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April 13, 2011 at 11:19 PM #687757April 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM #686595
ILoveRegulation
Participant[quote=walterwhite]Where are the really funny philosophers, other than Sarah Silverman.[/quote]
Try Calvin & Hobbes
April 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM #686651Participant[quote=walterwhite]Where are the really funny philosophers, other than Sarah Silverman.[/quote]
Try Calvin & Hobbes
April 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM #687270Participant[quote=walterwhite]Where are the really funny philosophers, other than Sarah Silverman.[/quote]
Try Calvin & Hobbes
April 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM #687412Participant[quote=walterwhite]Where are the really funny philosophers, other than Sarah Silverman.[/quote]
Try Calvin & Hobbes
April 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM #687761Participant[quote=walterwhite]Where are the really funny philosophers, other than Sarah Silverman.[/quote]
Try Calvin & Hobbes
April 13, 2011 at 11:41 PM #686600Allan from Fallbrook
Participant[quote=ILoveRegulation][quote=jstoesz]
I think Atlas Shrugged should be required reading for every man woman and child.[/quote]I’m not surprised at all to see that you are following in the grand tradition of Hitler who made Der Hitlerjunge Quex required reading for members of the Hitler Youth.
Recommended reading:
Ah, the sweet smell of “reductio ad Hitlerum”. Nothing like resurrecting Herr Schicklgruber to draw a truly odious comparison. Godwin’s Law writ large.
Of course, if we all read “Mother Jones” and the “Utne Reader” regularly, wore sensible shoes (Birkenstocks) and ate a healthy diet comprised of fruits, nuts and flakes, well, everything would be just groovy.
If we’re going for required reading that’s actual useful, how’s about Upton Sinclair’s 1935 classic, “It Can’t Happen Here”? Or, Arthur Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon”?
The fact is, the lunatics on the Right are matched by the lunatics on the Left. Both radicalized elements are terrified of the truth (“A Million Dead At Chernobyl!!!”) and will use whatever cheap rhetorical devices are at hand to attempt to discredit their foes. Facts, however, are not so much in evidence.
The Hitler Jugend? Really? Why not Komsomol? Or, if you want a really nefarious bunch, how about the friggin’ Boy Scouts of America? That oughta really get your Lefty blood boiling!
April 13, 2011 at 11:41 PM #686656Participant[quote=ILoveRegulation][quote=jstoesz]
I think Atlas Shrugged should be required reading for every man woman and child.[/quote]I’m not surprised at all to see that you are following in the grand tradition of Hitler who made Der Hitlerjunge Quex required reading for members of the Hitler Youth.
Recommended reading:
Ah, the sweet smell of “reductio ad Hitlerum”. Nothing like resurrecting Herr Schicklgruber to draw a truly odious comparison. Godwin’s Law writ large.
Of course, if we all read “Mother Jones” and the “Utne Reader” regularly, wore sensible shoes (Birkenstocks) and ate a healthy diet comprised of fruits, nuts and flakes, well, everything would be just groovy.
If we’re going for required reading that’s actual useful, how’s about Upton Sinclair’s 1935 classic, “It Can’t Happen Here”? Or, Arthur Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon”?
The fact is, the lunatics on the Right are matched by the lunatics on the Left. Both radicalized elements are terrified of the truth (“A Million Dead At Chernobyl!!!”) and will use whatever cheap rhetorical devices are at hand to attempt to discredit their foes. Facts, however, are not so much in evidence.
The Hitler Jugend? Really? Why not Komsomol? Or, if you want a really nefarious bunch, how about the friggin’ Boy Scouts of America? That oughta really get your Lefty blood boiling!
April 13, 2011 at 11:41 PM #687274Participant[quote=ILoveRegulation][quote=jstoesz]
I think Atlas Shrugged should be required reading for every man woman and child.[/quote]I’m not surprised at all to see that you are following in the grand tradition of Hitler who made Der Hitlerjunge Quex required reading for members of the Hitler Youth.
Recommended reading:
Ah, the sweet smell of “reductio ad Hitlerum”. Nothing like resurrecting Herr Schicklgruber to draw a truly odious comparison. Godwin’s Law writ large.
Of course, if we all read “Mother Jones” and the “Utne Reader” regularly, wore sensible shoes (Birkenstocks) and ate a healthy diet comprised of fruits, nuts and flakes, well, everything would be just groovy.
If we’re going for required reading that’s actual useful, how’s about Upton Sinclair’s 1935 classic, “It Can’t Happen Here”? Or, Arthur Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon”?
The fact is, the lunatics on the Right are matched by the lunatics on the Left. Both radicalized elements are terrified of the truth (“A Million Dead At Chernobyl!!!”) and will use whatever cheap rhetorical devices are at hand to attempt to discredit their foes. Facts, however, are not so much in evidence.
The Hitler Jugend? Really? Why not Komsomol? Or, if you want a really nefarious bunch, how about the friggin’ Boy Scouts of America? That oughta really get your Lefty blood boiling!
