norwegianvillain

 

 

 

 

I more or less identify as a bleeding-heart libertarian (i.e. one who believes that individual action (with free markets being the most important manifestation thereof) are far more likely to lead to social justice and the eradication of privilege than state action). 

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It's beautiful in theory, but all we have to do is look at the banking and investment sector to see that unregulated industry leads directly to the opposite outcome you posit. Without government "interference" in the free market, 12 year olds would still be in the coal mines. The trick is striking a equitable balance, which is always a struggle at best. But giving the key to the castle to a bunch of fat cats and expecting them to be the arbiters of social justice is pure fantasy. Of course, now that those same fat cats hold high level government positions, it's all but a moot point. 

 

 

No no no no no 

 

The Fed is to blame for the credit crash. Artificially cheap fiat money and bailouts. The finance sector in America today is far from capitalist. Capitalism is about profits and loss, bailouts go against every principle of capitalism. Governments are digging their own graves with the current hair-of-the-dog economics, and they are sadly being applauded for it. Look to Greece.

 

Capitalism ended child labour. Capitalism enabled people to take their children out of work thanks to an extreme economic growth.

 

 

I don't think you could possibly say anything more factually inaccurate. 

 

care to elaborate on that?

 

 

I more or less identify as a bleeding-heart libertarian (i.e. one who believes that individual action (with free markets being the most important manifestation thereof) are far more likely to lead to social justice and the eradication of privilege than state action). 

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It's beautiful in theory, but all we have to do is look at the banking and investment sector to see that unregulated industry leads directly to the opposite outcome you posit. Without government "interference" in the free market, 12 year olds would still be in the coal mines. The trick is striking a equitable balance, which is always a struggle at best. But giving the key to the castle to a bunch of fat cats and expecting them to be the arbiters of social justice is pure fantasy. Of course, now that those same fat cats hold high level government positions, it's all but a moot point. 

 

No no no no no 

The Fed is to blame for the credit crash. Artificially cheap fiat money and bailouts. The finance sector in America today is far from capitalist. Capitalism is about profits and loss, bailouts go against every principle of capitalism. Governments are digging their own graves with the current hair-of-the-dog economics, and they are sadly being applauded for it. Look to Greece.

Capitalism ended child labour. Capitalism enabled people to take their children out of work thanks to an extreme economic growth.

Random question VT.

 

Does anyone know any famous people called "Oxford"? First or last name, doesn't matter.

nope, but one of the members of red hot chili peppers has the wonderful middle-name Gaylord

I'm very much a liberal, but I'm also a bit of a socialist. I'm guessing that by libertarian you mean the Ayn Rand-fetishizing brand, and forgive me when I say I find that particular ideology a little bit ridiculous.

In an economic perspective i would say libertarianism ranges from the Friedmanite Chicago school which argues for the state to a certain degree, to Murray Rothbard and anarchy. There are significant differences within the broad term libertarianism. I'm for a limited government, who's only task should be to protect the rights of its citizens.

Don't we all just want the same thing (outside of a few strays at the edges)? But we're hampered by our crowd mentality that promotes the wrong type of people to control us.

Hayek wrote a very good chapter on this topic in his book The Road to Serfdom, where he basically explains how it is that the wrong people are (almost) always elected.

Any fellow libertarians here on the forum?

I could'nt find any threads on the topic.

Miley can actually sing

We can't NOT use Sabbath! We should make ozzy come out on the pitch and do paranoid live before the burnley game

Anyone else disappointed with House of Cards season 3?

The Norwegian Royal Guard have a knighted Colonel-in-Chief living in Edinburgh Zoo - the penguin Nils Olav II. 

For those of you that have worked at gas stations, convenience stores etc, Clerks (1994) is a must see! By miles the best indie comedy made in my opinion. Clerks 2 (2006) is almost as good, albeit much more 'commercial'. 

243 miles

Live in edinburgh

the drunk idiots entering the field before the game was over should get a harsh ban

3-1 Villa

Gabby hatrick

#AVFC Given/Bacuna Vlaar OkoreLowton/Cleverley Westwood Delph/Sinclair Gabby N’Zogbia

clark out? 

i think we're gonna see a super motivated shay given today

i though it was a FA rule that the teams must be public 1 hour before kick-off?

ESPN linking the coach of my local norwegian side Stabæk, Bob Bradley, to a job with Villa as director of football.

He definitely knows his football, and performed a miracle in Norway last season by leading a team averaging under 20 years and with a total squad wage bill of £650,000/year to 9th in the norwegian premier division. He doesnt have much international experience though, except coaching USA and Egypt. His connections in the US are formidable, but I'm not too sure about his connections in Europe.

http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-premier-league/story/2328132/ex-usmnt-coach-bob-bradley-in-running-for-aston-villa-director-of-football-sources-say

Thank Odin for that 

Weimann takes the corner???

we've been horrible after sincair's goal

Watching this team is torture... Weiman and Richardson has the technical ability of a norwegian 3rd division player

lost a bit of respect for lambert now. weak of him to drop okore

goodbye richardson, you may now leave this club

this is on richardson