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Consise argument by Chris Freiman why equal distribution of resources is an impossible utopia. ---------------- "Imagine that we’ve achieved an equal distribution of resources. Then a singer begins selling tickets to her events. Lots of people buy them. The singer is now a billionaire and the distribution is no longer equal. Is the new distribution unjust?" / Chris Freiman ----------------- #FreeMarkets #Distribution #Redistribution #Equity #Capitalism #Justice #SocialJustice #Socialism

We will have property rights for all and genuine economic justice, whether communists want it or not. #Bitcoin

Where do natural rights come from? A few of my basic assumptions: 1. Natural rights are inherent. Ethical principles must preceed governments since we need those principles to evaluate if a government is legitimate or not. It is clear that a government cannot objectively measure its own legitimacy or determine when/if it has transformed into a totalitarian state. 2. We rely on our reasoning to determine which ethical principles are aligned with life, liberty and prosperity. Our reasoning capacity can only function as an extension of our sovereign existence qua free men and women. Free individual agency is an embodiment of decentralization; sovereign decisionmaking. 3. Every person must be assumed to be born free and sovereign. If this was not the state of things, slavery would  reign and no rights would exist. Under such circumstances any form of government would be illegitimate. Since every individual is born sovereign, each person own themselves, their minds, decisionmaking and the fruits of their labor. John Locke (1690): "Every man has a "property" in his own "person". This nobody has any right to but himself. The "labour" of his body and the "work" of his hands, we may say, are properly his. (Two Treatises of Government; book 2, chapter 5.27, page 130) 4. Since we own the fruits of our labor, we must be free to buy, own, transfer, sell and exchange our property as we see fit, hence free trade. If you need the permission of a third party in regards to how you manage your property, your property rights have been abolished and need to be re-instated. 5. As we depend on communication to live, to invent solutions and improve our conditions, solve problems, error-correct and vocalize that which harms us or which may cause harm, we must have free speech in order to exist, prosper and to maintain individual sovereignty. In conclusion, if any of these principles are undermined, the responsible government must be determined to be illegitimate. #Liberty #Freedom #Minarchism #LimitedGovernment #HumanRights #NaturalRights #JohnLocke #Objectivism #AynRand

#Meme #Agenda21 #Agenda2030 #2030Agenda #Communism #Fascism #Totalitarian #UnitedNations #UN #WEF

Yaron Brook hits the nail on the head while critiquing Yuval Harari, from a talk a few years ago. The bureaucratic leaders believe in fabricating narratives that have no incentive nor requirement to align with reality, based on some limited, echo-chamber assumption of the 'greater good'. Since they don't believe in truth and logic, their only solution is forcing everyone onboard a top-down narrative that they have crafted, regardless of its faults, problems and harms that can be objectively predicted and observed. Without listening to critique or paying attention to consequences. #Objectivism #AynRand #YaronBrook #Liberty #Individualism #Woke #Wokeness #WEF #Yuval #Harari #YuvalHarari #Agenda21 #Agenda2030 #Bitcoin

Average monthly surface temperatures 1940 - 2024. Slightly more mild winters at the tail end of an ice age is what the alarmists refer to as a global climate armageddon. #Climate #ClimateAlarmism #GlobalWarming #Propaganda #Agenda21 #Agenda2030 Credit: Pedro Domingos

"If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for with his money the government can, and will, hire soldiers to stand over him, compel him to submit to its arbitrary will, and kill him if he resists." / Lysander Spooner (Credit: Stephen Ituruka) #Quote #LysanderSpooner #Lysander #Spooner #PropertyRights #Property #Rights #Liberty #Freedom #IndividualRights #Individual#Liberty #Individualism #SelfDefence #AynRand #Objectivism #JohnLocke #Bitcoin #Libertarian #Libertarianism

A Polish 19th century building in Warsaw was revently restored to its pre-war condition. This perfectly illustrates the value of good architecture. Suddenly the facade exudes space and elegance. The prior flatness was reminiscent of a prison wall. Credit: Stefan Tompson #Architecture #Art #Brutalism #Aesthetics #Poland

--- Ayn Rand vs DEI --- Article by Nikos Sotirakopoulos. ----------------- "Every culture war issue is, at root, a philosophical issue. Failure to treat it as such ensures defeat; now, or in the not-so-distant future. Case study: DEI. How mainstream philosophy sees DEI, and why an objectivist lens is the alternative: Metaphysics DEI says: Out there are are groups, tribes, collectives; pools from which individuals/avatars-of-their-identity will be chosen. Objectivist view: only individuals exist, think & act. Such individuals can form teams and cooperate, but every act is an act of an individual. Application contra DEI: any work is the work of individuals, not of ‘representatives of groups’. Epistemology DEI says: individuals bring with them their ‘diverse experience/knowledge’. Objectivist view: human beings know via reason; thinking is a solo act of independent judgment. Application contra DEI: when you hire, you hire an individual mind. You don’t hire ‘diverse experience’. Morality DEI says: Your goal in life is promoting ‘the common good’. Objectivist view: my goal is my happiness and living my best life. I don’t sacrifice to others, and don’t want others to sacrifice to me. Application contra DEI: my work, and my business, exists to serve my goals and values. Division of labour/cooperation means I deal with other people; such dealings can exist only in a voluntary win-win context - aka the ‘trader principle’. The case study of justice DEI says: equity. ‘…to each one according to his needs’. Objectivist view: reward individuals according to if/what they contribute to your stated goal. Application contra DEI: reward people to the extent they contribute to your stated goal, as mutually agreed. Politics/economics DEI says: a business serves a ‘social goal’. Private property is ‘entrusted’ to the owner, on the condition he pursues x social goals. So your business is not really yours. And the goal of your business is chosen by others: the ‘stakeholders’. You, businessman, are a social activist for causes designated to you ('social justice', climate change etc), whether you agree with them or not. Objectivist view: I have a right to pursue my own happiness, and property rights means I can deal with my own labour/property as I fit. The goal of my business is to serve my own purposes. I cooperate with those who choose to cooperate with me, and whose interests/values align with mine. Application contra DEI: I work for my profit and the profit of my shareholders/partners. I’m not a social activist (unless I chose so, and for the causes I value). No one’s ‘stakes’ gives them a say on my business, unless it somehow directly impacts them (e.g. I’m dumping waste on their fields). That’s the only way to fight DEI. Challenging its philosophical core. 'Any disagreement that does not challenge fundamentals serves only to reinforce them' (Ayn Rand)" Source:

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