Indeed. Which standard do you, gentle Slashdot read, want: * Videos that people want to put up, and that people want to see; or * A curated selection of videos that are best for you, as judged by your betters
We know that oppressive governments the world round demand the second option. Which should you demand?
"To know who rules you, ask: who am I not allowed to criticize in public? Those are your rulers."
It used to be the case that a higher education was good for exposing young minds to challenging ideas, and thereby teaching them to stare with resolve into the deep abyss that is existence, and to rebut bad arguments with good arguments.
However, collectivist authoritarians (namely Marxists) began their "long march" through the Institutions of the West; in the Universities, they started curbing speech by setting up "safe spaces", and then once the "safe" space spread across most of a campus, they started des
As an actual Marxist, I fucking wish Marxism was spreading throughout universities, but alas it isn't at all. What is spreading though universities is consumer ideology. People treating their degrees as commodities, demanding "consumer satisfaction" from their time at university. Institutes of learning have been invaded by the market, with everything valuable worthy and fun driven out.
All that shit you wrote has no basis in reality, and shows you've never been within 10km of a university ever, but as a Marxis
Indeed, all the "pure" ideologies are pretty much useless at any scale beyond the immediately local, including "pure capitalism".
That's why I laugh when people say "the USA will never be socialist" because the USA has been socialist for at least a hundred years and arguably since its founding. If you believe the government has any role whatsoever in regulating commerce, then you believe in socialism and we're just dickering over details (as an aside, the power that the constitution most explicitly grants c
Besides ideology, the fact is that something like 36% of US GDP is governmental. That means the vast majority of US society is still a matter of "private" interaction; indeed, most legal disputes are actually resolved out of court by private arbitration, and most security services are not the police but rather hired mercenaries.
Perhaps 64% "pure" capitalism might be realistically achievable. That's not really a "pure" position, and many social democrats might actually agree with it.
Capitalism doesn't care about borders or self-described "governing" bodies; capitalism is a philosophy that describes a fundamental aspect of anti-fragile interactions between individuals.
Put more concretely, even North Korea has capitalism, manifesting as the so-called "black markets"; in fact, it is this capitalism that keeps the North Koreans (or the former Soviets, or the Venezuelans, etc.) alive in spite of the massive parasite of authoritarianism that sits astride social interactions.
Those examples have nothing to do with the ownership and distribution of capital, and also nothing to do with philosophy. What you're describing is more accurately referred to as "social science" (because economics IS-A social science).
Marxism is a religion from a fantasy book which, when let out of the confines of the vacuum of the book much akin to some chemical elements being taken out of a vacuum, and introduced to reality and the atmosphere, inherently changes into a different element to suit the new environment and its laws and requirements. In other words Marxism is an armchair fantasy book only armchair idiots cling to. People who put it into practice however, who know better about the realities of it through their practice as Newto
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I see no problem here (except with some employees who are complaining, who should probably be fired).
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Indeed. Which standard do you, gentle Slashdot read, want:
* Videos that people want to put up, and that people want to see; or
* A curated selection of videos that are best for you, as judged by your betters
We know that oppressive governments the world round demand the second option. Which should you demand?
"To know who rules you, ask: who am I not allowed to criticize in public? Those are your rulers."
Collectivists took over Universities. (Score:2, Interesting)
It used to be the case that a higher education was good for exposing young minds to challenging ideas, and thereby teaching them to stare with resolve into the deep abyss that is existence, and to rebut bad arguments with good arguments.
However, collectivist authoritarians (namely Marxists) began their "long march" through the Institutions of the West; in the Universities, they started curbing speech by setting up "safe spaces", and then once the "safe" space spread across most of a campus, they started des
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As an actual Marxist, I fucking wish Marxism was spreading throughout universities, but alas it isn't at all.
What is spreading though universities is consumer ideology. People treating their degrees as commodities, demanding "consumer satisfaction" from their time at university.
Institutes of learning have been invaded by the market, with everything valuable worthy and fun driven out.
All that shit you wrote has no basis in reality, and shows you've never been within 10km of a university ever, but as a Marxis
Re:Collectivists took over Universities. (Score:0)
wtf is an "actual marxist" ... is this like people who claim to be Libertarian?
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It's a religion. Dumber than average.
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wtf is an "actual marxist"
I assume it's someone who follows the writings of Marx.
Of course, those are just writings, ideas, not an actual stable functional system.
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Indeed, all the "pure" ideologies are pretty much useless at any scale beyond the immediately local, including "pure capitalism".
That's why I laugh when people say "the USA will never be socialist" because the USA has been socialist for at least a hundred years and arguably since its founding. If you believe the government has any role whatsoever in regulating commerce, then you believe in socialism and we're just dickering over details (as an aside, the power that the constitution most explicitly grants c
Libertarian or pure capitalists answer: No. (Score:0)
Besides ideology, the fact is that something like 36% of US GDP is governmental. That means the vast majority of US society is still a matter of "private" interaction; indeed, most legal disputes are actually resolved out of court by private arbitration, and most security services are not the police but rather hired mercenaries.
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Perhaps 64% "pure" capitalism might be realistically achievable. That's not really a "pure" position, and many social democrats might actually agree with it.
Your frame of reference is silly. (Score:0)
Capitalism doesn't care about borders or self-described "governing" bodies; capitalism is a philosophy that describes a fundamental aspect of anti-fragile interactions between individuals.
Put more concretely, even North Korea has capitalism, manifesting as the so-called "black markets"; in fact, it is this capitalism that keeps the North Koreans (or the former Soviets, or the Venezuelans, etc.) alive in spite of the massive parasite of authoritarianism that sits astride social interactions.
Where's an exampl
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Those examples have nothing to do with the ownership and distribution of capital, and also nothing to do with philosophy. What you're describing is more accurately referred to as "social science" (because economics IS-A social science).
"Capitalist" is a job title, no more and no less.
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So, what's the difference between libertarians, fascists and socialist?
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Not really, ever since Megan's Law passed you can actually see where all the Libertarians live now.
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Marxism is a religion from a fantasy book which, when let out of the confines of the vacuum of the book much akin to some chemical elements being taken out of a vacuum, and introduced to reality and the atmosphere, inherently changes into a different element to suit the new environment and its laws and requirements.
In other words Marxism is an armchair fantasy book only armchair idiots cling to.
People who put it into practice however, who know better about the realities of it through their practice as Newto
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wtf is an "actual marxist" ... is this like people who claim to be Libertarian?
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No... an Actual Marxist, or rather, a True Marxist, apparently lives in Scotland.
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*shrug*.