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re: The freest nation on earth

Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:48 pm to
Posted by larry289
Holiday Island, AR
Member since Nov 2009
3858 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:48 pm to
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I see you're in the insurance business

Nope, just old and wise.
Posted by Dale51
Member since Oct 2016
32378 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:49 pm to
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US ranked 20th quote:
That wasn't the question, was it? I asked you for your definition or subject of "freedom", not a poll or "study".
Posted by Iosh
Bureau of Interstellar Immigration
Member since Dec 2012
18941 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:49 pm to
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How the frick is the UK more free than the US? FCC regulations?
Lower rule of law score. UK legal system is better in a lot of ways.

Related: I hate peremptory challenges with the fury of a thousand suns and the only reason I don't have 5,000 posts about them is we don't get as many threads about the jury system as global warming or immigration
This post was edited on 5/8/17 at 10:49 pm
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260547 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:52 pm to
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That wasn't the question, was it? I asked you for your definition or subject of "freedom", not a poll or "study".


The ability to live my life as free from government interference as possible as long as I'm harming no one else.

What's yours?
Posted by Ebbandflow
Member since Aug 2010
13457 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:53 pm to
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My retort would be that industry only does this because government has the power to affect their bottom line.



My retort would be that govt is a veil for industry
Posted by Dale51
Member since Oct 2016
32378 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:53 pm to
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The ability to live my life as free from government interference as possible as long as I'm harming no one else. What's yours?

Right. How does that relate to your posted "study" of "freedom"?
Posted by Lsuchs
Member since Apr 2013
8073 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:54 pm to
I'd rather them increase their budget first.
Posted by Iosh
Bureau of Interstellar Immigration
Member since Dec 2012
18941 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:54 pm to
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My retort would be that govt is a veil for industry
Get out of here with this ish, we're talking about capitalism as it exists in Ayn Rand novels, not "reality"
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260547 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:55 pm to
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Right. How does that relate to your posted "study" of "freedom"?


Freedom extends to many different areas. You got a better one besides "Merica" spit....?
This post was edited on 5/8/17 at 10:57 pm
Posted by Iosh
Bureau of Interstellar Immigration
Member since Dec 2012
18941 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:55 pm to
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Right. How does that relate to your posted "study" of "freedom"?
It must be really easy to just endlessly ask one-line questions instead of reading anything anyone posts
Posted by Dale51
Member since Oct 2016
32378 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:57 pm to
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Freedom extends to many different areas. You got a better one besides "Merica" spit....


Thats nonsensical. What are you trying to say?
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55454 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:57 pm to
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Get out of here with this ish, we're talking about capitalism as it exists in Ayn Rand novels, not "reality"



As if government being a front-man for big business is an inherent feature of capitalism. What are you, a fricking pinko?
Posted by Dale51
Member since Oct 2016
32378 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 10:58 pm to
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It must be really easy to just endlessly ask one-line questions instead of reading anything anyone posts


Umm.... I read it. Thats what initiated the question. Are you confused?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260547 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 11:02 pm to
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Thats nonsensical. What are you trying to say?


I'll write in crayon

What is your idea of freedom and how do you quantify it beyond the last stanza of some worn out song?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260547 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 11:03 pm to
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As if government being a front-man for big business is an inherent feature of capitalism


It's a protection racket man...
Posted by Iosh
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Member since Dec 2012
18941 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 11:05 pm to
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As if government being a front-man for big business is an inherent feature of capitalism.
When your ideology never existing outside masturbatory science fiction is actually an indictment of reality rather than your own beliefs

This post was edited on 5/8/17 at 11:09 pm
Posted by Dale51
Member since Oct 2016
32378 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 11:05 pm to
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What is your idea of freedom and how do you quantify it beyond the last stanza of some worn out song?

Again...what are you trying to say? Can you express yourself coherently?
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55454 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 11:06 pm to
That's not even an AnCap stance. That's a milquetoast libertarian viewpoint, one that I thought you shared to some extent. Perhaps I would actually fail that aforementioned quiz.
Posted by Iosh
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Member since Dec 2012
18941 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 11:17 pm to
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That's not even an AnCap stance. That's a milquetoast libertarian viewpoint, one that I thought you shared to some extent. Perhaps I would actually fail that aforementioned quiz.
You're on like the third panel of a five-panel expanding brain meme

(Unfortunately the fourth panel is not RAHOWA so I don't think you're getting any closer)
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55454 posts
Posted on 5/8/17 at 11:20 pm to
The fifth panel is mutualism-by-lawyers, amirite
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