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Man, calling a social security number a "social serfdom number" is really dumb and off putting. So is the continual reference to 'fiat money' constantly.

I always love the irony of people so against the basic social contract are always so quick to turn to authorities when things predictably go wrong.

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Idk, I'm so tired of NewYorker-style liberal's attempt at humor about other political groups. It's disrespectful because they don't show that they've attempted to actually think about the issues, they're just knee-jerking with their emotions. Their treatment of Trump is similarly ridiculous. They're just waving their blueTribe flag as hard as they can.

And when liberals talk about Ayn Rand? It's like she's the worst depraved demon ever. But if you read some of her quotes, they're kind of motivational. Sure it can be a little too selfish, but I know a lot of people who would benefit if they internalized that THEY are the main driver in their own lives, rather than playing victim their whole life. http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/432.Ayn_Rand “If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”

I've been watching the Rubin Report b/c Dave Rubin is a liberal that will actually fucking sit down and talk it out with someone on the otherside. Great show. https://www.youtube.com/user/RubinReport

"I'm so tired of NewYorker-style liberal's attempt at humor about other political groups."

Too soon?

From Rubin's wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Rubin

"regressive left"

The regressive what? According to Rubin, there's a bunch of liberals defending atrocities done in the name of Islam.

I'm just about the most left-wing person I know, very involved in politics, and no one I've met is an apologist for haters.

Edit: Okay. I had to watch a Rubin episode, just in case. Because you know, he might not be a whackjob. Chosen randomly:

Julie Lenarz and Dave Rubin: Brussels, Terrorism, Immigration Crisis (Full Interview) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLfxJPJDzMo

I stopped at 1:20 when he stated that many on the far-left endorse terrorism. Which is apparently the intellectual equivalent of when conservatives paint all Muslims as terrorists.

No worries. Just added Rubin to my ever growing twit filter. Thanks for the tip.

The author of that article seems willing to be sarcastic about anything.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/switched-standin...

I have to say I quite enjoy that writing style.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/04/nlpd-non...

One of these is sad and one is funny. They're both great for completely different reasons.

While I think both of these are great, it still doesn't explain calling it "social serfdom number".

it's a blunt dog whistle for "hey libertarian gold hoarders we are your sort of people"

Erik Voorhees is like that.

He was the first to [nominally] move a bitcoin business out of New York when the bitlicense was enacted.

sigh

I was thinking more along these lines: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/04/dont-swe...

That's only funny until you realize that's exactly how health care in the US works.

Indeed. Using tribal signaling when trying to reach a wider audience requires at least a small amount of skill.

Would you call a communist a hypocrite for buying food at a grocery store?

Only if they were forced to buy food at a grocery store because their farm communes ran out of food because no one wanted to work on it.

Nope, but some people would!

https://twitter.com/edroso/status/721760775530876928

If they led / lived in a communist area, yes.

Whole article tl;dr: randian libertarian idealist buttcoin people are extremely surprised to discover that a black market economy turns out to actually contain real blackhats.

And that the banks aren't so dumb after all. Through centuries of experience, they have learned the secret that you need more than one employee.

BTW, currently looking for an Senior Infrastructure and Security Engineer/Manager position at a company that handles large amounts of money.

Is your name Bob?

At least he can laugh during calamities. Takes courage to do that.

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