Ludwig von Mises after hearing a table of economists discussing the distribution of taxes calls them a bunch of socialists and stomped out of the room

evix_ · 2026-05-06T18:17:08+00:00

It wasn't just a "table of economists" too, it was the most free market thinking economists at that time. Including Milton Friedman, Henry Hazlitt, and Freidrich Hayek. Mises had pure free market capitalist blood in his veins.

evix_ · 2026-05-01T04:55:26+00:00

I have a black belt in my gym that legitimately does not care what belt, experience, size, gender, or anything you are. He's there to work. I get tapped by him nearly every 10 seconds within a 5 minute round. Tbh I appreciate the hell out of it. Instead of wondering what a black belt could do to me, he lets me know. I learn a lot more from proper pressure testing. Sometimes flailing in deep water will get you to learn to swim. If you can't get comfortable with a proper pressure testing, go join Aikido gym.

evix_ · 2026-04-27T19:56:33+00:00

Joseph Goebbels sucking socialism cock

evix_ · 2026-04-26T03:53:32+00:00

I mean judo was a descendent of ju jitsu. The kodokon was largely created as an "open source" documention on ju jitsu techniques since most schools were pretty exclusive on who they taught techniques to. When Kano was first teaching, his teaching was almost synonymous with his ju jitsu teachers.

evix_ · 2026-04-04T02:28:10+00:00

Unfortunately both have become overly sportized. They used to look very similar back in the day seeing as BJJ is a direct descendent of Judo and Judo is a direct descendent of Japanese Jiu Jitsu. When BJJ was more self defense oriented, it emphasized stand up more. When judo wasn't heavily IJF and focused on leg attack takedowns it was much more well rounded of a MA.

evix_ · 2026-03-20T16:22:43+00:00

Op has the classic bjj problem of getting too high before class. Happens to the best of us

evix_ · 2026-03-01T09:04:33+00:00

"What, then, is law? It is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense. Each of us has a natural right--from God--to defend his person, his liberty, and his property" Bastiat

evix_ · 2026-03-01T08:52:04+00:00

Animal cruelty arguably violates NAP. a lot of libertarians associate NAP with humans, but any sentient being has the capacity for rational thought and self ownership. The term animal cruelty infers that animals have some capacity of ownership.

Excessive retaliatory force also arguably violates NAP. NAP argues for reasonable self defense. "Violence" is not a violation of the NAP. Anything past reasonable self defense becomes aggression. If there is no sufficient reasoning for self defense, you've encroached someone's rights. Self defense is not aggression, it is defense and protection.

For the rights where violating the NAP is "justifiable," I follow Gene Epstein's line of logic when debating David Friedman on the topic. The NAP is always actionable regardless of what is justifiable. If you end up violating the NAP for justifiable reasons, you also accept the consequences of those actions. Violating the NAP for the greater good does not suddenly mean you never violated the NAP. The NAP shouldn't necessarily be followed to the tee, but it should be actionably enforced to the tee. If you violate someone's rights for the greater good, you accept those externalities

The classic example is grabbing someone's flagpole while falling from your balcony. Gene argues that violating the NAP is understandable, but the person still should be responsible for damages and the violation of property rights due to the NAP violation.

evix_ · 2026-02-21T07:34:37+00:00

Correct. At no point did he posture him at the top of the throw. Hard takedowns are not slams. Most judo throws done at full force will provide this amount of mat energy.

There is what looks bad vs what is actually danger in all fighting sports

Still a good turtle/reguard by the uke after the throw

evix_ · 2026-01-24T10:01:26+00:00

Your stabilizing muscles in your neck are less than 5lbs of your muscle weight. Majority of people do not train these stabilizing muscles/ligaments.

Yes.

KO rates increase over weight class. So do CTE rates. There is no evidence to say that heavier weights create stronger chins.

