Kasper

This post is an excellent litmus test for understanding of just war theory. Despite the fact that I can see how effective this would be, I must oppose it because the damage it would do to my enemy (who bashes in my mailbox) would far outweigh the good of saving my mailbox. Its disproportionality is opposed by our duty in charity (and even justice) to watch out even for the good of our enemies. (Yes, by the way, I have had my mailbox bashed in by random vandals.)

This post is an excellent litmus test for understanding of just war theory. Despite the fact that I can see how effective this would be, I must oppose it because the damage it would do to my enemy (who bashes in my mailbox) would far outweigh the good of saving my mailbox. Its disproportionality is opposed by our duty in charity (and even justice) to watch out even for the good of our enemies. (Yes, by the way, I have had my mailbox bashed in by random vandals.)

There's no good civic argument for the electoral college. It was arguably necessary to ensure the ratification of the Constitution, but it's an anti-democratic device that gives some American citizens far more voting power than others, based purely on where they live.

There's no good civic argument for the electoral college. It was arguably necessary to ensure the ratification of the Constitution, but it's an anti-democratic device that gives some American citizens far more voting power than others, based purely on where they live.

Land value tax defenders argue that land owners get a special benefit in the form of the protection of their private property that they should therefore pay for. This is confused, or at least overstated, for two important reasons. First is that you’re not actually allowed to steal any kind of private property. What makes housing unique is that it’s huge, conspicuous, typically immobile, and ownership is dutifully recorded. All these things make investigating assaults on this particular form of private property dramatically easier than all others. If you tell the police that somebody took your bicycle, then it’s like, I don’t know man, how can we even know where the bike is? If we think we know, then we’ve got to go track it down. How can we even really be sure that the bike is yours? If a group of marauders tries to take over your land, then the police have a very straightforward task ahead of them. Second, it’s not as though the benefits of stopping these marauders redound only to the homeowner. The neighbors also do not want marauders occupying the house that used to be owned by their neighbor, whether those neighbors are homeowners or renters. Nobody benefits from marauders taking over private property. The fact that we stop this is not a special benefit we give to homeowners as a privileged class. It’s just basic public order, which benefits everybody in the society.

Why is NYT still identifying Joe Biden like this?

This is what economic suicide looks like;

Reports of gunfire and explosions over the Black Sea coastal city of Sukhumi in the Russian-backed Georgian breakaway nation of Abkhazia, amidst a possible drone attack, with air defense and electronic warfare activity confirmed by the Abkhazian Ministry of Defense.

"Silly ai. It's still 100m"