense: http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/how_worried_should_we_be/ ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Two interesting Articles for Dr. Brin:
At 05:02 PM Saturday 3/20/2010, David Brin wrote: I challenge libertarians to imagine it is 1861. In which army do they fight? Subquestion #1: Where do they live? Subquestion #2: What is the color of their skin? (Point being that although some people had a choice in that matter and some made one many did not. Although another point is that some who did did not necessarily make the "obvious" choice based on the subquestions . . . ) . . . ronn! :) ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Two interesting Articles for Dr. Brin:
I challenge libertarians to imagine it is 1861. In which army do they fight? They are romantics and hence illogical. In fact, they think they are for the Horatio Alger rags to riches innovators. They hate it when you ask them how well that works when the rich become feudal lords. Patron Saint Adam Smith actually would have been a democrat From: KZK To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sat, March 20, 2010 2:49:02 PM Subject: Re: Two interesting Articles for Dr. Brin: On 3/20/2010 12:00 AM, David Brin wrote: > Wow, this guy is really something. > > I'll tout him on my blog. > > Who is he? I don't know, I just found his site a few days ago. Your best bet would be to try and email him and ask. (Their are unscrupulous ways like looking up who the website was registered to by using whois). Then again, I'm partial to pseudonyms. > Thanks for sharing it. I think their have also been other things going on for a number of years. Namely, most employers (90+%) now won't hire people who are not currently employed (they brag about this). So people who lose thier job are finding it very difficult to reenter the workforce. And people who've never been employed have extreme trouble just getting that first job (look at the unemployment "underemployed %"). Libertarians can be summed up in one statement: Libertarians are for anything that increases the: Wealth, Power, Rights, and Privileges, of the already Wealthy and Powerful Elites; Libertarians are also for anything that decreases the: Wealth, Power, Rights, and Privileges, of everyone else, especially the poorest or minorities. After all, the Libertarian party has in the past had a Pro-Apartheid plank in it's platform. You can usually get a Libertarian to argue that Slavery is OK, because people have a right to sell themselves. > From: KZK > > http://www.asymptosis.com/libertarians-republicans-and-democrats-new-findings-on-morality-empathy-and-sympathy.html > > http://www.asymptosis.com/are-machines-replacing-humans-or-am-i-a-luddite.html ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Two interesting Articles for Dr. Brin:
On 3/20/2010 12:00 AM, David Brin wrote: Wow, this guy is really something. I'll tout him on my blog. Who is he? I don't know, I just found his site a few days ago. Your best bet would be to try and email him and ask. (Their are unscrupulous ways like looking up who the website was registered to by using whois). Then again, I'm partial to pseudonyms. Thanks for sharing it. I think their have also been other things going on for a number of years. Namely, most employers (90+%) now won't hire people who are not currently employed (they brag about this). So people who lose thier job are finding it very difficult to reenter the workforce. And people who've never been employed have extreme trouble just getting that first job (look at the unemployment "underemployed %"). Libertarians can be summed up in one statement: Libertarians are for anything that increases the: Wealth, Power, Rights, and Privileges, of the already Wealthy and Powerful Elites; Libertarians are also for anything that decreases the: Wealth, Power, Rights, and Privileges, of everyone else, especially the poorest or minorities. After all, the Libertarian party has in the past had a Pro-Apartheid plank in it's platform. You can usually get a Libertarian to argue that Slavery is OK, because people have a right to sell themselves. From: KZK http://www.asymptosis.com/libertarians-republicans-and-democrats-new-findings-on-morality-empathy-and-sympathy.html http://www.asymptosis.com/are-machines-replacing-humans-or-am-i-a-luddite.html ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
