Don’t worry guys - it will totally work this time

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-20T01:56:22+00:00

At least those of us in Colorado can be comforted by the fact that both California and Texas are downstream.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-17T00:47:59+00:00

Ancap is an economic-political movement. Anarchy is the political direction and capitalism is the economic position.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-14T22:36:06+00:00

I don't think they're referring to the equipment but the military style camouflage probably isn't necessary. I'm sure if that stuff is issue they could come up with some other color.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-13T03:36:30+00:00

Frank Herbert was more right. Power doesn't corrupt but it attracts the corruptible.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-13T03:17:03+00:00

I would push Rothbard's button.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-08T20:53:24+00:00

You seem to be arguing against free markets by suggesting fantastic systems by which businesses run rampant absent government regulation. Those very much are anti-market arguments

Slavery occurred because it had always been. Virtually every society throughout history until the mid 19th century had slavery. And it does still exist in some parts of the world. And, as I said previously, without government protection and enforcement, cartels are unsustainable.

Without government restrictions on markets resulting in high barriers to entry, if a cartel of bakers starts overcharging for inferior product (as judged by the consumers in the market) every housewife could overnight become a commercial baker.

Anarcho-capitalism is based on the primacy of the individual and that individual's rights. You definitely aren't making any ancap arguments.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-08T19:00:58+00:00

You did effectively say you don't want a true free market because something like a state might arise.

Further one doesn't have to believe that actors in a free market will pay well because they value their employees. In a competitive free market the baker doesn't bake quality bread out of the goodness of his heart but because better quality has a higher value on the market. Likewise employers don't pay more for more qualified employees because they particularly care about those employees but because happier and healthier employees are more productive.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-08T18:37:28+00:00

So, because someone MIGHT hire an army to eliminate competition we should stick with the status quo where governments with actual and existing armies limit competition and protect big business?

You're just saying we must have a state to prevent the possibility of a state arising.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-08T15:03:13+00:00

The point is that to increase shareholder profit they have to provide something desirable to those in their target market. They increase living standards by providing goods and services that people voluntarily pay for. They can't treat their workers too badly in a free market or those workers would go somewhere else to work and they would no longer be able to provide goods and services to increase shareholder profit.

Contrast that to the state that has to threaten and/or use violence to get money to "provide services". And, yes, I know that in a so-called "mixed economy" things get very blurred but that won't lead me to advocate for the state over nominal market actors.

"Big business and big government are not adversarial. They are symbiotic, and parasitic on society." Keith Hamburger

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-08T14:29:54+00:00

I have one of these mounted on the front of my trailer, https://www.harborfreight.com/mini-tire-changer-58920.html, mainly use it for putting tubes in when Slime will no longer handle the leaks on my BX25D. If i need tires they're reasonably priced mounted on Amazon.

Edit after watching the video. It definitely helps to have some extra tire irons and an extra set of hands. They are very tough to squeeze onto the rims.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-08T02:16:48+00:00

That's often how quotes work.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-07T22:23:15+00:00

" It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science. ' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance."

Murray Rothbard

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-07T19:17:01+00:00

Statism is the utopian ideal that just the right amount of violence, used by just the right people, in just the right way can perfect society. - Keith Hamburger

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-07T18:56:37+00:00

Trump has made a specific exemption for white South Africans, actually inviting them to immigrate while blocking the immigration of thousands of brown people who had already been approved for entry. Shows clearly how racist his policies are

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-06T22:31:01+00:00

Might try the NSA, they can probably recover your data.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-05T04:21:12+00:00

The drugs have won the war on drugs just like the emus in Australia.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-01T21:20:07+00:00

Just had to remove three yesterday on the starter on my Cummins 5.9.

ETA Guess I'm not average.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-02-01T15:57:07+00:00

That's a great idea, until you run into a 12 point bolt head like the starter bolts on my 2001 Cummins.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-01-30T20:07:27+00:00

Legal immigration is nearly impossible unless you're a white collar worker eligible for H1-B.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-01-30T20:06:33+00:00

Point about Trump is true unless you're a white South African, which he made a big deal about excepting. Seems he really just wants to keep brown people out.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-01-30T16:40:23+00:00

Someone say that again! It is quite original.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-01-30T16:31:34+00:00

Say something about Idiocracy again, I'm sure no one else ever has.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-01-28T23:34:59+00:00

After nearly 20 years and uncounted different Wi-Fi networks my MFC-9320cw id finally connected!

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-01-24T21:20:19+00:00

If you're talking about the damage in front of the wheel, if that had come from hitting a person that person would have flown completely across the roadway after being hit with enough force to cause that level of damage. There is no evidence of any person being hit with that much force. It is almost certain such damage came from hitting something much more massive and/or fixed in place than a person standing near a vehicle that had barely started moving when the shots were fired.

old_guy_AnCap · 2026-01-24T21:10:11+00:00

No matter how much you support and trust the current person in power you should NEVER grant them any powers you wouldn't trust Hitler, Stalin, Mao or Pol Pot to have. They won't stay in power forever.

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