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Entries Tagged ‘forums’

Confessions of a central planner

Awesome post by Snowflake over at the Mises boards that I think needs wider spreading:
So, I started playing this oldschool city building game. You start from scratch. No civilization, building up to a (hopefully) thriving city. You, the central planner, are responsible for how much housing to build, which jobs to create, which industries to promote, [...]

Richard Dawkins is a joke? (from the forums)

When I read Richard Dawkin’s “The selfish gene” many years ago I was gifted a new insight into the world that genuinely made me see everything in a brand new way. I quickly became a Dawkin’s fan. Later, reading his rebuttals of religion, I was again impressed; hearing him articulate so clearly what I already [...]

Inevitability of collapse of anarchist societies (from the forums)

Thought provoking debate is nose-diving into a frozen lake of awesomeness over at the forums in a detailed discussion on the specifics of how an anarcho-capitalist society might operate.
I’ll quote a little from Jock. You can read the rest of the thread, and join in, here.
The vision [of anarcho-capitalists], if you will, is of a [...]

What is the root cause of crime? (From the forums)

Interesting discussion on the root cause of crime going on at the forums here.
The original poster asks:
I wanted to know what you think is the root cause of crime. Is it unemployment, poverty or just plain boredom? I wanted to ask this as I found an interesting thought that the root cause of crime is [...]

From the forums: The challenge of Islam and Democracy

N.B. I am not Davy
Over on the forums, Kit asks how should libertarians deal with the problem of Islamic law:
Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician being prosecuted for the crime of insulting Islam, put it this way
”Islam is merely not a religion, it is mainly a totalitarian ideology. Islam wants to dominate all aspects of [...]