From Tim Bateman, far upthread:
as my Head of History at School once put it: 'The only good laws are the ones that create more freedom than they destroy.'
This assertion postulates that "freedom" is the highest possible good. This is not a self-evident proposition. Why should we take this on faith? Why must we promote freedom above "justice" or "happiness" or "community", or a score of other social ideals?
Next, it is entirely unclear to me how any law's amount of created or destroyed freedom would be quantified. If, for example, legally relegating a class of humans to slavery were to allow greatly expanded "freedom" for a somewhat larger class of slave owners, wouldn't that meet this teacher's criteria for a "good law"?
During the Enlightenment this sort of saying used to be scorned as 'cant'.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 20:07 (seven years ago) link
xp. ah, chile, were abortion is illegal in all cases, so free, just the best freedom.
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
Libertarians smell like wee.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, August 26, 2002 7:24 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
I wonder if Tim Bateman was related to Jay Bateman?
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:08 (seven years ago) link
the problem that most libertarians can't get their heads around is that there are many forms of "freedom" (or liberty) and that they often conflict with one another. so "maximizing freedom" is not really an achievable goal because one freedom may get in the way of another.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:11 (seven years ago) link
sorry for that freshman poli-sci stuff but i have a few libertarians in my FB feed and it drives me nuts when they treat 'freedom' like it's this singular transparent thing.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:12 (seven years ago) link
the problem that most <people> can't get their heads around is that there are many forms of <political idea> and that they often conflict with one another. so <political idea> is not really an achievable goal because one <political idea> may get in the way of another.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, August 18, 2016 4:11 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ftfy
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 18 August 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
how is this not a Tim and Eric skit pic.twitter.com/Pv6knmMdqt— go birds 🦅 (@LarryWebsite) February 8, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 9 February 2018 05:46 (six years ago) link
hahahahahaha
― Men's Scarehouse - "You're gonna like the way you're shook." (m bison), Friday, 9 February 2018 06:06 (six years ago) link
i am a little concerned by that guy's indignation about needing a license to make toast and i kinda want him to have to pass a test before he can operate any technology with a heat source
― Men's Scarehouse - "You're gonna like the way you're shook." (m bison), Friday, 9 February 2018 06:07 (six years ago) link
No way
― flappy bird, Friday, 9 February 2018 06:27 (six years ago) link
they're doing a bit
Toasterman is insane looking though
guys you really need to watch more video clips from the libertarian convention
^^ this is also what I say to anyone who says I don't understand the libertarian party
there was also a moment where a nude fat man bounded across the stage and everyone loved it
― mh, Friday, 9 February 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
omg that twitter thread has more clips
these are all... something
― mh, Friday, 9 February 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
I take it back, it was a underwear-clad near-nude man, and he appears in that twitter thread :)
― mh, Friday, 9 February 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
https://youtu.be/RqZVVvp95ncbest of toasterman
― mh, Friday, 9 February 2018 15:27 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EmKViuyUcAA1CCg?format=jpg&name=small
Hell yeah baby! We stan our queen
― anvil, Friday, 6 November 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
Nice!
― peace, man, Friday, 6 November 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
so she’s clearly gotta be “Deep State” now on the Q, right??
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Friday, 6 November 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
no
Legalize child labor.Children will learn more on a job site than in public school.— Libertarian Party NH (@LPNH) June 7, 2021
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 7 June 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
Yes. Children should especially learn how to pick our crops. Since they are already low to the ground they are ideal for picking lettuce, strawberries, cucumbers and similar edibles. Their job site would be open air, they'll get lots of exercise, and they'll learn every day what it feels like to be devalued, exploited and abused. Invaluable lessons to carry them through their miserable lives.
― What's It All About, Althea? (Aimless), Monday, 7 June 2021 23:06 (two years ago) link
counterthought - children will learn more watching Libertarians being set ablaze and screaming for their lives
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/237/129/e97.jpg
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Monday, 7 June 2021 23:26 (two years ago) link