tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7858565800057070188..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: A "Humanitarian" Libertarian Considers the Hyper-Inflations of the Weimar Republic and Zimbabwe "Experiments"Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-16817874434432610712014-06-14T06:06:45.756-04:002014-06-14T06:06:45.756-04:00From a methodologicalpoint of view, Mises was wron...From a methodologicalpoint of view, Mises was wrong. Economy is a theory, that is, a deductive system from principles. Notwithstanding, such a system - if it wants to describe the objective reality - can fail and must be tested.<br />Mises seems never to have understood this, but what's with Hayek? Hayek was friendly with Popper, and Popper - in spite of his economical education by Mises - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-4986427826584760302014-03-27T16:16:40.641-04:002014-03-27T16:16:40.641-04:00Libertarianism is the NAP and private property rig...Libertarianism is the NAP and private property rights. Is nagging aggression? Is insensitive speech aggression? Is using one's own voice aggression or the excercise of the most basic and important private property?<br /><br />Should we throw Reisenwitz out? Should we throw Hayek out?<br /><br />"We" are doing no such thing; what libertarianism stands for does. If the shoe fits...<brTonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35256399337294318262014-03-27T15:59:02.086-04:002014-03-27T15:59:02.086-04:00Max who?Max who?Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55792817173625068532014-03-27T15:54:50.207-04:002014-03-27T15:54:50.207-04:00Am i a brutalist when i say that Cathy Reisenwitz ...Am i a brutalist when i say that Cathy Reisenwitz is a prime example of the reason why women are being paid less than men?<br /><br />She enters libertarianism, and then utterly SUCKS at saying anything libertarian.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-82682526598033217562014-03-27T10:21:07.912-04:002014-03-27T10:21:07.912-04:00Hahaha very hilarious comparison - a real scholar ...Hahaha very hilarious comparison - a real scholar and a twit.<br /><br />Making fun of Reisenwitz shouldn't be a nerdy exercise where random internet commenters decide who should be in the libertarian club or not. It should be about mocking an idiot - regardless of the labels she wants to attach to herself.<br /><br />Hayek, whether a libertarian or not, was a serious scholar and accomplishedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24718187856499784872014-03-26T20:31:08.048-04:002014-03-26T20:31:08.048-04:00Oh, believe me, plenty of old people are too. They...Oh, believe me, plenty of old people are too. They've been watching the Idiot Box for many more decades. That's why I always tell people to just turn the damn thing off and start studying. Do they listen? Of course not. Studying requires that they engage in that four letter word called w-o-r-k.Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-28163592436069609512014-03-26T19:50:40.285-04:002014-03-26T19:50:40.285-04:00I don't like Cathy Whatshertits saying she is ...I don't like Cathy Whatshertits saying she is a libertarian either. But if we throw her out, should we also throw out Hayek? For whom nagging is coercion. <br /><br />https://mises.org/daily/2649Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6882641639459237962014-03-26T18:20:27.065-04:002014-03-26T18:20:27.065-04:00She is making the speaking rounds these days too:
...She is making the speaking rounds these days too:<br />http://www.bitcoinbeltway.com/?pt_speakers=cathy-reisenwitz<br />"Cathy ReisenwitzSex and the State Cathy Reisenwitz is a Young Voices Associate and a D.C.-based writer and political commentator. She is Editor-in-Chief of Sex and the State and her writing has appeared in Forbes, the Chicago Tribune, Reason magazine, Talking Points Memo, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57477981312597602402014-03-26T17:27:34.541-04:002014-03-26T17:27:34.541-04:00Most young people are just stupid parasites thanks...Most young people are just stupid parasites thanks to government schools and TV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-1458125610622441582014-03-26T16:03:43.629-04:002014-03-26T16:03:43.629-04:001. GENNADY STOLYAROV II has some interesting insi...1. GENNADY STOLYAROV II has some interesting insights on the topic of "THE COMPATIBILITY OF HOPPE’S AND ROTHBARD’S VIEWS OF THE ACTION AXIOM"<br /><br />https://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae10_2_4.pdf<br /><br />2. One simply CANNOT make general "do-gooder" exceptions to the NAP without completely eviscerating it. It is the same reason we cannot have "limited" Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64110868386902396392014-03-26T14:14:10.284-04:002014-03-26T14:14:10.284-04:00"She tweeted duke porn star belle Knox and as..."She tweeted duke porn star belle Knox and asked her to work together on pro sex feminism or some other nonsense a couple weeks ago."<br /><br />This is Belle Knox's brand of feminism:<br /><br />https://encyclopediadramatica.es/File:NameMiriamWeeksOccupationWhore6.jpg<br /><br />Imagine how many females will feel empowered by her exploits!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22705075303148831582014-03-26T14:04:36.276-04:002014-03-26T14:04:36.276-04:00" I realize that the visual of me with a faci..." I realize that the visual of me with a facial at the end was nothing compared to the close-ups the site provided of my skin revealing scars from my most vulnerable past when I was a cutter. This is a fact that my haters have taunted me for, their words dripping in condescension and insensitivity.