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  • Let those who have eyes to see, see; and those who have ears to hear, hear.

    Bob A

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    • Originally posted by Bob Armstrong View Post
      Let those who have eyes to see, see; and those who have ears to hear, hear.

      Bob A
      And let those who have minds that hallucinate live with their delusions?

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      • Well, right now, it appears that most eyes, ears and minds, in the world, perceive Democratic Capitalism as "best" (Despite the mess the world is in).

        And it appears that most eyes, ears and minds, in Argentina, perceive Libertarianism as "best" (Despite the very early chaos there under Libertarianism).

        In what year do people think that most eyes, ears and minds, in the province of Ontario, Canada, will perceive the Democratic Marxist Party of Ontario as "best"? (Despite the propagandizing by the elite against any socialism)

        Bob A

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        • Originally posted by Bob Armstrong View Post
          Well, right now, it appears that most eyes, ears and minds, in the world, perceive Democratic Capitalism as "best" (Despite the mess the world is in). ....
          Hi Bob. When it comes to human beings, I fear the outlook is not good.

          If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. Emma Goldman

          If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

          Milton Friedman

          "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
          "Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
          "If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey

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          • Originally posted by Peter McKillop View Post

            Hi Bob. When it comes to human beings, I fear the outlook is not good.

            If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. Emma Goldman

            If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

            Milton Friedman
            Well said Peter.

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            • Originally posted by Peter McKillop View Post

              Hi Bob. When it comes to human beings, I fear the outlook is not good.

              If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. Emma Goldman

              If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

              Milton Friedman
              So true!!
              And that is why the Libertarians say: That government is the best that governs the least...

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              • Small government is best - Democratic Marxism

                Let the nations dissolve, and evolve into a world collection of villages - many small governments!

                Those dream in technicolour of no government........to avoid incompetence, corruption, abuse of power, self-interest, conflict between government and bureaucracy, and government and their electors, etc.

                They are always with us..........small minimizes their impact.

                Bob A (Democratic Marxist Party of Ontario.)

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                • Originally posted by Peter McKillop View Post

                  Hi Bob. When it comes to human beings, I fear the outlook is not good.

                  If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. Emma Goldman


                  I recently visited Tundra Music on the Danforth in Toronto. I spoke to a man who I believe to be the owner, or at least the manager. After we digressed from the topic of guitars, he went into some detail about how voting changes nothing and how the world is actually ruled by a few major organizations: the Freemasons, and various owners of castles in Europe, and other Royal families.

                  We can see that voting changes nothing by looking already at how things are going in Argentina. The new leader has already been "briefed" about what he can actually do and not do ... and guess what, his ambitious Libertarian agenda is already being moderated. In 2 years, you won't be able to say that any of his radical agenda actually transpired. Things there will be back to the way they were, with only minor superficial changes to "keep up appearances".



                  Originally posted by Peter McKillop View Post
                  If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
                  Originally posted by Peter McKillop View Post
                  Clever quotations often encapsulate simple-minded thinking. If you substitute "Provincial" for "Federal" in this quote, then Alberta would have a shortage of oil.

                  But taking Canada as a whole ... does Canada have a federal-government-caused shortage of oil? Of lumber? Of wheat? Of minerals?

                  It all depends how you define "shortage".

                  If we take major quantities of our oil, our lumber, our wheat, our minerals and sell it abroad in order to increase our ability to import oranges, pineapples, electronics ... and even rare exotic wood chess sets .... among many other products not available in Canada in any large quantities ... then do we REALLY have a shortage of oil, lumber, wheat, minerals?

                  Sand is actually an extremely valuable resource in today's silicon age and in today's concrete building age. There is actually reported by reputable sources to be an international shortage of sand!

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                  • Originally posted by Dilip Panjwani View Post

                    So true!!
                    And that is why the Libertarians say: That government is the best that governs the least...
                    Simple-minded thinking at its worst.

                    So Libertarianism is Anarchy! LOL

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                    • Originally posted by Pargat Perrer View Post

                      I recently visited Tundra Music on the Danforth in Toronto. I spoke to a man who I believe to be the owner, or at least the manager. After we digressed from the topic of guitars, he went into some detail about how voting changes nothing and how the world is actually ruled by a few major organizations: the Freemasons, and various owners of castles in Europe, and other Royal families.

                      We can see that voting changes nothing by looking already at how things are going in Argentina. The new leader has already been "briefed" about what he can actually do and not do ... and guess what, his ambitious Libertarian agenda is already being moderated. In 2 years, you won't be able to say that any of his radical agenda actually transpired. Things there will be back to the way they were, with only minor superficial changes to "keep up appearances".





                      Clever quotations often encapsulate simple-minded thinking. If you substitute "Provincial" for "Federal" in this quote, then Alberta would have a shortage of oil.

                      But taking Canada as a whole ... does Canada have a federal-government-caused shortage of oil? Of lumber? Of wheat? Of minerals?

                      It all depends how you define "shortage".

                      If we take major quantities of our oil, our lumber, our wheat, our minerals and sell it abroad in order to increase our ability to import oranges, pineapples, electronics ... and even rare exotic wood chess sets .... among many other products not available in Canada in any large quantities ... then do we REALLY have a shortage of oil, lumber, wheat, minerals?

                      Sand is actually an extremely valuable resource in today's silicon age and in today's concrete building age. There is actually reported by reputable sources to be an international shortage of sand!
                      Seems Pargat has no concept of the figure of speech called hyperbole, as used by Friedman and Emma Goldman. LOL
                      Last edited by Dilip Panjwani; Thursday, 21st December, 2023, 07:26 AM.

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                      • Originally posted by Pargat Perrer View Post

                        Simple-minded thinking at its worst.

                        So Libertarianism is Anarchy! LOL
                        Governing the least necessary to achieve functionality and order is not anarchy!

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                        • The Fall of Rome

                          A Staggering Excavation Has Rewritten the Fall of the Roman Empire

                          The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse.

                          https://www.popularmechanics.com/sci...t-newtab-en-us

                          Bob A

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                          • Originally posted by Dilip Panjwani View Post

                            Governing the least necessary to achieve functionality and order is not anarchy!

                            Look at the pathetic Libertarian now backpeddling and adding "to achieve functionality and order" which he stupidly left out in his previous post.

                            Do you think readers are idiots, Dollop?

                            And maybe .... the least governing necessary to achieve functionality and order is what Canada has right now. I would say we are more ordered and functional than the USA.

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                            • More ordered and functional than many countries across the globe.........just look at the immigration demand!

                              But less so than we were:

                              1. over 50% of Canadian families and single adults have no more that $ 250 in savings at any one time, and many less.
                              2. only 25% of adult Canadians can afford to buy a single family home, and qualify for the financing needed.

                              # 1 indicates the exploitation of low-income Canadians, and the unfair exchange of $$$ for labour.
                              #2 has always been thought of as accessible to the ordinary Canadians; now the preserve of the elite

                              The current, and recent past, governments are losing focus on the bread and butter issues for the average Canadian.

                              Bob A

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                              • Originally posted by Pargat Perrer View Post


                                Look at the pathetic Libertarian now backpeddling and adding "to achieve functionality and order" which he stupidly left out in his previous post.

                                Do you think readers are idiots, Dollop?

                                And maybe .... the least governing necessary to achieve functionality and order is what Canada has right now. I would say we are more ordered and functional than the USA.
                                The stupidity and idiocy lies within you who needs a detailed explanation for what even a 5 year old would assume as implied.

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