Few things worth doing are easy.

Ok, but I wonder sometimes to what extent some here self censor to avoid confrontation-attack from the very vocal Libertarians. I have many times invited the Libertarians to engage in reasoned debate to be responded to almost exclusively with attempts to name call and silence me - very few if any times has there been a good faith reasoned debate. eg- #1261402

The danger is of course that people tend to post things that people will like and avoid controversial topics which might not be popular.

Aka the arse-milking factor.

You might risk ending up with a Libertarian echo chamber circle jerk.

Hardware wallets are for lazy cucks who rely upon third party gadget providers.

Learn to create your own linux usb memory stick based Electrum cold storage and enjoy true monetary sovereignty.

Only buy Bitcoin if you want to be part of the peaceful revolution building an alternative to the fiat debt slavery bankers cartel that owns your government.

The growing inequality in USA is a huge problem. Trump is making it even worse. It will result in USA becoming increasingly divided within, dysfunctional and ultimately unable to maintain its wealth power and global hegemony. The best economy is a mixed one with a government directing capital toward strategic economic drivers and supply chains like rare earths and power generation and free enterprise existing within that state directed strategic framework.

Is it true that Proton have given a state security agency access to some proton accounts?

US 'democracy' is a joke- its crony capitalism and the corporate sponsors have dictated policy for at least 50 years now.

Better perhaps to have a CCP Heavens Mandate system where if the ruling party fails to deliver they literally risk their necks!?

Good government is fundamental to the wealth of nations.

USA cannot go to war without rare earths supply.

Trump is misusing his position of power to enrich himself and his cronies.

Nepotism and cronyism symptomatic of an empire in decline.

The masses will find Mamdanis more egalitarian and principled approach attractive!

Tox.

Tox is good.

Tox is good.

A growing appreciation for the value of good government.

You did not mention tradeoffs in your opening statement or subsequently - only now that we have reached the point where you are raising the concept of trade offs because I have provided an example of where the trade offs are made brutally obvious! You assert I am not able to grasp the concept. Yet I have highlighted it, for you to subsequently recognise and acknowledge it.

The Libertarians Circle Jerk Defense Militia hurling gaslighting abuse at anyone who identifies the gaping chasms in your simplistic echo chamber of market rules all government is bad libertarian bullshit.

You cannot refute the facts and issues raised challenging your Libertarian nonsense and so resort to imbecilic clan warfare - the embryo of the nation state you claim to despise!

Zero response to my comment below - evidence of your inability to engage in reasoned debate...easier for you to gang up and try to scapegoat-ostracise me.

My challenge to you is top of the econ but you cannot and dare not respond.

You cower on the sidelines instead of engaging in real debate, instead circle jerking with those who will mostly reinforce your preconceptions and prop up your ego.

You did not mention tradeoffs in your opening statement or subsequently - only now that we have reached the point where you are raising the concept of trade offs because I have provided an example of where the trade offs are made brutally obvious!

You assert I am not able to grasp the concept. Yet I have highlighted it, for you to subsequently recognise and acknowledge it.

You said-

'I'm also surprised he didn't bring up occupational licensing requirements. A lot of times the market power that suppliers have is the result of government intervention... usually well lobbied for by the suppliers themselves...'

Did I mistake you there for attributing fault to governments for enabling market power via occupational licensing requirements?

All I am doing is making personal/dramatic the consequences of the negative weighting you appeared to be giving to the desirability of government regulation of professional occupations.

I am not exaggerating or misrepresenting your apparent dislike of government regulation... I am simply taking it to its logical consequence and how it might impact you or anyone else. Surely that is a perfectly reasonable application of your stated beliefs and how they could impact you if practiced in real life?

Can you explain that name calling shoot the messenger avoid the argument assertion?

You would be happy to undergo surgery from an unqualified surgeon?

How can an ordinary consumer reasonably assess the training level-skill set and capability of a surgeon or other professionals if they are not regulated by government?

Libertarian economists are illiterate. They have never read Adam Smith and cannot grasp very simple basic economic and human behaviour concepts -

‘People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the publick, or in some contrivance to raise prices’.

So you don't want doctors to have to be registered to practice medicine?

Good luck with that heart surgery next week...

In a post industrial economy world slavery might be seen as 'clearly wrong' but in pre-industrial economies to take responsibility for the housing, clothing and feeding of another person in exchange for their servitude was in some cases perfectly moral.

That is perhaps why Jesus never condemned it.