April 13, 2011 at 11:41 PM #687417Participant[quote=ILoveRegulation][quote=jstoesz]
I think Atlas Shrugged should be required reading for every man woman and child.[/quote]I’m not surprised at all to see that you are following in the grand tradition of Hitler who made Der Hitlerjunge Quex required reading for members of the Hitler Youth.
Recommended reading:
Ah, the sweet smell of “reductio ad Hitlerum”. Nothing like resurrecting Herr Schicklgruber to draw a truly odious comparison. Godwin’s Law writ large.
Of course, if we all read “Mother Jones” and the “Utne Reader” regularly, wore sensible shoes (Birkenstocks) and ate a healthy diet comprised of fruits, nuts and flakes, well, everything would be just groovy.
If we’re going for required reading that’s actual useful, how’s about Upton Sinclair’s 1935 classic, “It Can’t Happen Here”? Or, Arthur Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon”?
The fact is, the lunatics on the Right are matched by the lunatics on the Left. Both radicalized elements are terrified of the truth (“A Million Dead At Chernobyl!!!”) and will use whatever cheap rhetorical devices are at hand to attempt to discredit their foes. Facts, however, are not so much in evidence.
The Hitler Jugend? Really? Why not Komsomol? Or, if you want a really nefarious bunch, how about the friggin’ Boy Scouts of America? That oughta really get your Lefty blood boiling!
April 13, 2011 at 11:41 PM #687766Participant[quote=ILoveRegulation][quote=jstoesz]
I think Atlas Shrugged should be required reading for every man woman and child.[/quote]I’m not surprised at all to see that you are following in the grand tradition of Hitler who made Der Hitlerjunge Quex required reading for members of the Hitler Youth.
Recommended reading:
Ah, the sweet smell of “reductio ad Hitlerum”. Nothing like resurrecting Herr Schicklgruber to draw a truly odious comparison. Godwin’s Law writ large.
Of course, if we all read “Mother Jones” and the “Utne Reader” regularly, wore sensible shoes (Birkenstocks) and ate a healthy diet comprised of fruits, nuts and flakes, well, everything would be just groovy.
If we’re going for required reading that’s actual useful, how’s about Upton Sinclair’s 1935 classic, “It Can’t Happen Here”? Or, Arthur Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon”?
The fact is, the lunatics on the Right are matched by the lunatics on the Left. Both radicalized elements are terrified of the truth (“A Million Dead At Chernobyl!!!”) and will use whatever cheap rhetorical devices are at hand to attempt to discredit their foes. Facts, however, are not so much in evidence.
The Hitler Jugend? Really? Why not Komsomol? Or, if you want a really nefarious bunch, how about the friggin’ Boy Scouts of America? That oughta really get your Lefty blood boiling!
April 14, 2011 at 7:39 AM #686685urbanrealtor
ParticipantHow about football coaches in fallbrook turning our youth into fascist linebackers.
Just a fun fact:
“V” (the original miniseries) was based (loosely) upon “It Can’t Happen Here”.
Also, while I think Atlas Shrugged is about as intelligent as birthers and the gold standard, it ain’t Hitler.
Its just the dumbed-down understanding of capitalism shared by people from communist countries (eg: the author) and people who have done little actual study of economics (reading the drudge report and seeking alpha does not qualify).
Anecdotally, I have found that most people I know who love it are not true economics nerds but are usually engineers or code monkeys who read websites about the Austrian school. Also, weirdly, Realtors.
Economics is a science of observable behavior as governed by situational exigencies (like your real income) and cultural realities (like why you don’t need a bike lock in Japan and why socialism has a stigma in the USA).
When read as a natural science (akin to physics or math), it is easy to ascribe meaning to behavior in a way that does not necessarily map.
For example, if the skilled managers of most big banks and large companies in the US (lets say every senior manager and executive and board member of the Fortune 1000) were to take a holiday (or be dropped into Mono Lake for that matter) the result would be as follows:
NOBODY WOULD NOTICE OR CARE
One of the observations laid out by Smith was that the invisible hand works because the actors in commercial and industrial enterprise are interchangeable. This is as true of capitalists as it is of the proletariat.I find Rand’s assertions as culturally illustrative and groundbreaking as this book I just read about Zombies and the Mormon church.
I think that the 99 cent charge to my kindle account was a tad high.
Both Atlas Shrugged and Year of the Dead (http://www.amazon.com/Year-Dead-Sustainable-Earth-ebook/dp/B004A1596A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302791689&sr=8-1) should really be on the 75 cent section.April 14, 2011 at 7:39 AM #686742ParticipantHow about football coaches in fallbrook turning our youth into fascist linebackers.
Just a fun fact:
“V” (the original miniseries) was based (loosely) upon “It Can’t Happen Here”.
Also, while I think Atlas Shrugged is about as intelligent as birthers and the gold standard, it ain’t Hitler.
