Author: Curt Doolittle

  • COMPETITION OF CROOKS” I’m not a member of the cult of ridicule that seems to pe

    http://www.hanshoppe.com/2012/06/professor-hoppes-new-book-der-wettbewerb-der-gauner-the-competition-of-crooks/”THE COMPETITION OF CROOKS”

    I’m not a member of the cult of ridicule that seems to pervade the libertarian movement. So I’m just a bit thrown by the title of Hoppe’s new book, “The Competition Of Crooks”, which, while bearing a colloquial title, is apparently an elaboration of Hoppe’s theory of the private law society that criticizes the predatory bureaucratic state. The book is apparently only available in German for now. So we pidgin-speaking anglo heretics will have to wait. 🙂 That said, I will read it as soon as it’s available.

    Professor Hoppe: The Competition of Crooks

    http://www.hanshoppe.com/2012/06/professor-hoppes-new-book-der-wettbewerb-der-gauner-the-competition-of-crooks/

    The Professor’s new book is out, in German, with the release information here. Hopefully, Herr Groezinger is busy on the translation, as aside from orderi…

    (from Andy Duncan at godthatfailed.com)


    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-25 19:05:00 UTC

  • (FUN) Translated: “YOU’LL JUST HAVE TO START LOOKING! DAMNED BLOODSUCKERS!”

    (FUN) Translated: “YOU’LL JUST HAVE TO START LOOKING! DAMNED BLOODSUCKERS!”


    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-25 17:15:00 UTC

  • ONE FOR THE SOCIALIST MEDICAL SYSTEM Ok, so I have had this vicious ulcer proble

    ONE FOR THE SOCIALIST MEDICAL SYSTEM

    Ok, so I have had this vicious ulcer problem since January. It’s quite serious. And my expensive Concierge doctor did nothing of value except talk about it, nor did the various emergency room doctors in Connecticut, Bellevue, Redmond and Ottawa. However, I got lucky, and after two days of workups at the hospital here in Carleton, on Thursday I finally get my first operation – thanks to the initiative of a doctor who actually tried to fix the problem.


    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-25 16:47:00 UTC

  • Lots of love out there for you. You can do it

    Lots of love out there for you. You can do it.


    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-25 11:47:00 UTC

  • Are There Any Arguments Against Immigration That Are Compatible With Libertarian Thought?

    1) Hoppe has put forth an argument (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han…)  But hoppe would also argue that if a bunch of neighbors made a contract that no one without red hair could move into a neighborhood/village/city that was all privately owned, even by the use of shares, that since that contract was vountarily entered into by members that they would all have to respect it.  (This is called the “right of exclusion”.)

    2) When libertarians talk about any given issue, they do so within the libertarian context: the inviolability of private property. The inviolability of private property requires that no involuntary transfers occur. This tenet of in turn requires the absence of redistributive programs that allow immigrants to transfer weath by moving into a geography and obtaining redistribution (theft).  Theft which therefore is used to fund the growth of the bureaucratic (parasitic) governmnet. This argument is that OPEN immigration is incompatible with the welfare state.
     
    The alternative solutions are that a) people pay their way in, or b) they borrow and pay back their way in c) or that they are ‘sponsored’ by someone who is financially responsible for their productivity or loss (as was common in history). Further that they conform to norms that are expressions of property rights. Any one of these solutions makes immigration possible without violating property rights. Open immigration under redistribution doesn’t. I think this argument is pretty hard to refute.

    https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-arguments-against-immigration-that-are-compatible-with-libertarian-thought

  • Are There Any Arguments Against Immigration That Are Compatible With Libertarian Thought?

    1) Hoppe has put forth an argument (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han…)  But hoppe would also argue that if a bunch of neighbors made a contract that no one without red hair could move into a neighborhood/village/city that was all privately owned, even by the use of shares, that since that contract was vountarily entered into by members that they would all have to respect it.  (This is called the “right of exclusion”.)

    2) When libertarians talk about any given issue, they do so within the libertarian context: the inviolability of private property. The inviolability of private property requires that no involuntary transfers occur. This tenet of in turn requires the absence of redistributive programs that allow immigrants to transfer weath by moving into a geography and obtaining redistribution (theft).  Theft which therefore is used to fund the growth of the bureaucratic (parasitic) governmnet. This argument is that OPEN immigration is incompatible with the welfare state.
     
    The alternative solutions are that a) people pay their way in, or b) they borrow and pay back their way in c) or that they are ‘sponsored’ by someone who is financially responsible for their productivity or loss (as was common in history). Further that they conform to norms that are expressions of property rights. Any one of these solutions makes immigration possible without violating property rights. Open immigration under redistribution doesn’t. I think this argument is pretty hard to refute.

    https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-arguments-against-immigration-that-are-compatible-with-libertarian-thought

  • Untitled

    http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/22/green-drivel?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=recommend-button&utm_campaign=Green+%E2%80%98drivel%E2%80%99


    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-23 20:24:00 UTC

  • Guess in on the way west to get my stomach looked at

    Guess in on the way west to get my stomach looked at.


    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-21 19:11:00 UTC

  • IN GROCERY SPENDING OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS

    http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/06/08/154568945/what-america-spends-on-groceriesCHANGES IN GROCERY SPENDING OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS


    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-21 00:10:00 UTC

  • NOTE TO SELF Do not write while on pain medication. What you write may SEEM like

    NOTE TO SELF

    Do not write while on pain medication. What you write may SEEM like it makes sense. But it only seems that way. lol :\


    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-21 00:07:00 UTC