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  1. Alan C.
    Where do "platforms" come from? Where do those things come from, and who is responsible for providing those things to others?
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    What is the public interest?
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    Marx's racial bigortry was largely unknown because his more caustic writings were concealed. He referred to certain groups as "racial trash" and "dirty Slavs." Yuri Matlsev talked about this (6m7s mark): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mb5555PCfU#t=6m07s
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    "We" don't need education, and especially not as it currently is. Alternatives already exist such as tutoring, online courses, computer software, user groups, videos, and apprenticeships. I wouldn't call the current system "education." Regimentation, memorization, and recitation aren't education; it's training like one might do to circus animals. Education is expensive in the US and elsewhere because it's a State-protected racket.
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    Why aren't there opportunities to go anywhere?
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    The scumbag governor of New Jersey is embroiled in a scandal. It's alleged that members of his staff shut down several lanes leading to the George Washington bridge (causing traffic gridlock) as retribution against Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, Mark Sokolich, who didn't support Christie's election. Christie denies any knowledge. Even if it's true that he knew nothing, his malicious, vindictive staff speaks volumes about his character judgement, priorities, and leadership (notwithstanding the lack of integrity that it takes to 'govern' others). Chris Christie: "I am not a bully."
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    Kickstarter had its best year ever in 2013 with nearly $500 million pledged How will 'X' get funded and built in a free society? Kickstarter is only one among many crowdfunding platforms.
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    Are you talking about Justin Beaver or Justin Bieber?
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    Poverty level under Obama breaks 50-year record The purpose of the so-called 'war on poverty' was never to reduce poverty; it was to create an entrenched, political constituency (both in the bureaucracy and among recipients of the largesse). It has succeeded at that spectacularly. Under Obama, Youth Misery Index Hits All-Time High
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    Climate change is a lucrative industry, but it's also a way for the State and its lackeys to undermine private property and ruin lives. It's like the civil rights industry which sells the idea that there is a racist bogeyman around every corner.
  11. Alan C.
    Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th-graders
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    You're technically correct that exchanging commodities is barter. However, a denominator is required to coordinate production. If one wishes to build a house then pricing materials and labor in terms of fish, horses, potatoes, cotton, and chickens is unfeasible because of time constraints.
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    Replacing money with barter would result in a collapse of society because barter produces no prices. A gold-based exchange medium is fine, but it doesn't have to be gold. Historically, money tended to emerge based upon marketability, portability, divisibility, desirability, durability, and utility.
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    Yes, many people are broken, and most are stupid. The welfare-state incentivizes imprudence and slovenly behavior by insulating people from consequences. TV hasn't been around that long. My dad saw TV for the first time in the 1950s when he was in his early twenties. Obviously, TV is a luxury, and it's wise for people to cancel TV if they're having financial problems. I know people who live paycheck to paycheck and refuse to cancel their cable TV.
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    Professor admits faking AIDS vaccine to get $19M in grants
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    N.J. cop's gun range stapler accident and its $2 million fallout
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    This is the inevitable result of minimum wage laws (and other regulatatory burdens). It's going to become even more difficult for young people to get their first job and learn a trade. Even something as menial as food prep can teach people invaluable skills (eg. coordination, prioritization, and communication). Bolt Burgers: the most high-tech burger you’ll ever order, coming soon It won't be long before burger chefs are also replaced with burger-making machines. They don't go on strike, instigate lawsuits, or require "benefits." Employers also won't have to match their Social Security.
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    Map shows what it takes to make one single jar of Nutella A sort of analogue to Leonard Reed's I, Pencil and Murry Rothbard's 'Parable of the Ham Sandwich.'
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    Nowhere in your initial post is 'capitalism' defined. You make preposterous assumptions such as police, workers, and oppressed people magically appearing out of nowhere to fill roles in your narrative. It looks like psychological projection to me given your duplicity (eg. embracing technology while you vilify it). Under anarcho-capitalism, capitalism refers to an 'order of production' (as explained by Austrian economics) rather than a political system.
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    Where did the farming implements, cement mixer, tractor, prescription eyeglasses, bullhorn, telephone, supermarket, and packaged food come from? Hint: it didn't come from communism.
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    xelent makes a good point about unemployment. I also grew up in the 1980s and never had a problem finding a job, nor did any of my friends and classmates. There were 'mom and pop' shops everywhere. My first computer job was at a 'mom and pop' computer store. I think the minimum wage was $3.35 back then, which is what I was paid. Those businesses are all gone now. For the first time in history, we're seeing millions of young adults in their twenties who have never worked even a single job, and now they're largely unemployable (even with college degrees). Other than placating constituencies, politicians may also be thinking that raising the MW will generate more tax revenue. They'd get additional taxes from some people, but at the cost of others losing their jobs. fer makes a good point about profits.
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    Do supporters of the MW ever tip workers at McDonald's? MW supporters have the ability to improve the lives of MW workers simply by giving them tips. They don't and they won't because that's not what they want. They want other people to pay extra while they pat themselves on the back for caring. It's similar to people who support higher taxes. They can send extra money to the IRS any time they want, or take no deductions, but they never do that. Among the aspects of left-liberalism is reaping rewards while carrying few burdens. You may have noticed that left-liberals tend to gravitate toward fields (eg. government, academia, media) where there is little accountability, where results don't matter, and where they are insulated from the consequences of their ideas.
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    US teens lag in global education rankings as Asian countries rise to the top
  25. Alan C.
    This OWS?
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