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One of the odder forms of either story failure or milquetoast racism, or both, is found when speculative fiction authors wrestle with the fact that the oldest people are black. It’s a thing that crops up a bit in geekdom. It showed up in the Battlestar Galactica reboot series finale after a screami...

The Assamites underline how much Vampire is a game primarily for white people, by white people. But would that really be such a bad thing if they had just stayed in their lane? If WW had just stuck to writing about Europe + USA, with their target audience of white people in mind, wouldn't a lot of ...

Is there any explanation why an Arabic word for a corpse-eating shapeshifting demon that inhabited crypts and tombs was adopted by the Camarilla as slang for: "human you mind-slave by feeding them your blood"?

from AC0's spirited (if inept) defense of the institution of slavery. https://media0.giphy.com/media/lkdH8FmImcGoylv3t3/giphy.gif >Says that slavery is a violation of human rights, and therefore immoral. >Argues that slavery is inefficient and ineffective method of creating wealth and prosperity fo...

@Mord: Here, let's have a discussion in good faith. An actual good faith response to my post would explain the process by which libertarian rules as applied to the world of today would mitigate and ultimately eliminate racism as it manifests in processes such as redlining. This is something AC0 will...

Mord wrote:In short: fuck you.

Forgive me for responding with such flippant disregard for the points you raise.

OgreBattle wrote:ArmorClassZero, is libertarianism a Lawful or Chaotic alignment?

Lawful.

@MGuy: My claim, over and over again, was and has been: Govt intervention exacerbates problems and/or creates new problems. The evidence supports things. And here you are defending a Govt having factually made things worse by saying "but the bad thing the Govt made worse would have continue to ...

While they were the first to identify several important concepts in economics (such as the idea of "opportunity cost"), those ideas were quickly adopted by everyone. What distinguishes them is a complete refusal to use mathematical models, experiments, or the scientific method in general....

https://media1.giphy.com/media/MA65LSg1865A4/giphy.gif You guys have gone from building a straw-man to a wicker-man. Dude, "logical" is not a magic word that magically negates all criticism. I didn't intend it as such, you brainlet. Frank stated Libertarians believe emergent policies (fre...

https://media.giphy.com/media/12TBfExhSrI9TW/giphy.gif ^My face when members of the Den discover that redlining was established and propagated by Govt inserting itself into market affairs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Owners%27_Loan_Corporation#Redlining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_...

It would be fun if you applied your 'market' philosophy to economic ideas. If people, in their heart of hearts, wanted what Libertarianism offers, why isn't it more popular? When you're talking about organizing society, you generally do have to address what people want. Are you serious. Please, thi...

Jesus, Frank. For someone so knowledgeable, it is a shame to see you stumble into the most basic economic fallacies. It is of course possible to find scenarios where every participant makes individual decisions and you get a good outcome overall. AC0 hasn't bothered to actually find any, but I don't...

@DeadDM: Soundly refuted? Lets go over how this thread evolved: 1) Libertad makes thread. 2) Circle jerk of "Libertarianism stupid," ensues. 3) I appear to say, "you guys misunderstand Libertarianism," and lay out Libertarian principles and core philosophy. 4) You guys tell me I'...

@DrPraetor: Thank you.

Despite the Den being a bunch of self-righteous asshats, they do occasionally leave bread-crumbs that can be followed down the rabbit hole.

Seriously guys, reading list when? Den Lit Club when?

@Thaluikhain: Why is it a morally bankrupt position to recognize that people made a choice for themselves that was better than their alternatives? Those early factories gave people a chance to get out of extreme poverty. They took that chance. Their standard of living and wages improves. What is the...

@Libertad: #AbolishICE Although I think it is in the legitimate sphere of Govt influence to defend private property (and that 'public property' is financed by (paid for by) the private citizens of the US, therefore making it collectively theirs - the private property (exclusive property) of the citi...

I actually wasn't being disingenuous or trolling for the first 5-ish pages, but no one here will actually acknowledge what I'm saying or grasps what they themselves are saying. On top of this, I'm one individual arguing against a dozen. I tried to argue in good faith, but it was immediately assumed ...

Well, I'm off to my freshman high-school class Capitalism & You 102, can I get you guys to recommend some anti-capitalist reading (besides Marx, of course) so that I can refute those dumb-dumb corporate shills teachers?

Three (3) titles per User, please, and only the best of the best reading.

Incidentally, this is one reason the Govt hasn't been controlling the border: all these immigrants are potential future tax-payers to keep this scheme going. So um, what about all those ICE internment camps and the human rights abuses coming out of them, particularly impacting children? Or the fact...

Did you know there are countries with government provided health care that are LESS EXPENSIVE than the US Health Care system? How is that possible with all of our competition? Surely not all of those costs are because the government regulates health care providers? Surely you are not arguing that e...

You know, I hesitated for just a second on that line, thinking, "Do I need to put something like 'or comparable resources' or 'of equivalent value' or something." And then I thought, no, they'll get it, they're sharp. My suggestion is that after someone has just taken you to the rhetorica...

@Frank: You know, I hesitated for just a second on that line, thinking, "Do I need to put something like 'or comparable resources' or 'of equivalent value' or something. And then I thought, no, they'll get it, they're sharp. Obviously when we talk about providing housing to the poor, we aren't ...

To reiterate once more for posterity: The difference between myself and those here is that I think, despite their best intentions, their ideas about Govt policy will have the opposite effects desired - that by expecting the Govt to provide the necessities and amenities of life (vaguely defined) to a...

@Libertad: Free trade and property rights are inherently linked. Freedom means, as I've said numerous times, "free from coercion, violence, force, etc." That includes imposition, subjugation, and restriction. You cannot legitimately be restricted in who you choose to trade with. All that's...

To the bold: there's quite a few non-majority white countries which accept boatloads of immigrants. Lots of Gulf Arab states rely upon Indians and Pakistanis for blue collar labor (to varying degrees of indentured servitude) and Hong Kong has a lot of immigrants as well of both laborers and busines...