To be fair though it would work to an extent in Rapture because if your business started flooding or running out of oxygen for example it would be in your interest to use your money to fix it, I think it all comes down to your opinion on Human Nature

Again it would be the idea of self interest because it would effect Business workers and owners since it could make it harder to get to and from your business or home

The theory is that everyone would be rational enough to know what things they needed to collectively fund for the interest of everyone

Well funding it would be a collective good even Strong Individualists know that funding infrastructure would benefit the community as well as the individual but i presume the idea would be that everyone would be funding it out of their own interest instead of out of altruism towards the community

Theoretically people could be doing it out of either reason so it wouldn't completely clash with individualism

I don't think banning any exit from Rapture would actually be supported by Objectivists realistically. I think that is part of his 'Parasite' philosophy though because if you could come and go it could be abused by people taking from Rapture but not giving anything back.

I don't think Tim Pool is that bad

I prefer PSA Sitch

The youtuber PSA Sitch

Haven't you heard of him?

He is another commentator

I don't know his age, he is basically one of the only moderate and reasonable democrats that i have seen though

We are almost certainly leaving with a No Deal

I am 99% sure that we will leave with a No Deal

Purely because they will not be able to negotiate a deal with the EU which is acceptable to both parties within the timeframe and then any deal that was negotiated would likely be voted down by Parliament so No Deal is the only likely outcome because it does not need to be voted on by Parliament and it is unlikely that Boris will extend Article 50

Something else to note is that even if Boris had a change of heart on the extension which is unlikely Macron has hinted that he would Veto any extension attempt

So in short, Boris will not Revoke or Extent, The current deal is unacceptable and the EU will not renegotiate it so the only likely outcome is No Deal

They can't stop Brexit, Boris just needs to wait until October

MP's authorised No Deal Brexit when they invoked Article 50 so they can't stop it

They won't

Brexit is all they care about

They are obsessed with fighting Brexit despite it being completely useless

To be fair the Queen would probably have handled it better

We would have a unified goal then

Rather then a bunch of people who want to accomplish different things

It depends on the Royal, The current Queen is quite good

Prince Harry is probably the worst of the Royals

This is an Off Topic question but what do people here think about the philosophy of the Unabomber?

Ok

I don't know why they banned it in the UK though, Surely just studying the manifesto should be fine

To be fair in modern political debate there is a thin line between expressing your opinion and spreading propaganda since people care so much about tribal loyalty instead of looking at objective facts

Well not really, If you gain enough influence and support you could just rebuild the machine metaphorically

@Cowlitz Is that Nihilism that i am seeing

We should just get rid of all religion in general

It causes nothing but harm and supports outdated ideals

Every Religion considers itself to be the true faith

We should just try and get rid of all religion

I think Global Atheism would be much better

I want to get rid of all religion

Its all just awful

Here's a controversial idea, Why don't we just nationalise Google and Social Media?

Why not?

The Government is legislated to not damage freedoms whereas Google is not

Don't get me wrong, I would consider myself to be a strong supporter of Free Markets but this would be a time when i would approve of Nationalisation as a possible solution because companies like Google simply have too much power

I am a supporter of the Free Market but i also want to increase freedoms for Individuals which is what Google is restricting

I support Both Economic Freedom and Individual Freedom however if i had to choose one i would choose Individual Freedom over Economic Freedom

I don't think Google essentially having a monopoly on Social Media is a good thing

Monopiles only damage the free market

Its a problem of Free Markets of course, I don't support Laissez Faire Capitalism i do believe that there should be some restrictions on companies that have monopiles

I am not even close to being a Communist although i used to be

No

Just no

Even Adam Smith opposed Monopolies and he was a very important figure in the creation of Capitalism

Its just one example though, Monopolies are not a good thing they don't really provide any benefit to society

I would consider myself to be a right leaning minor libertarian, Not a Liberal

We shouldn't Abolish the State

They are, And the State can deal with it, However if the State did not interfere in the market at all it would be more difficult for Monopolies to develop

If we could reset the economy a Minarchist State would likely work best

However because the state has already interfered with the economy if this was done now it would only increase the power of monopiles

The State may have a monopoly on violence but that is necessary, I don't like it but i is necessary

For example what if someone steals something and refused to give it back, How does the owner of it get it back without calling on the state to inflict violence on the thief?

You would still end up with a central power albeit a smaller central power but a central power nonetheless with a monopoly on violence

In order to have any semblance of order the state needs to have the power to inflict violence

And those local lords had a monopoly on the use of violence in their county

The monopoly of violence is not removed it is just spread to local areas

You are just moving the monopoly around, You are not actually removing it

It is a monopoly in their local area, Its a different type sure, But the result is the same, The government body whether they be many or few having the right to inflict violence

So your plan is just to split up the monopoly into local areas?

Monopolies damage the economy, Just look at Fascist Italy for example which is a good example, Mussolini wanted one company to be responsible for one thing which led to their being no innovation since the companies had no competition

What is your main idea then?

I am to an extent, I would prefer for the economy to just run itself however there would be times when the government should intervene and the government is better suited to do that if it is not completely decentralised

I support some Decentralisation however the State should still have the power to stop monopolies

Because local areas don't have the power to prevent a National Monopoly like Google for example

Because they simply don't have the influence, A group of largely decentralised counties will not have the same influence as a largely centralised state

They can't influence the economy enough if they can just effect it in their local area

Your assuming that they would all agree to stop the monopoly

If 30% decided to ban it would have an effect sure, but the monopoly would still have substantial power

I guess

I think you've got me on the economic argument however i still maintain my belief that the state or local county should have a right to violence for the simple maintenance of order

Well that could just be stopped by elections and the second amendment

Police Chief Greg Allen mentioned the "manifesto" during a press conference, adding that the attack might have a “nexus” to hate crime. He said, however, that the police are still looking into whether the document was indeed penned by the shooter.

This is definitive proof that Trump is literally Hitler

No, i think he should still have a fair trial

Even if someone commits a bad crime we shouldn't just consider their rights forfeit because of it

That's depending on politicians not him

Currently the Democrats going Far Left does not seem like it will help them gain electoral success so it will likely just give the Republicans more power

Well that is essentially your choice in the US, You have two bad options and have to choose the one you think is slightly less worse then the other

I think Huey Long was right when he said “The only difference I’ve found in Congress between the Republican and Democratic leadership is that one of them is skinning us from the ankle up and the other from the ear down.”

There seems to be very limited information on the shooting in Ohio

We don't have a name or any kind of motive so far, The only thing being reported by the police is the weapon used

Guns won't be banned

There is not enough support in Congress for it

If Trump banned guns he would lose any hope of winning the next election

His base supports the second amendment

I think the US would fall into Civil War before the Second Amendment is removed

We still don't know the motive

Has the manifesto from the El Paso Shooting been confirmed yet?

Ok

Well thats not surprising

Well they want to push the gun control agenda