tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post9106339354853164370..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: A Quick Read on Stefan MolyneuxRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-707075221047956712015-01-08T22:20:59.699-05:002015-01-08T22:20:59.699-05:00Even though i'm skeptical of Stefan, simply st...Even though i'm skeptical of Stefan, simply stating he is a sophist isn't a great way to avoid sounding hypocritical. It would be helpful if you gave one example of him being a sophist and explained why.Chuck Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385141619499081773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24084895927413598812014-09-01T22:42:17.443-04:002014-09-01T22:42:17.443-04:00Te problem with Molyneux is that he is defoocating...Te problem with Molyneux is that he is defoocating all over youtubeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460677804478869709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-28877077523804210052014-09-01T22:41:41.460-04:002014-09-01T22:41:41.460-04:00He is telling people to buy "bit-coins" ...He is telling people to buy "bit-coins" a total fiat currency that is also vulnerable to an EMP terrorist attack. Gee. an enemy at wartime would love to be able to press a button and totally wipe out a nations economy. That would be possible with a bit-coin economy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460677804478869709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-17264895095099143882014-09-01T22:39:14.820-04:002014-09-01T22:39:14.820-04:00Molyneux';s form of atheism is that he uses hi...Molyneux';s form of atheism is that he uses his verbal abilities to manipulate people to support him and place him as an authority over themselves. That is pretty much what he says religion is. He is just changing the name, but the game is the same.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460677804478869709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52268916669305934062014-09-01T22:37:45.832-04:002014-09-01T22:37:45.832-04:00YES!!! I have said this on several of his videos. ...YES!!! I have said this on several of his videos. HE is anti-logic. He spreads nothing but sophistry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460677804478869709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15602617207624293452014-09-01T22:36:41.216-04:002014-09-01T22:36:41.216-04:00Molyneux is a fraud, pure and simple He has stated...Molyneux is a fraud, pure and simple He has stated that the churches and religious leaders are people who use their verbal skill to manipulate people into supporting them so that they do not have to work. I think he gave a very accurate description of himself. It is what is called "projection".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460677804478869709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-44340084156819469192014-09-01T22:34:50.479-04:002014-09-01T22:34:50.479-04:00So who cares if he has people following him? Why p...So who cares if he has people following him? Why play to a crowd of fools?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460677804478869709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-78442435347392154882013-10-30T13:12:07.831-04:002013-10-30T13:12:07.831-04:00When reading this article + comments I do not end ...When reading this article + comments I do not end up with the impression that Stef is the idiot. Mostly you people with comments that he works for the CIA and stuff like that. Jesus.......He makes errors in his thinking and weird leaps of logic but overall he makes sense. I don't think he deserves this treatment to be honest. I have decided to support him with a monthly donation starting fromBarrySlisknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85228663498062154342013-03-11T15:01:24.390-04:002013-03-11T15:01:24.390-04:00hello, trollhello, trollAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00515738853162052243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-4132244745738599062013-03-11T15:01:09.818-04:002013-03-11T15:01:09.818-04:00Hey, thanks for promising to tell Molyneux you wou...Hey, thanks for promising to tell Molyneux you would give him an interview on one of his books, but instead, only talk about economics, knowing it is your specialty, not his.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00515738853162052243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25838399800672136372013-03-11T14:59:06.263-04:002013-03-11T14:59:06.263-04:00It's okay to take back money from the state be...It's okay to take back money from the state because it is like stealing from a thief. Interesting. I suppose then it is okay to be a government contractor, a lifetime government employee or a banker who gets bailouts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00515738853162052243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46008237008902852532012-10-01T17:08:35.749-04:002012-10-01T17:08:35.749-04:00I very much doubt that. That's just what Molyn...I very much doubt that. That's just what Molyneux pretends.<br /><br />He's the new William F. Buckley Jr., assigned to destroy libertarianism just as Buckley destroyed conservatism.mcfrandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642680868453105592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-88472186192631031112012-08-27T23:30:31.803-04:002012-08-27T23:30:31.803-04:00However you define "abusive", I think th...However you define "abusive", I think the main point is to "turf all of your unsatisfying relationships." It is up to you to define "unsatisfying" for yourself. Molyneux believes that just because someone is a parent, sibling, or other family member, it doesn't automatically follow that one should continue a relationship with them based on this sole fact alone. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41476684611499179682012-07-17T02:49:45.413-04:002012-07-17T02:49:45.413-04:00Ran across this site
