meanduck

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by meanduck 10y ago
> IMO it's a very good law for the population/nation/citizens. But this is how Govts make enemies in business communities. Actions like these what made China 2nd most wealthy nation in record time. > Ignoring that it
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by meanduck 10y ago
From the article: > Right to repair bills, which are currently making their way through eight states (Nebraska, New York, Tennessee, Wyoming, Minnesota, Kansas, Illinois, and Massachusetts), would require electronics manufacturers to ma
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by meanduck 10y ago
Though this part does suggest some govt strong arming. > be highly encouraged (tax benefits etc) Also note that many (including me) believe that taxes are already non-consensual and extortion by Govts.
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by meanduck 10y ago
> Does it matter? Yes there is a pretty big difference. Its not wealth redistribution. You are just spending the money created by natural resource. Its Govt/Peoples wealth to spend as they see fit.
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by meanduck 10y ago
Here some official fact http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/data... For 2012-13 FY, 12.5 Million (1%) paid any Income tax, averaging Rs 21,000 ($350). The 3 individuals in the top-bracket
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by meanduck 10y ago
> "Open source, but licensed under the AGPL.", says the article. There is no "but" here. The AGPL is the very definition of "open source", because it defends openness. If you have nothing to fear from open
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by meanduck 10y ago
Thats why most economically obvious thing for a neighbourhood is to own the infrastructure not rent it. If it were not for "i-do-everything" govts, neighbourhoods would have learnt this long ago. Even Govts owning would have been
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by meanduck 10y ago
And I cant believe I have to type this on HN of all places. No one denies that monopolies are risky. In fact this is the argument against anti-trust regulations, which is basically a monopoly granted to very few people (which in practice, m
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by meanduck 10y ago
What if jury_of_peers = random12(peers(defendant) + peers(prosecutor)) OR random6(peers(defendant)) + random6(peers(prosecutor)); peers(X) is declared/set by X. num(peers(X)) >= num_citizens/10 so that corrupt X cant
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by meanduck 10y ago
The worst case is neither worst president nor worst damage possible by a presidential power. But its the worst 51% votes can do. Because there will come someone who will say anything to get these votes and people will vote themselves into d
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by meanduck 10y ago
It should only be seen as temporary solution though. The permanent solution would be to reclassify passowrds, fingerprints, blood samples etc as testimony. Making prosecuting the <0.1% easier at the cost of making 99.9%+ vulnerable shoul
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by meanduck 10y ago
> Trump is a symptom of something that was already there probably decades in the making And the something is: Democratic entitlement. Larger population is feeling the world owe them happy life, free healthcare and the all the things
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by meanduck 10y ago
Oh cmon at least be realistic. Are you sure, 5 years from now, Apple is going to be as powerful as today ? Market always tend toword decentralisation. More so in AnCap one.
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by meanduck 10y ago
> while allowing corporations to flourish - institutions where citizens have absolutely no say in Wrong. Corporations are the one of most sensitive organisation types. Stop giving them money, see how soon and peacfully they die. Remind
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by meanduck 10y ago
This was not about Trump. This was about the state he represents.
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by meanduck 10y ago
No its not a good thing. Nothing stops people from following people like Stallman. This is a poor execuse for over-interfering statism and it will backfire with event like Brexit/Trump.
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by meanduck 10y ago
Not american but as an anti-statist, Im enjoying this.
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by meanduck 10y ago
But EC's recent unpridictable behaviour[1] only gives negative hopes. [1] https://www.itic.org/news-events/techwonk-blog/arguing-again...
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by meanduck 10y ago
I have no sympathy Im afraid. People who cheer to rob certain section of society gets to feel the burn in turn. Karma is a bitch as the saying goes. I just hope lessons have been learnt. EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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by meanduck 10y ago
"Dont do somthing that you dont want to be done to yourself." is probably the reason that give birth to every basic human right. So yes its absolutely appropriate. You dont have to be even a libertarian to realize that.
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by meanduck 10y ago
Everything is a contract including basic human rights. By birth, you have not signed any. You dont have anything that you can lose. But usually you would implicitly sign "right to freedom" and "property laws" with people
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by meanduck 10y ago
Right to freedom is not your birth right. Its society given.
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by meanduck 10y ago
Theft implies concept of ownership exist. Proudhons says ownership imples theft. Its just useless nonsense. So my point was not that if something is accepted in society ==> Its right. There is no such thing as right/wrong/moral
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by meanduck 10y ago
If something is being done against someone's will ==> Basic Human Right is being violated. Thus Taxation by the definition, is a human right violation for many .
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by meanduck 10y ago
> Consider Proudhons famous "property is theft" for a moment. > His point is that enforcing property rights explicitly deprives others. If something is scarce, then the moment I wall it off, others become poorer for it.
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by meanduck 10y ago
The laws that powers banks to withhold someone money are the same laws that Govts use to maximize tax revenue. Drug/Terrorism is mostly irrelevent.
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by meanduck 10y ago
So you are saying we are gonna let banks get away with it because Govts cant find better revenue source ? The amount of overreaching laws just to ensure Govts revenue is staggering. I shudder to think what would happen if UBI is added into
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by meanduck 10y ago
> And it falls down as soon as you want to enforce any other rules, like say, property rights. You are right. For this desirable, two universal consents are needed: 1. NAP 2. Land Registry (eg blockchain based). I claim that there will
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by meanduck 10y ago
Im perfectly ok if HN bans all political news.
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by meanduck 10y ago
> we must also allow people to pool their labor together to gain collective leverage and reap greater returns (also known as labor unions, worker protections, etc.). Having one without the other does not appear ethically justifiable to

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