tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post4349036038278545033..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Centrally Planned Decentralizationbionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-22642911189272985462018-07-21T00:35:11.077-07:002018-07-21T00:35:11.077-07:00I am not against polemic, but you are really too s...I am not against polemic, but you are really too shallow in those kind of things. I think that polemics are where you are at your worst. You are far better when you explain your ideas without polemicize, and when you comment authors with which you agree.<br /><br />The impression your writing gives to me, this time and many others, is that you are never trying to really understand the reasoning of the people you criticize. And also that you are never really trying to falsify your thesis. <br /><br />In this case I found your piece a little embarrassing with silly rethorical questions like “Did anyone say anything about alone?” “Why does Caplan introduce this?” “Why does Caplan suppose this?”. <br /><br />With the same attitude I can say that Caplan never said (here) open borders, and never said centralization. You can’t seriously equate open borders and mobility. And about decentralization I think Caplan is simply saying “what if I have a central power that exercises a minimal control, but prevent other power to come, and decentralizing I found that the new powers will implement more control?” Isn’t this possible?<br /><br />And your conclusion is completely unmotivated, at least if we refer to what Caplan written this time. I can understand what you write and the rancor in it because I know your, Caplan, Deist positions and precedent string polemics and accusations, but here you did not add anything worthwhile neither about decentralization, nor about right an left libertarianism.<br /><br />AnonproofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-48299903450113970102018-07-19T08:45:40.214-07:002018-07-19T08:45:40.214-07:00Same for open borders (by many of the same liberta...Same for open borders (by many of the same libertarians who criticize Deist's speech). You are either for open borders or you support the police state. Nothing possible in between, no other alternative can be contemplated.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-59527296398644332672018-07-19T07:08:52.594-07:002018-07-19T07:08:52.594-07:00It's similar logic to the old rhetoric about i...It's similar logic to the old rhetoric about isolationism - all or nothing, be the policemen of the world or have no interaction at all. <br /><br />There's no happy medium for these people and the reason for the attack has nothing to do with their stated objections and everything to do with reshaping the world in their image.Woody Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07174366266746908252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-46408305676007639662018-07-18T21:22:25.769-07:002018-07-18T21:22:25.769-07:00Thanks, I will check it out.
For an email address...Thanks, I will check it out.<br /><br />For an email address, see the "About / Comment" tab.<br /><br />Bestbionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-3957387926200825272018-07-18T20:14:58.423-07:002018-07-18T20:14:58.423-07:00This is embarrassing, but I really don't know ...This is embarrassing, but I really don't know how to email you directly.<br />So, Hi Jonathon.<br />You probably have seen this, but if not, you need to see this. ESPECIALLY, but not exclusively, minute 57 or so.<br />J. Peterson. Boy, what a great inspiration he is.<br />All the best, Bugman,<br />Capn Mike<br /><br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyONgwyKEGA<br />Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-88096677912823030832018-07-18T15:48:58.272-07:002018-07-18T15:48:58.272-07:00Internationalist maybe globalist is the term which...Internationalist maybe globalist is the term which can be taken as xenophobic or racist. I believe you catch my drift. It seems to boil down to this as uncomfortable as it is to discuss. <br /><br />The whole thing you got to ask yourself is it sincere meaning his philosophy or is he be holding to a higher power.<br /><br />Is it because that evil white nationalism just doesn't sit well with him or is it too contrary or uncontrollable to those who seek Dominion and seizure of production and resources on a global scale and are by in large Mercantillist by definition?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-3311076325725679762018-07-18T13:15:38.164-07:002018-07-18T13:15:38.164-07:00Open borders advocates often attempt to conflate t...Open borders advocates often attempt to conflate the movement of goods with the movement of people; of course, there is no reason - natural, logical, even libertarian - to do this.<br /><br />"Look, when you decentralize you will have to produce your own oil, build your own plastic junk to sell in your self-built Wal-Mart. See! You don't want to decentralize."<br /><br />He is holding the freedom afforded by decentralization and smaller governments hostage to his open borders religion. I think it is not more complicated than this.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-89700358507839525052018-07-18T09:34:56.197-07:002018-07-18T09:34:56.197-07:00"Suppose further, however, that there is zero..."Suppose further, however, that there is zero mobility between these countries. Labor can’t move; capital can’t move... Why should we expect [decentralization under these conditions] to promote liberty, prosperity, or anything else?" - Caplan<br /><br />Even taking his "zero mobility" premise for granted, I still think it would be a boon for liberty. 1.) Smaller government means, all else equal, that the disparity of force between the government and any given person will be less. This means that if the ruler of the smaller nation begins violating the rights of his people, he's more likely to be killed for it, thus he's more likely to refrain from violating rights. 2.) Also smaller governments, especially if they don't trade with the outside world, will have less resources at their disposal and therefore, will be less capable militarily and thus less likely to pursue a policy of militaristic empire building (one of the primary ways states justify subverting rights).<br /><br />Of course his whole "zero mobility" premise is pure nonsense. No place in the world that has zero mobility today, and there's absolutely no reason to believe that in a world of a much greater number of smaller sovereign nations that every single one will adopt this policy. It's almost as absurd as imagining an anarcho-capitalist world where every single property owner or covenant community practices an open border policy. That Caplan has to subject decentralization to such an absurd condition in order cast a hint of a shadow of a doubt on it proves just how obviously meritorious it really is.<br /><br />Hoppe has a great presentation on why smaller is better.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBg23AqZlJI<br /><br /><br />"And the fact that a few great polities exist on Earth is small comfort to the vast majority of people who will never get to live or invest there." - Caplan<br /><br />That's their problem. Thanks to decentralization, there will be, by his own admission, a few places that are great. Isn't that alone worth supporting?<br /><br />"While people around the world migrate for prosperity and freedom, they rarely vote for them." - Caplan<br /><br />It seems from the statement above and his open borders stance, he is willfully advocating policies antithetical toward liberty, since, I'm sure he would agree, it is a policy of liberty that is always responsible for prosperity. <br /><br />So he advocates open borders while living in a democracy which he must tacitly agree (given his statement on voting) will most likely decrease prosperity and liberty, but he's not so sure about decentralization, which might decrease prosperity and liberty if a ridiculously absurd and highly improbable condition arises. <br /><br />Me thinks he has an agenda other than the promotion of liberty.A Texas Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980539931923054404noreply@blogger.com