Message from @Salacious Swanky Cat
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Everyone. I have a MeToo story and it’s hilarious.
Lol
I was legitimately sexually harassed by a drunk girl. She groped my pelvic region. It was awkward. Then I got over it. Zero trauma. Zero ptsd.
I refer to her as the eye of Sauron. A vertical slit, burning around the edges, whose desire for reverse cowgirls is never quenched.
Just want to share my argument, even though I'm sure this won't be read on the show.
Regarding the AnCap position on borders.
AnCap is about the NAP. No aggression is legitimate. Any defense against aggression is legitimate. Illegal immigration is almost entirely about stealing additional funds from my income. Therefore, closing the border to illegal immigrants is in defense against aggression.
You can't control national borders in ancapistan. Only your own borders
We are not in Ancapistan.
The only illegal immigration is based on violation of your property rights
You're arguing from an ancap perspective
Yes
From an ancap perspective you cannot have "illegal immigration" in the conventional sense, merely property violations, so if the border town wants to bring in a fuckton of people who then move to your town, that's a-ok. On the flip side, association is up to you
Why can there be no illegal immigration? Is there not a kind of immigration that is illegal?
They are coming here in aggression of my income.
The same logic that brings me to this is the same logic that points out the violent illegitimacy off government.
Conventional legal/illegal immigration is based on citizenship within a state. Ancapistan is not a conventional state- there is no government by definition
So you can't not be registered to a government that doesn't exist
You either own or rent property in the area or you dont
And if someone owns or rents property in your area, you put up with it or you violate NAP
Lol. You can only defend your own property. Having no state means you can’t have a border. Why should your concerns about wage prevent a property owner from hiring someone who will willingly work for less than you? It’s a peaceful voluntary transaction. You can’t interfere with that in ancap.
Once you establish a state and collective borders, you *do* have an argument against "illegal immigration"
You literally have to use social justice warrior concepts of harm and aggression to justify your position.
RIP
I used to hang out with Free Market Anarchists so while I do get annoyed sometimes by the shit tier 101 arguments against AnCapistan I also understand a lot of its potential flaws
@Beemann I don’t fully understand AnCap, but I see it’s limitations. What’s hard for me is figuring out the government’s role with new technologies/products that drastically improve the human condition.
That typically comes through subsidies, tax credits, mandates, government ownership.
Think sewer system to an extent.
I'm not a fan of the notion of government involvement, but there's a few instances where I'd suggest market competition is infeasible. I'm willing to be proven wrong on these, of course
The government's primary role is ultimately the "monopoly on force", mitigated by the rights of a populace that needs to be willing to do what it takes to hold that government to account
Yeah. That would be an interesting discussion.
How would you say environmental issues get dealt with without some limited government intervention?
If I may reply with a question: How effectively are they being dealt with *using* government intervention?
The air is still shit
Water supplies are fucked in some areas of the 'States
Still dependent on oil
Lots of cash wasted on shitty alternatives because everyone's afraid of our glowing saviour
Canada has that nonsense Carbon tax
I highly doubt an organization wholly dependent on corporate funds is going to apply the pressures needed for those same corporations to stop doing what makes them the most money in the shortest timespan. Your incentives are all sorts of fucked
Yes, things could definitely be better. I agree that fear of nuclear set the US back on reducing emissions to an extent. However, dependance on oil is mostly a transportation issue. One could argue that federal funding of roads increased the use of cars, but that doesn’t fully address how transportation will move away from the use of oil. Several car companies are starting to manufacture electric vehicles, which do help. Yet, these cars receive tax credits to help boost sales.
Reading about immigrants made a question of mine resurface
Is is wrong to hate immigrants because I am starting to get really pissed off at advertisments, instructions, basic infographics and such, in spanish?
In my opinion, you move to a country, you should be able to have a decent fucking conversation
Well. You aren’t actually hating the immigrants. You are hating the lack of integration.
If an English speaking person who agrees with American values moved into your town I doubt you’d be upset.
fair enough
i'm just a bit pissy
because i live in a mostly english place, not really known for spanish population, yet i see billboards all over the place entirely in spanish