Message from @faultfiction

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2020-03-06 11:59:36 UTC  

as a means for testing it's value

2020-03-06 11:59:44 UTC  

is the government going to make better decisions on behalf of the people

2020-03-06 11:59:54 UTC  

markets bad, reintroduce palace economy

2020-03-06 12:00:00 UTC  

the government has no decision to make

2020-03-06 12:00:03 UTC  

the principle there is that since it's the people making that choice it should follow that

2020-03-06 12:01:00 UTC  

either people make the choice or government does

2020-03-06 12:01:26 UTC  

people delegate with their votes, now the mechanism and the operation is a different issue

2020-03-06 12:01:39 UTC  

really... so if the government says "we will not restrict your speech" .. thats the government telling you what to say?

2020-03-06 12:02:07 UTC  

if the government says we will not restrict your speech what do you think that means

2020-03-06 12:02:36 UTC  

if the gov says "we will protect your right to say whatever you want" .. thats the government making the decision on the words that will come out of your mouth?

2020-03-06 12:02:52 UTC  

do you want the right to say whatever you want?

2020-03-06 12:03:20 UTC  

the government doesnt make the decision... its making sure you can make it

2020-03-06 12:04:00 UTC  

The goverment provides the protection and the legislation for you to be able to do that

2020-03-06 12:04:10 UTC  

in theory at least

2020-03-06 12:05:08 UTC  

its not going to protect you when your speech gets you punched but it gives you the means to use your rights as is legislated to get the compensation in whatever form is provided

2020-03-06 12:05:40 UTC  

I think people are sometimes stupid but we should be free to make stupid choices, there's no such thing as benevolent tyranny

2020-03-06 12:05:49 UTC  

well technically there are other laws that are supposed to protect you from getting punched...

2020-03-06 12:06:27 UTC  

Good

2020-03-06 12:06:49 UTC  

depends how your stupid choices affect other people... like... people shouldnt be able to throw a bucket of tacs over a motorway

2020-03-06 12:07:58 UTC  

Yeah that'd be pretty fucking annoying

2020-03-06 12:08:24 UTC  

but thank god for governments

2020-03-06 12:17:32 UTC  

oh.. turkey announced ceasefire after erdogans visit with putin

2020-03-06 12:18:07 UTC  

I guess assad will take back idlib

2020-03-06 12:18:29 UTC  

there was some bbc reporters doing a little story on it last night...

2020-03-06 12:19:13 UTC  

as usually they were just filming the women... and I dont know if it was by accident.. but they panned the camera around and it was just 100% men 😛

2020-03-06 12:22:34 UTC  

putting aside whether or not a hypothetical "free market" is good or not it's not really worth debating because it's a fictional concept

2020-03-06 12:23:44 UTC  

IIIII like new york in juuune .... how about youuuuuu

2020-03-06 12:23:51 UTC  

winners of market competition will use their resources to get the body that presides over it to regulate in their favor, i don't think there's really any getting around this

2020-03-06 12:24:06 UTC  

There isn't

2020-03-06 12:24:09 UTC  

maybe you could say like it could be done under an autocrat or somethiinnng

2020-03-06 12:24:16 UTC  

It wouldn't

2020-03-06 12:24:23 UTC  

that didn't really last when it waas tried in chile though

2020-03-06 12:24:32 UTC  

people got poorer over time

2020-03-06 12:24:34 UTC  

in real terms

2020-03-06 12:24:36 UTC  

not just relative

2020-03-06 12:25:03 UTC  

except for the very rich, of course

2020-03-06 12:26:46 UTC  

What happened there

2020-03-06 12:26:54 UTC  

granted you can argue that maybe some state interventions on behalf of capitalists in chile contravened the idea of a free market

2020-03-06 12:27:00 UTC  

and obviously not everything was privatized

2020-03-06 12:27:15 UTC  

though chile came much closer to that idea than the vast majority of country's i think

2020-03-06 12:27:16 UTC  

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