Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Thu, 26 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 22:55:24 +0100, D wrote:
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Please tell me more about libertarians faith in man kind since that is
so opposite my own position, yet, I do call myself a libertarian.

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I don't know if you've seen https://www.lewrockwell.com/ . That certainly
isn't the only libertarian site and not all the authors are particularly
libertarian but it reflects the anarcho-capitalism that's associated with
the label.

Oh yes, I've seen and read. When I was young I was all about rockwell, mises, fee, the cato institute etc. But as I got older, life got in the way, so I find myself minding my own business (my actual business) more, and being less involved in ideology.

There have been some twists along the way. I like to call it the War of
the Murrays. Murray Rothbard was from the Austrian School, following
Mises. That's the Ron Paul/Lew Rockwell branch. Murray Bookchin was left
all the way and built on some of the American individualist anarchists
like Tucker and Spooner. Also anti-government but also anti-capitalist.
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You get some odd crossovers like the Mises Institute publishing Carson.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Carson
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So, like many thing US libertarians might be a little different breed of
cat.

I find left libertarians such a weird, contradictory concept. I have never been able to understand that branch of the family tree.

My view of the anarcho-capitalists are people who want to be happy
capitalist in a completely free market with everyone playing by the rules,

Yes!

and no taxes. Oh, and legalize marijuana while we're at it. That's lead to

Yes! Well, as long as you don't smoke on my property. I can't stand the smell. I'll stay with beer, that's good enough for me!

a certain association of libertarians with dopers. The fly in the
ointment?

I think the dopers will eventually take care of themselves and slowly disappear. ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalism#Non-aggression_principle
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I grew up in a town of around 2000 that had town meetings as made famous
by Norman Rockwell.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Speech_(painting)

Ahh, so that's what you look like in real life + bear and pony tail? ;)

Did I mention feuding farmers?  I find distributism fascinating but it,
too, would require a better world than several thousand years of history
suggests.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributism
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Again without regard to theology I would say Leo XIII had more on the ball
than the current resident of the Vatican.