tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8130843552198053474..comments2024-03-29T01:07:30.224-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: What Happened to Liberalism?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53389189528411665492018-09-25T08:06:54.855-07:002018-09-25T08:06:54.855-07:00Maybe Dr. Irredeemable Dreg's comment exceeds ...Maybe Dr. Irredeemable Dreg's comment exceeds all comprehension because he's posting via quantum warp-drive techno-wizardry from the parallel universe of Star Trek?<br /><br />As I am low IQ (~84), I simply wonder when and where the next mass kill off will occur, this slow culling of the useless eaters by way of disruptive technology is taking too long in ridding our technocrats of useless ape creatures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-17077537490397204172018-09-25T05:23:55.953-07:002018-09-25T05:23:55.953-07:00Sam L,
I believe he was making fun of AOC's a...Sam L,<br /><br />I believe he was making fun of AOC's attempt at sounding knowledgeable. I actually thought in a way this was a great take down. It is not supposed to make sense. Maybe I am mistaken, but I got a real laugh out of it.<br /><br />dtrumpetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-10206939957756261472018-09-24T16:45:20.967-07:002018-09-24T16:45:20.967-07:00Dr. Dreg, what are you imbibing, and where might I...Dr. Dreg, what are you imbibing, and where might I get some?Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-30949220507309185452018-09-24T14:43:37.431-07:002018-09-24T14:43:37.431-07:00It's not at all clear to me that abolition of ...It's not at all clear to me that abolition of tariffs has anything to do with limited government and free enterprise internal to a country.<br /><br />History of tariffs in the United States:<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff_in_United_States_history<br /><br />David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3658247838846082612018-09-24T13:26:11.737-07:002018-09-24T13:26:11.737-07:00I find debates like these (Free market vs welfare ...I find debates like these (Free market vs welfare states) largely incomplete, almost like arguing whether having a mother or a father is more important. Myself, I take beachfront property as the central issue. Cheap beachfront property and the margaritas that go along with it have enabled unintended population increases, law enforcement shortages, and consumption of unnatural resources.<br /><br />Not only that, but the tsunami of condoms, little umbrellas, and plastic straws has carried pollution to distant lands where people are culturally unaware of birth control, premium tequila, and citrus zesters.<br /><br />All the partying falls apart if we burn our 100 million year inheritance in sugar sand by selling it to retirement home developers. Maybe AI, pharmaceuticals, sex robots, and the internet can bring the virtual beach experience to doddering oldsters, and the debt bubbles created by reverse mortgages can grow to infinity... and even beyond. Anything is possible for the cis-female third world quantum virtual reality engineers I work with.Dr. Irredeemable Dregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-6745811943710381472018-09-24T08:56:33.165-07:002018-09-24T08:56:33.165-07:00Liberalism was always a materialistic philosophy f...Liberalism was always a materialistic philosophy from its genesis in the 17th century. It has nothing to do with German philosophy. It was baked into the cake from the very beginning. It could have ended no other way.Leifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551103056148151977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-17193450747190150592018-09-24T08:51:16.445-07:002018-09-24T08:51:16.445-07:00I find debates like these (Free market vs welfare ...I find debates like these (Free market vs welfare states) largely incomplete, almost like arguing whether having a mother or a father is more important.<br /><br />Myself, I take energy as the central issue, cheap one-time fossil fuels have enabled economic growth, and enabled population growth, and consumption of natural resources, which all looks good as long as we can burn more fossil fuels tomorrow as we did yesterday. Then we can guarantee the economy will keep growing, and we can afford to create more debt tomorrow as yesterday, and we can use that debt to fuel today's consumption. So all that looks more like a welfare state than free market, I'll agree.<br /><br />And they same globalization is a "deflationary" force, so as long as you can keep moving production and pollution to distant lands where people don't yet know how to resist and will work for much less than we work for, you can create amazing material abundance we have today. And if energy stays cheap for one more generation, robots can come along and replace all the cheap labor with mechanical labor, and there will be fewer jobs for more people, and if we "fix" this situation with welfare payments, we're just delaying the revolution we've not yet defined yet.<br /><br />But it all breaks down if the spell of burning 100 million year old inheritance in a few generation fails to be continued to the next generation. Technology is the wildcard, and necessity is the mother of invention, and maybe we will find a comparable energy source to keep doing what we're doing, and the debt bubbles can keep growing to infinity and beyond. Anything might really be possible if you're a techmaster of the universe.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3306798072789550112018-09-24T08:46:52.882-07:002018-09-24T08:46:52.882-07:00It got co-opted by the progressives.It got co-opted by the progressives.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-84235040025903860822018-09-24T07:24:33.403-07:002018-09-24T07:24:33.403-07:00Technology and disruptive technology likely plays ...Technology and disruptive technology likely plays a significant role. Everything from the nausea-inducing media communications to weapons, just check out the price tag; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper <br /><br />The internet will probably continue to be used as disruptive technology to restructure imbalances in domestic economies to the technocratic banking elite's liking, and not to the liking of the worthless eaters that comprise 99% of the civilian population. It will be much easier for the people of real value (bankers, scientists and their industrious technology) to put the 99% of humans into labor camps to thin the herd. Happy camp modeled after Nazi and the British, who helped pioneer the super happy summer camp model; <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_concentration_camps<br /><br />The Eisenhower death camp model via exposure is perhaps the most rapid and cost effective method and is highly recommended;<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_Losses<br /><br />Also no labor camp would be complete without it's own Josef Mengele to administer medical experimentation inmates unfit to work;<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Ewen_Cameron<br /><br />Western-ingenuity is impressive. It is what it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com