Its just the dumbed-down understanding of capitalism shared by people from communist countries (eg: the author) and people who have done little actual study of economics (reading the drudge report and seeking alpha does not qualify).
Anecdotally, I have found that most people I know who love it are not true economics nerds but are usually engineers or code monkeys who read websites about the Austrian school. Also, weirdly, Realtors.
Economics is a science of observable behavior as governed by situational exigencies (like your real income) and cultural realities (like why you don’t need a bike lock in Japan and why socialism has a stigma in the USA).
When read as a natural science (akin to physics or math), it is easy to ascribe meaning to behavior in a way that does not necessarily map.
For example, if the skilled managers of most big banks and large companies in the US (lets say every senior manager and executive and board member of the Fortune 1000) were to take a holiday (or be dropped into Mono Lake for that matter) the result would be as follows:
NOBODY WOULD NOTICE OR CARE
One of the observations laid out by Smith was that the invisible hand works because the actors in commercial and industrial enterprise are interchangeable. This is as true of capitalists as it is of the proletariat.I find Rand’s assertions as culturally illustrative and groundbreaking as this book I just read about Zombies and the Mormon church.
I think that the 99 cent charge to my kindle account was a tad high.
Both Atlas Shrugged and Year of the Dead (http://www.amazon.com/Year-Dead-Sustainable-Earth-ebook/dp/B004A1596A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302791689&sr=8-1) should really be on the 75 cent section.April 14, 2011 at 7:39 AM #687360ParticipantHow about football coaches in fallbrook turning our youth into fascist linebackers.
Just a fun fact:
“V” (the original miniseries) was based (loosely) upon “It Can’t Happen Here”.
Also, while I think Atlas Shrugged is about as intelligent as birthers and the gold standard, it ain’t Hitler.
Its just the dumbed-down understanding of capitalism shared by people from communist countries (eg: the author) and people who have done little actual study of economics (reading the drudge report and seeking alpha does not qualify).
Anecdotally, I have found that most people I know who love it are not true economics nerds but are usually engineers or code monkeys who read websites about the Austrian school. Also, weirdly, Realtors.
Economics is a science of observable behavior as governed by situational exigencies (like your real income) and cultural realities (like why you don’t need a bike lock in Japan and why socialism has a stigma in the USA).
When read as a natural science (akin to physics or math), it is easy to ascribe meaning to behavior in a way that does not necessarily map.
For example, if the skilled managers of most big banks and large companies in the US (lets say every senior manager and executive and board member of the Fortune 1000) were to take a holiday (or be dropped into Mono Lake for that matter) the result would be as follows:
NOBODY WOULD NOTICE OR CARE
One of the observations laid out by Smith was that the invisible hand works because the actors in commercial and industrial enterprise are interchangeable. This is as true of capitalists as it is of the proletariat.I find Rand’s assertions as culturally illustrative and groundbreaking as this book I just read about Zombies and the Mormon church.
I think that the 99 cent charge to my kindle account was a tad high.
Both Atlas Shrugged and Year of the Dead (http://www.amazon.com/Year-Dead-Sustainable-Earth-ebook/dp/B004A1596A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302791689&sr=8-1) should really be on the 75 cent section.April 14, 2011 at 7:39 AM #687502ParticipantHow about football coaches in fallbrook turning our youth into fascist linebackers.
Just a fun fact:
“V” (the original miniseries) was based (loosely) upon “It Can’t Happen Here”.
Also, while I think Atlas Shrugged is about as intelligent as birthers and the gold standard, it ain’t Hitler.
Its just the dumbed-down understanding of capitalism shared by people from communist countries (eg: the author) and people who have done little actual study of economics (reading the drudge report and seeking alpha does not qualify).
Anecdotally, I have found that most people I know who love it are not true economics nerds but are usually engineers or code monkeys who read websites about the Austrian school. Also, weirdly, Realtors.
Economics is a science of observable behavior as governed by situational exigencies (like your real income) and cultural realities (like why you don’t need a bike lock in Japan and why socialism has a stigma in the USA).
When read as a natural science (akin to physics or math), it is easy to ascribe meaning to behavior in a way that does not necessarily map.
For example, if the skilled managers of most big banks and large companies in the US (lets say every senior manager and executive and board member of the Fortune 1000) were to take a holiday (or be dropped into Mono Lake for that matter) the result would be as follows:
NOBODY WOULD NOTICE OR CARE
One of the observations laid out by Smith was that the invisible hand works because the actors in commercial and industrial enterprise are interchangeable. This is as true of capitalists as it is of the proletariat.I find Rand’s assertions as culturally illustrative and groundbreaking as this book I just read about Zombies and the Mormon church.
I think that the 99 cent charge to my kindle account was a tad high.
Both Atlas Shrugged and Year of the Dead (http://www.amazon.com/Year-Dead-Sustainable-Earth-ebook/dp/B004A1596A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302791689&sr=8-1) should really be on the 75 cent section. -
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