The beauty of free markets and capitalism (regardless of their flaws) is that profit drives invention. The profit motive will bring out the geniuses to do their thing. Enough geniuses working on the same problem is bound to show results.
In a centrally planned economy, the who is very important. All the central planners know is that they have some vague goal of a type of technology, and it's up to them to make sure the correct person is in place to do create it.
So I would in fact imagine that in communist China, and individual can be very important, while the opposite is true in a capitalist system. That seems to go contrary to conventional wisdom where in freer countries there is more value on the individual while communist nations focus on the whole, but as I ramble on here, that seems to make sense.
You yourself stated why patents have everything to do with this subject. If steam engines are destined to happen when it's Steam Engine Time, then no amount of monopoly protection can further incentivize people to "invent" something whose time has come anyway. It will happen regardless of patents, and could be "invented" by any number of people, so why should one person have a monopoly on it?
At best patents do nothing, and at worst they retard technological progress.
Good, glad to see you can be sensible and realize that physical punishment may be appropriate depending on the circumstances.
My daughter is 11 and I've never spanked her because it was never appropriate. She's a sensitive kid and a harsh word is all it takes. Kids that run amok while their parents do nothing need a spanking. That's just life.
Good idea. In fact, try it with a cop. Start punching him in the face and see if he "punishes" you by having a stern word with you or beats you down violently.
Unilaterally claiming physical punishment is as wrong as claiming it's always the answer.
I like electronic white boards for use in business, but I don't think they belong in the classroom. The act of writing things down reinforces learning. I and many other people learn better that way. However it works, whatever pathways the neurons are creating are stronger after writing something than just hearing it. Having the teachers notes magically appear on your electronic device would just lead to kids ignoring the lecture because, hey, they'll get the notes afterward.
Punishment is not violence. The fact that you can't make that distinction tells me that you've never experienced either, and are probably a worse person for it.
You said it yourself. Populated areas. Sounds like this county is pretty sparsely populated.
If I choose to build a house 100 miles from the nearest town, are you going to pay to put a fire department right next to my house? Why not? Aren't you civilized?
How did liberal change from a word with it's roots from the word "liberty and freedom" to one which means "do what we tell you to, you have no choice"?
Republicans didn't sully the word liberal, liberals did that on their own.
I'm not seeing the problem here. It sounds like democracy at work. I'm a libertarian but I'm more than happy to pay for local government and the services it provides. I'm very happy with the local police, fire, water, sewer, parks, etc. and I pay for that in property taxes.
What I don't approve of is spending trillions of dollars to kill a bunch of people in a country that did nothing to us. Every human organization has as much capacity for evil as it does for good. The same massive government with vast powers than can do great good can just as easily to great evil, as we've recently seen. I prefer my government to be small and close to me where I have at least some semblance of control. If I don't like my city government, I know the city council meeting is the first and third Thursday of every month at 7PM. Oddly, I have yet to be invited to speak in front of the US congress to air my grievances.
Even as a libertarian, I can proudly say that I support socialism when it's done properly on a small manageable scale such as a town and it's an opt-in system comprised of those who choose to partake in it. What I don't support is socialism of the type that is currently being implemented at the level of US federal government, where a handful of wealthy assholes are telling 300 million people how to live. That's not socialism, it's authoritarianism.
I'm an anti-government libertarian and even I understand the value of local services. I'm more than happy to pay for local water, sewer, police and fire, etc. The key here is that they are local services that, if ineffectual, I can go down to city hall every other Thursday night at 7PM and complain to city council.
On the other side of the coin is massive federal bureaucracy which consumes a vast portion of the national GDP, and when it's services are ineffectual, or even downright evil (read: Iraq war) what are my options? When was the last time Joe Average was invited to speak in front of congress? Oh sure, you can vote every couple years and choose whether you want to have TweedleDee or TweedleDum screw things up for 300M+ people, but that's about it.
Libertarian does not necessarily mean anarchist. In my case, it's about having responsive government close to the people it represents. Some of us call that democracy.
I'm the same way. I've got PCs all over the place at home and I'm a developer by trade, but when it comes to electronic gadgets people think I'm a Luddite. I have a prepaid TMobile phone, the cheapest one that I could find three years ago. I have no interest in paying $1000/yr for a phone and frankly I don't see how most of the population can afford and/or justify it.
Voting Rep or Dem is throwing away your vote too, so what's the difference? There is no difference between the two major parties. Not a real difference anyway. It's all just different marketing spin on the same bullshit platform. If I'm throwing my vote away, I may as well do it on something other than those two worthless piece of shit political parties.
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The beauty of free markets and capitalism (regardless of their flaws) is that profit drives invention. The profit motive will bring out the geniuses to do their thing. Enough geniuses working on the same problem is bound to show results.
In a centrally planned economy, the who is very important. All the central planners know is that they have some vague goal of a type of technology, and it's up to them to make sure the correct person is in place to do create it.
So I would in fact imagine that in communist China, and individual can be very important, while the opposite is true in a capitalist system. That seems to go contrary to conventional wisdom where in freer countries there is more value on the individual while communist nations focus on the whole, but as I ramble on here, that seems to make sense.
