nirnira

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by nirnira 12y ago
Great, I look forward to the day when you read The Gulag Archipelago and a first-year economics textbook and realise that you're talking out your ass. Maybe throw in some Hayek while you're at it. Good luck!
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by nirnira 12y ago
It's been time for a while, unfortunately.
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by nirnira 12y ago
Sorry, you must have misread Belleruches' post. He asked for examples where this has worked. Last I heard the UK was a depressed shithole with a stagnant economy. Hardly a glorious example of the success of such policies.
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by nirnira 13y ago
Liberty means allowing people to make their own decisions about how they live and use their resources, as long as they're not infringing on the liberty of others. It's a universal concept, not just tied to your vilification of wea
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by nirnira 13y ago
Since when did "liberal" mean someone who supports coercive redistribution by states? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
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by nirnira 13y ago
Thanks for being one of the least insane and retarded people on this comment thread.
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by nirnira 13y ago
What?!? Suggesting people use their own money to support their own beliefs, rather than expecting the rest of society to pay up while they make no sacrifice?? Heretic!!
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by nirnira 13y ago
Yeah, and early vertebrate species in the Cambrian just swam around singing happy songs and smooching anemones all day while they enjoyed a universe free of those horrible constraints of energy and matter that nasty humans invented to oppre
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by nirnira 13y ago
Blisterpeanutes: "People who support blind charity should put their money where their mouth if they think it's such a great idea." Yourapostasy: "Hey great idea, even better why don't we give them all the money they
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by nirnira 13y ago
If people can improve their economic performance so much with just a small cash grant then, why haven't businesses jumped in on this apparently incredible opportunity? Seems like a great chance for businesses to make some money in tand
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by nirnira 13y ago
>Communism didn't work because they tried to micromanage every aspect of the economy. No, sorry, you're completely wrong. Communism didn't work because it destroyed every incentive for industrious, honest labour, supplant
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by nirnira 13y ago
A truly insane and stupid idea befitting an insane and stupid political culture. And lo and behold! Embraced with open arms by the Hacker News community. What a surprise.
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by nirnira 13y ago
Because your comment was very stupid.
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by nirnira 13y ago
>Who gets money and who doesn't? Easy question. Nobody. Stop all government welfare and redistribution. Sever the dependence of unproductive citizens on the productive. Return to each citizen their natural right to freely distribute
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by nirnira 13y ago
>That feel when Hacker News became an echo-chamber for the YC schmoozerati.
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by nirnira 13y ago
100% correct form from the media team at Andreesen Horowitz... er, I mean Github.
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by nirnira 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_can't_fix_stupid
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by nirnira 13y ago
It's always been fashionable. The cause is a chronic deficit of genuine moral leadership across all strata of society.
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by nirnira 13y ago
If you look into them, common sense will tell you Greenpeace and the modern environment movement in general are full of shit. So you don't need to take the word of internet commenters on that one.
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by nirnira 13y ago
>they should pay the rest of society royalties for all other value-adding modifications that were introduced in those same lifeforms since the dawn of agriculture. What a stupid, facile thing to say. Should we call authors leeches and su
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by nirnira 13y ago
You're confusing yourself, because there're two interpretations of the phrase "exacerbating resistance" in play here. In your interpretation, any use of a product which results in increased resistance to that product &qu
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by nirnira 13y ago
What's the best way to translate a meeting with one executive complaining about the behaviour of another executive into a meeting with both executives? Even if you schedule the meeting, aren't you admitting that you can be swayed
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by nirnira 13y ago
Hint: the answer for both companies lies somewhere between 0 and 0%.
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by nirnira 13y ago
Thanks for contributing yet another well-reasoned, impartial analysis of modern society to Hacker news.
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by nirnira 13y ago
Jesus, get a grip. Stop embarrassing yourself.
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by nirnira 13y ago
> They have the same kind of "success" the czar in Russia had - they were born into it. Oh brother. Most of these people started out in life ahead of the average person, sure. But you know what, they all took what they started
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by nirnira 13y ago
I read the whole article thanks. It was stupid and judgemental - eg criticising rich people for only supporting research into rich white people disease - woops, never mind Bill Gates! "Balance of funding" is a cute euphemism thoug
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by nirnira 13y ago
>Their success is on the backs of people who do the real work. Oh really? And when was the last time you attempted to do what these people do? Easy to judge sitting from an armchair, isn't it? While you're at it, why don't
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by nirnira 13y ago
I truly, truly hate articles like this. The constant tone of judgement and scepticism. The underlying assumption that the rich don't deserve to spend their money however they want. Why can't you just celebrate success and encourag
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by nirnira 13y ago
Funny, Microsoft seems to have figured out how to strike a middle ground.

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