When government interfere with the markets, they destroy the markets. #economics

Here is another reason libertarians fail. Is glthe 2nd amendment an important right? Sure it is! But is it the most important right? If libertarians would put half the effort they put in gun rights towards education rights (charter schools etc), we would have more freedom all around.

Reason.com

Making the world freer with homemade guns

DIY firearms aren’t just an end-run around the law; they represent a libertarian political movement.

#usa #liberty #rights

It seems like Trump is the most anti property rights president since FDR. #economics #usa

A Job Seeker With A Bachelor's Degree 'Got Laughed At' For Asking $17 An Hour. The Employer Said, 'I Was Thinking More Like $9' People don't understand that a job is valued by how much they will increase the revenue of the company. If the revenue is restricted by taxes, regulations, crime and other government restrictions, then so is the pay. This is not wage issue. This is an issue with government restricting the economy.

Yahoo Finance

A Job Seeker With A Bachelor

A recent Reddit post is striking a nerve with frustrated job seekers across the U.S. after a person shared how an employer laughed at her for askin...

#economics #usa

GS (Good Sabbath) #wine

The problem with libertarians is that they don't have a philosophy. All they have is an economic theory. Without a philosophy an economic theory is useless since you don't have no way to evaluate it's correctness or it's morality. This pushes the libertarians to adopt philosophies. Mises adopted Kant. And now this poor soul is adopting Foucault. The problem with adopting a philosophy is that you get everything that it includes. If it is at it's core anti freedom, regardless of your economic theory, you will adopt anti freedom policies. And Foucault is anti freedom as it gets!

Reason.com

The libertarian case for postmodernism

Political economist Mark Pennington draws on the ideas of Hayek and Foucault to show how expert rule and government surveillance are making it hard...

#philosophy #liberterianism

They are lying! The Islamic regime in Iran have been lying from the start. They were always planning on building a nuclear bomb. The only thing they were not lying about is their targets. Listen to their chants of "Death to America! Death to Israel" and believe that that is indeed their intention. #iran

This is bad! And I am talking about the Gerrymandering. When your majority is based on the way slice the districts, you don't have a majority. It's time for the USA to drop this district representative bullshit. Have a proportional state wide election. Even better, have it multiple choice! #usa #democoracy #elections

"France halts all evacuations from Gaza over alleged antisemitic reposts by Palestinian student" I did not know Gazans were evacuating to France... But what did they expect? We are talking about the people who elected Hamas, supported his antisemitic mandate and participated in the October 7th massacre. https://share.google/Ui23MUR7anFxhuc2l

How popular is #nostr in the #uk? Seems as if it should be....

Reason.com

The U.K. keeps threatening to censor American tech companies

X has begun restricting Gaza content for its U.K. users, and Reddit has implemented age-verification measures to view posts about cigars.

#censorship #freespeech

Reading this article I fully understand that The Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) is a flawed metric. What the writer did not do is propose an alternative metric. One that shows that nuclear energy is cheaper.

Quillette

The Economics of Nuclear Energy

In many of the countries that could afford to implement nuclear energy, the decision not to is not a technological matter. It’s a policy choice.

#energy #economics

When I look at AI and see what it can do I always feel surprised. It like "WTF! It can do that???" I wonder if god felt the same thing when he created man...

Here is a reminder that Egypt refuses to accept any refugees from Gaza. Not even civilians who need medical attention. Opening the Egyptian border would be the best way to help the people in Gaza. #israel #gaza #egypt

The Babylon Bee at it's best! Killing literally Hitler #fascism #woke

#druze #syria

Is anyone here following the #druze genocide in #syria?

Libre office supports #bitcoin! Now the question is when will it support #monero ....

LibreOffice Office Suite Lands Built-In Support For Bitcoin Currency - Phoronix

Merged yesterday to the latest development code for the LibreOffice open-source office suite is now recognizing Bitcoin 'BTC' as a suppor...