The Philosophy Discussion Forum

I have just watched a program on the ABC Four Corners, on homelessness in California. It was horrific and frightening to see. The streets lined with people living and sleeping on the pavements, under bridges, no homes to go to, no shelters, spending their nights in car parks, or one room in a motel...

John K wrote:

a Shark wrote:What a dick.

Sounds like Straw Dog is back...

No, Obama doesn't have the balls he was born with. Just one simple example: He used to disparage politicians who wore an American flag lapel pin because it had become a substitute for "true patriotism" since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Now he wears one all the time. Bit of a tr...

bobevenson wrote:I'm a prophet only in the spiritual, political and economic realm.

So was Obama

For example you have stated that anyone should be able to conduct business as they like so long as it does not impact on others. The government control element of the free market has exactly that function. I'm sorry, but I beg to differ with you. Just one simple example: in any U.S. city, if you wa...

Einstein was a one in a trillion genius and you are not. A prophet, of course, beats even higher odds, thank you very much. Here is my advice, for a career as a prophet ,based on the best of historical prophets 1. Promise all kinds of shit when your followers die. Give them 72 virgins plus the gard...

When it comes to purity, Ivory soap is 99 and 44/100% pure, so that's good enough for me. No one of any sense could be against the workings of the free market vis a vis the planned society. The question of the unfettered market is the extent to which it has implications for eroding the quality of l...

Your difficulty here is in trying to uphold a judgment based on no academic or real world experience in the field of economics. That's like saying Albert Einstein was trying to uphold a judgment based on no academic or real world experience in the field of physics. Unfortunately for you Einstein wa...

tillingborn wrote:

a Shark wrote:The Free market is an artifact of government control ...

Bobaloola misunderstands it and so do you.

Quite possibly, it's not really my field. Can you support this claim with evidence?

If its not your field then why are you ruminating about it.

At any point in time, total property within the USA has a certain value, and that value determines the amount of total money available, which the government will monitor and take whatever necessary monetary action is needed to bring the two into alignment. If the government, or any organisation, de...

The gold standard is only for idiots like you. Actually, the so-called gold standard is a misnomer since it only represented a small fraction of the money in existence. In the example you cited, if the total value of property was reduced by 50%, the total amount of money in existence would also hav...

Jesus Christ, what does it take for you to understand something? You can fuck the gold standard (actually, gold is property that has a value like any other property), and this system doesn't have anything to do with international transactions. At any point in time, total property within the USA has...

Look, you don't know what the hell you're talking about. The total value of property limits the total amount of money. I hope you can understand that simple concept, my friend. The problem with your theory is that the property would have to be mobile internationally . The gold standard works by the...

Sorry to burst your delusional bubble , that you have linguistic skills ,superior to mine ,but that idea is hilarious ,particularly given that loquacious sentence . Your question on this is crass and stupid. Wake up you dumb fucker . The world is transparently a place where people lie. Can anybody ...