www.molyneuxrevealed.com
Se...Ran across this site<br /><br />www.molyneuxrevealed.com<br /><br />Seems like Molyneux's views on economics or secular ethics are the least of his failings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7716404284885060192012-07-13T22:11:08.058-04:002012-07-13T22:11:08.058-04:00To the author who was wondering, I think one of th...To the author who was wondering, I think one of the companies Stefan worked for was called Caribou software, not sure if that is the one he sold or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46387271827468909972012-07-13T22:08:55.961-04:002012-07-13T22:08:55.961-04:00Stef gets his funding from voluntary donations. He...Stef gets his funding from voluntary donations. He is a stay at home dad and his wife earns the major take home pay to support the family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56507787173759945742012-07-13T10:10:13.699-04:002012-07-13T10:10:13.699-04:00This is totally absurd. I buy stock X, how would y...This is totally absurd. I buy stock X, how would you even know in most cases if I made or lost money?<br /><br />You have no clue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83647130843018646832012-07-13T09:58:20.123-04:002012-07-13T09:58:20.123-04:00"Price signals can occur because of market ac..."Price signals can occur because of market activity, but many speculators don't have any information to add"<br /><br />The profit-and-loss experience of speculators IS information. They don't always "add" information in advance, in the sense that they know more than anyone else about what a particular speculation is going to do. If that were true, then speculators Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57362826099393012612012-07-13T02:46:08.668-04:002012-07-13T02:46:08.668-04:00This dude is a troll! Diminishments, implicit insu...This dude is a troll! Diminishments, implicit insults and character assassinations throughout the article. Anyone who says that someone is "full of shit" is not interested in the truth!! DONT ENGAGE. Talk to people on the board instead, http://board.freedomainradio.com/forums/t/35967.aspx?PageIndex=4Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04399409437955662544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-62831690595220441892012-07-11T17:19:40.207-04:002012-07-11T17:19:40.207-04:001.You obviously aren't aware that there are tw...1.You obviously aren't aware that there are two definitions for liquidity. The "liquidity" provided by the Fed is adding money to the economy, which causes inflation. "Liquidity" provided by speculators does not add money to the entire economy and thus does not cause inflation.<br /><br />2. Price signals can occur because of market activity, but many speculators don'tBanaceknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9828808321112953662012-07-11T16:44:55.284-04:002012-07-11T16:44:55.284-04:00Wenzel:
"Molyneux goes on further to give th...Wenzel:<br /><br />"Molyneux goes on further to give the impression that speculators play no important role in markets---and quite possibly a negative role. But this is simply false, speculators provide liquidity to markets and, in the case of the commodities world, provide certainty in price to farmers who want to hedge their crop, before they plant it, with the speculator assuming the riskPleasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53936562333528490612012-07-11T14:01:07.980-04:002012-07-11T14:01:07.980-04:00To lend some credence to what unger said, here'...To lend some credence to what unger said, <a href="http://freedomain.blogspot.com/2005/04/are-people-just-stupid.html" rel="nofollow">here's Molyneux's writing about it</a>. He's never disclaimed this view since he wrote the piece and several of his still-released podcasts reinforce the ideas and contain him actually pushing people to accept "what they already know" about Mr. Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-37509706966310112852012-07-09T15:24:33.439-04:002012-07-09T15:24:33.439-04:00Stef, in his argument about how government artific...Stef, in his argument about how government artificially stimulates the stock market, might have mistaken Social Security for Retirement Accounts (lots of which actually do invest in the stock market).<br /><br />I suggest you contact Stef directly and give him your feedback so that he may learn more about it, even be interviewed by Stef to set the record 100% straight. The man will listen to youRudd-Ohttp://rudd-o.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-49771025131208856642012-07-08T21:27:10.594-04:002012-07-08T21:27:10.594-04:001. Molyneux makes little sense, yet he somehow has...1. Molyneux makes little sense, yet he somehow has the funds to keep broadcasting. He's the new Wm. F. Buckley Jr.<br /><br />2. Ron Paul, though his campaign was infiltrated, has turned on countless millions to libertarian thinking and led the way against the Fed. Unlike his opportunistic son, Ron has never endorsed Romney. Drat if I know why the central bankers/CIA would've done that.<mcfrandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642680868453105592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30789201777659038962012-07-08T18:33:42.397-04:002012-07-08T18:33:42.397-04:00"This book establishes two very important pri..."This book establishes two very important principles<br />1. Private ownership of land is privilege granted by society and not a birthright.<br />2. The Creation of money is a sovereign function that belongs to the government and not a Corporate Banking function that belongs to a privileged few.<br /><br />Until the people take control of their Common Rights, they will be wage-slaves to the Inquisitornoreply@blogger.com