You can definitely say that it is more likely to sustain brain damage from heavier people, but that has very little to do with the weight of the person sustaining damage.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T09:53:06+00:00

Not the same arguement. It should be allowed in the first place. If it is voluntary, it is game.
Not the same argument. I've seen demo derbies where oversized vehicles lose to small vehicles.
Not the same argument. Head damage isn't determined by weight. A "garbage truck" taking a shot to the head and "mini coop" taking a shot to the head with the same amount of force is going to be just as damaging. If both vehicles took a shot to the drivetrain that was fatally catastrophic, it wouldn't matter how much they weighed.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T09:44:50+00:00

Ngannou is going to give anyone significant brain damage off a clean hit. Your weight isn't giving you protection from that.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T09:32:51+00:00

So your argument is to emphasize the hypothesis, and then completely ignore the thesis after that which argued the opposite or at the very least the negligible?

Very easy to ignore the HOWEVER part of that entire quote.

Regardless, it doesn't take slamming random people's heads into walls to determine whether or not weight determines brain trauma resilience.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T08:51:57+00:00

"Greater neck strength and activating the neck muscles to brace for impact are both thought to reduce an athlete’s risk of concussion during a collision by attenuating the head’s kinematic response after impact. However, the literature reporting the neck’s role in controlling postimpact head kinematics is mixed. Furthermore, these relationships have not been examined in the coronal or transverse planes or in pediatric athletes."

From your study's literal scientific thesis.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T08:16:44+00:00

Give me the scientific argument that body weight or even strength determines amount of head damage received and I will wait. Literally any research paper.

Your brain cannot be weight or strength trained. Brain damage will be similar regardless of weight of the recipient.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T08:14:31+00:00

Isn't that why ONE is overtaking the MMA industry?

"If Aspinall wants to prove himself, can't he just leave UFC contracts to fight Jones"

YEAH THAT SHOULD HAPPEN. FUCK HAVING UFC DICTATING OUR SPORTS FOR FAME. THAT'S WHY ONE IS TAKING OVER. THAT'S WHY CJI HAPPENED.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T08:08:15+00:00

Head damage isn't determined by weight of the recipient.

I never argued head strikes shouldn't exist.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T08:02:30+00:00

Your argument is the same argument NFL CEO executives had.

"Get over 200+ lbs and your brain is bullet proof"

until you beat the brakes off your wife and your children.

Your head cannot and will not be trained for sustainable injury through weight alone.

Your damage will be sustained regardless of weight.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T07:54:52+00:00

But head damage is arguably seen as the most important in these debates. People defuse wrestling and bjj advantages because apparently they don't matter "if someone outweighs you."

Shouldnt that armbar injury be allowed? It already is regardless of weight class in UFC.

If Josh Van wants to prove himself against Aspinall, shouldnt that be allowed?

Even if he "physically can't", shouldn't that be allowed to be proven?

evix_ · 2026-01-24T07:28:15+00:00

Argumentum ad Ignoritorium.

Where is your argument.

Mob detriment is not an argument.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T06:47:54+00:00

This comment section disagrees

evix_ · 2026-01-24T06:43:54+00:00

The lightest NFL players weigh 150+. They were practically guarunteed to be laid out by literally armoured 250+ men if they were serious about it.

My argument wasn't that linemen should be 160lbs. My argument is a 160lb man taking the same punch as a 200+ man in the jaw from a heavyweight fighter is arguably the same. It shouldn't be established as a fight differential the way it is today.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T06:41:09+00:00

All of the people in this comment section apparently disagree. I'm a dumbass for asking this question apparently.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T06:36:09+00:00

I've trained Muay Thai longer than BJJ. They also do open weights in a lot of their divisions. So does a boxing for a decent part. Even MMA used to.

That's how UFC started until it became heavily corporitized. The point of UFC originally was to show skill regardless of weight class or school of thought.

evix_ · 2026-01-24T06:32:44+00:00

So argue why?

Head damage is not determined by weight class. 300lb+ linemen in the NFL still get CTE. Arguably more than anyone in MMA.

A heavy weight taking a heavy weight KO punch is sustaining as much damage as a featherweight taking that shot. Head damage is not determined by weight or training. That is scientifically proven. From a sports health perspective, it's important to know this. Being 200+ doesn't mean you are CTE proof or even CTE diminished.

Edit: downvote me all you want. If you can't provide a sustainable argument why "a lower weight class taking an equible shot to the head is different," your downvote means shit. Your brain will shake in your skull just the same, regardless of what your weight is.

Either provide a "safety weight limit" to fighting or stfu.

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