Comments on: Ron Paul Endorses Anarchy!

By: Aster

Aster — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:35:56 +0000

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=%22Scroll+of+Mi-Yao%22&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&fp=Qmi82AtOO98

Of course you are right. To suggest otherwise would be to seek to win a frivolous argument, an my intuition of the aesthetic logos suggests this is against the Rules.

By: Scott Bieser

Scott Bieser — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:29:00 +0000

Dang, that last post wasn’t very coherent.

What I meant to say is, if Paul thinks endorsing an agorist, pro ATBC (or ABCT or whatever) adventure novel will win some more converts to the theory at the margin, he’ll provide an endorsement.

By: Scott Bieser

Scott Bieser — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:23:44 +0000

I’ve been watching Ron’s career since 1980 and what I think it all comes down to is that he’s all about economics and monetary policy, from an Austrian perspective, seeing this as foundational to civilization. Everything he has done has pointed towards a goal of being able to return the United States to a gold standard.

That means if he can get elected to Congress, he does that. If he has to play footsie with racists and Know-Nothings, he does that. (I think his anti-abortion position is genuine, but that’s a useful coincidence which helps him get elected in South Texas.) If he thinks that endorsing an agorist novel, which promotes not just anarcho-capitalism but ATBC, he’ll do that.

Which makes me wonder if I can get him to endorse ESCAPE FROM TERRA.

By: Roderick

Roderick — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:46:40 +0000

Please cite precedent

Consult the Sacred Scroll of Mi-Yao.

By: Aster

Aster — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:28:58 +0000

You’re forgetting the thousand years between cat incarnations.

Please cite precedent

By: Anna Morgenstern

Anna Morgenstern — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:21:08 +0000

Well probably kittens could be seen as Stirnerite “anarchists”, that’s why Mirror Ron Paul made the distinction. He was pointing out that you have to get rid of the deontological anarchists first, because they’re the bigger threat.

By: Roderick

Roderick — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:07:42 +0000

You’re forgetting the thousand years between cat incarnations.

By: Aster

Aster — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:03:22 +0000

A kitten could fall off the bed and break its neck, get eaten by a vacuum cleaner, and munch on rat poison, all within the first week of its existence. It would therefore be on its fourth life, but indisputably still a kitten.

But not a very smart kitten.

By: Black Bloke

Black Bloke — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:23:55 +0000

Bingo.

By: John Higgins

John Higgins — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:07:43 +0000

He doesn’t need a target of objection, he’s Franc.