Economics Questions

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

Malachi — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:13:55 GMT

Its a sarcastic comment, and the wink at the end means youre not allowed to get all butthurt about it ;)

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

SkepticalMetal — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:38:01 GMT

What do you think it means?

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

Wheylous — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:32:31 GMT

...What's that supposed to mean?

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

Malachi — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:38:20 GMT

Because Wheylous knows soooooo much about being sorry ;)

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

Wheylous — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:30:31 GMT

Sorry about that. I would start a new thread on it though.

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

QuisCustodiet — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:59:34 GMT

I hope my question doesn't get lost in the whole SkepticalMetal thing.

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

SkepticalMetal — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 07:43:10 GMT

i dun get it

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

Wheylous — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:37:02 GMT

Yeah, you're right:

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

SkepticalMetal — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:12:40 GMT

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

Wheylous — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:07:36 GMT

Only reflexive actions are unintentional, NAA. ;)

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

NonAntiAnarchist — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 04:18:25 GMT

I usually personally prefer reading about someone and their work rather than the work itself, and it gives me the same knowledge one would obtain by reading that particular work.

With respect to SM, I agree with JJ on this point. He is right.

With respect, I'm kinda confused at your first post to SM, Wheylous. Why would you mock what people have or haven't read when it's not even relevant? You were being a jackass, albeit probably unintentionally.

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

John James — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 03:55:25 GMT

SkepticalMetal:
I usually personally prefer reading about someone and their work rather than the work itself, and it gives me the same knowledge one would obtain by reading that particular work. [...] I can read about what he wrote, and it still counts as intellectually "reading him" being that they are theories that he forumulated.

This is a grave mistake. I would actually go so far as to call it "asinine." I'm actually quite surprised you'd suggest something like that. And there's really no way for me to simplify it any further to help illuminate the reality of what you're actually saying...because you literally stated it outright: you actually believe that reading something that was written about what someone else has written is the exact same (and offers you the same knowledge) as if you had read the original work. I'm actually kind of dumbfounded.

Would you prefer I made a thread summarizing and commenting on your posts here in the forum, so that people didn't have to bother reading them? I mean, after all, they'd get the same knowledge from reading my commentary that they would from reading what you actually wrote.

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

QuisCustodiet — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 03:42:01 GMT

Wait a second. In what way did Mises suggest the state should be funded? When did Mises say it had to be funded by taxation?

Does anyone have a link or quote of Mises answering this? It seems like the first thing that should be established in the original post.

(In case you're unfamiliar with other ways a state can be funded, here are a few: lottery, user fees [for losers in courts, for the culpable when the cops show up, etc.], voluntary donations, etc.. I don't want to debate whether these are good ways to fund a state or if a state is ever compatible with liberty. I'm only interested in Mises' view for the time being.)

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

Conza88 — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 03:27:00 GMT

Re: "Queue Conza."

I'm heeeeeere.

Mises on Minarchism

He was a philosophical anarchist. As for whether he would accept Hoppe's a priori of argumentation & communication (we can only guess... I'd like to think so).

The above link maps it all out; and yes, even the passage regarding conscription.

Re: Mises Believed in Theft

SkepticalMetal — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:39:18 GMT

hai