<br /><br />I've been clean from this self-harm for five years now, but like many young Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83440440309579971092014-03-26T13:59:14.031-04:002014-03-26T13:59:14.031-04:00She forgot to mention "freedom" from wan...She forgot to mention "freedom" from want and "freedom' from fear, two of FDR's four "freedoms".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-20599875069348204742014-03-26T13:41:47.970-04:002014-03-26T13:41:47.970-04:00Someone should ask Max what we should call people ...Someone should ask Max what we should call people that don't follow the NAP and/or don't respect property rights.Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-49672593664062688382014-03-26T13:31:18.559-04:002014-03-26T13:31:18.559-04:00It is self-refuting for Reisenwitz to say, "E...It is self-refuting for Reisenwitz to say, "Experiments are the only way to verify what we know about the world." It is a logical contradiction because the statement itself cannot be empirically proven.Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196859815798140650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77507281638750878372014-03-26T13:26:23.622-04:002014-03-26T13:26:23.622-04:00Economic freedom means doing what makes you "...Economic freedom means doing what makes you "come alive" instead of what you have to do to "stay alive" and is "about having the time to find fulfillment, to find education, and to expand your mind"?<br /><br />That's not what economic freedom means. She seems to stop just short of explicitly assigning a positive right to the idea of economic freedom.Michael Torberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218532218078523282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-84945550035074360092014-03-26T13:25:02.363-04:002014-03-26T13:25:02.363-04:00YAY! Another RoK reader, I thought I was the only ...YAY! Another RoK reader, I thought I was the only one here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-1383791397839003952014-03-26T13:21:38.938-04:002014-03-26T13:21:38.938-04:00I'm so freaking tired of this annoying, ignora...I'm so freaking tired of this annoying, ignorant, infiltrant twit. <br />And just as tired of those libertarians who actually take her seriously instead of ignoring her for the annoyance she is.<br />You don't have to put "humanitarian" in quotation marks; she is probably that.<br />You can put "libertarian" in quotation marks, because that is what she most certainly Tonyhttp://deindividualistinternational.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46769520473411123242014-03-26T13:08:55.316-04:002014-03-26T13:08:55.316-04:00She tweeted duke porn star belle Knox and asked he...She tweeted duke porn star belle Knox and asked her to work together on pro sex feminism or some other nonsense a couple weeks ago. She is too busy tweeting porn stars and calling Hoppe a racist and a homophobe who will turn people away from libertarianism to bother studying actual libertarian or Austrian Econ.<br /><br />Agree with the above post. She is not a libertarian but claiming to be a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15243972151238067272014-03-26T12:46:55.469-04:002014-03-26T12:46:55.469-04:00FYI, Max Borders has a new essay over at FEE in wh...FYI, Max Borders has a new essay over at FEE in which he decides to call us "solipsists" rather than "brutalists".Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-69930282888897692172014-03-26T12:35:50.973-04:002014-03-26T12:35:50.973-04:00Reisenwitz is a joke. She appeals only to those we...Reisenwitz is a joke. She appeals only to those weak and thirsty libertarians who will genuflect in the direction of any pretty woman who agrees with them (and probably many who don't).<br /><br />It is weak approval seeking behavior. If the men in the liberty movement want to be taken seriously they need to judge the women by the same merits as the men and not be so eager to hire and promoteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-58426353274710869812014-03-26T12:34:17.279-04:002014-03-26T12:34:17.279-04:00Don't you mean "go back to neo-conservati...Don't you mean "go back to neo-conservativism?"JFFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-84526555664876561062014-03-26T11:47:26.758-04:002014-03-26T11:47:26.758-04:00"(where men have taken to pretending to be wo..."(where men have taken to pretending to be women to get protection and free stuff)"<br /><br />That's when you know who the white knights, manginas, and male beta orbiters are. It's pathetic.<br /><br />"..."let us just make the point that Reisenwitz is not a libertarian. Lets encourage her to go over to the Neoconservatives."<br /><br />I agree. There are enough Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85825476242910066422014-03-26T11:29:48.105-04:002014-03-26T11:29:48.105-04:00It is a hard rule that any woman entering an area ...It is a hard rule that any woman entering an area that is close to entirely male (anywhere upwards of 90%) is going to get a lot of attention, no matter what their particular merits. This applies as much to World of Warcraft (where men have taken to pretending to be women to get protection and free stuff) as it does to the largely male 'libertarian movement'.<br /><br />Therefore you get Matt@Occidentalism.orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395220402283030311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59329128740916760942014-03-26T11:03:30.250-04:002014-03-26T11:03:30.250-04:00You beat me to it. :)
This chick isn't a libe...You beat me to it. :)<br /><br />This chick isn't a libertarian. Idiot would be more accurate. Shit, I hate pretenders.Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.com