Of course, I could be wrong.
You yourself stated why patents have everything to do with this subject. If steam engines are destined to happen when it's Steam Engine Time, then no amount of monopoly protection can further incentivize people to "invent" something whose time has come anyway. It will happen regardless of patents, and could be "invented" by any number of people, so why should one person have a monopoly on it?
At best patents do nothing, and at worst they retard technological progress.
Patents are part of the free market? And here I thought those was government granted monopolies.
Troll elsewhere, fool.
Good, glad to see you can be sensible and realize that physical punishment may be appropriate depending on the circumstances.
My daughter is 11 and I've never spanked her because it was never appropriate. She's a sensitive kid and a harsh word is all it takes. Kids that run amok while their parents do nothing need a spanking. That's just life.
So if a child was out of control physically, then you would say that physical punishment might be appropriate?
Good idea. In fact, try it with a cop. Start punching him in the face and see if he "punishes" you by having a stern word with you or beats you down violently.
Unilaterally claiming physical punishment is as wrong as claiming it's always the answer.
Logging into an account is a skill that should be taught in school? Seriously?
I like electronic white boards for use in business, but I don't think they belong in the classroom. The act of writing things down reinforces learning. I and many other people learn better that way. However it works, whatever pathways the neurons are creating are stronger after writing something than just hearing it. Having the teachers notes magically appear on your electronic device would just lead to kids ignoring the lecture because, hey, they'll get the notes afterward.
Punishment is not violence. The fact that you can't make that distinction tells me that you've never experienced either, and are probably a worse person for it.
You said it yourself. Populated areas. Sounds like this county is pretty sparsely populated.
If I choose to build a house 100 miles from the nearest town, are you going to pay to put a fire department right next to my house? Why not? Aren't you civilized?
How did liberal change from a word with it's roots from the word "liberty and freedom" to one which means "do what we tell you to, you have no choice"?
Republicans didn't sully the word liberal, liberals did that on their own.
You're gullible enough to believe he would have paid the $11,300?
Also, I haven't verified it personally, but people elsewhere have said that a federal law limits fire departments to $500 bills for fighting fires.
I'm not seeing the problem here. It sounds like democracy at work. I'm a libertarian but I'm more than happy to pay for local government and the services it provides. I'm very happy with the local police, fire, water, sewer, parks, etc. and I pay for that in property taxes.
What I don't approve of is spending trillions of dollars to kill a bunch of people in a country that did nothing to us. Every human organization has as much capacity for evil as it does for good. The same massive government with vast powers than can do great good can just as easily to great evil, as we've recently seen. I prefer my government to be small and close to me where I have at least some semblance of control. If I don't like my city government, I know the city council meeting is the first and third Thursday of every month at 7PM. Oddly, I have yet to be invited to speak in front of the US congress to air my grievances.
Tennesee and Kentucky and the rest of the southern states already tried that, remember? You had your chance and blew it.
Are you mentally challenged?
Even as a libertarian, I can proudly say that I support socialism when it's done properly on a small manageable scale such as a town and it's an opt-in system comprised of those who choose to partake in it. What I don't support is socialism of the type that is currently being implemented at the level of US federal government, where a handful of wealthy assholes are telling 300 million people how to live. That's not socialism, it's authoritarianism.
Wish I could mod you up, this is the only post that really matters in this whole thread of hand wringing bleeding hearts.
Mortgages are recorded in public records, abstracts, Torrens, what have you.
I'm an anti-government libertarian and even I understand the value of local services. I'm more than happy to pay for local water, sewer, police and fire, etc. The key here is that they are local services that, if ineffectual, I can go down to city hall every other Thursday night at 7PM and complain to city council.
On the other side of the coin is massive federal bureaucracy which consumes a vast portion of the national GDP, and when it's services are ineffectual, or even downright evil (read: Iraq war) what are my options? When was the last time Joe Average was invited to speak in front of congress? Oh sure, you can vote every couple years and choose whether you want to have TweedleDee or TweedleDum screw things up for 300M+ people, but that's about it.
Libertarian does not necessarily mean anarchist. In my case, it's about having responsive government close to the people it represents. Some of us call that democracy.
I'm the same way. I've got PCs all over the place at home and I'm a developer by trade, but when it comes to electronic gadgets people think I'm a Luddite. I have a prepaid TMobile phone, the cheapest one that I could find three years ago. I have no interest in paying $1000/yr for a phone and frankly I don't see how most of the population can afford and/or justify it.
Really? So I can just put up some towers and start signing up subscribers?
Don't forget surgery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulEg-R4yw_M
Cops already don't care about burglaries. They're too busy busting speeders and pot smokers.
I thought there were already TVs on the market that had audio leveling.
Voting Rep or Dem is throwing away your vote too, so what's the difference? There is no difference between the two major parties. Not a real difference anyway. It's all just different marketing spin on the same bullshit platform. If I'm throwing my vote away, I may as well do it on something other than those two worthless piece of shit political parties.
So you, sir, are the problem.