Theodor Batel

Freedom - maybe the most revolutionary idea of all.

It's crazy to me how Robin Hood is now popularized as "stealing from the rich to give to the poor" (Socialist messaging) In reality, Robin Hood stole back the taxes that a cruel leader unjustly levied against the population (Anti-socialist messaging)

@Schizoecon420 I recommend @saifedean’s course Principles of Economics. The first lesson starts with a comparison of the pseudoscientific quantitative approach with the logical approach of the Austrian school. x.com/saifedean/stat…

@theodorbatel care to provide your reasoning behind this take? im genuinely curious

The Austrian school of economics is economics. Everything else is pseudoscience.

“When [..] to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing [..] your society is doomed.” - Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

In the economy you are in a zero-sum competition. Not with others in the market. With the socialist looters robbing you.

Starting this week, I’m releasing all the lectures from my Principles of Economics course for free! The first lecture explores economics as human action and choice under scarcity, purposeful behaviour, and why sound economics begins with understanding how people act.

Remarkable actually that the economy remains free to some degree at all. Testament to its natural state.

Realize that most people have no economic education whatsoever. It makes it easier to make sense of the current state.

„looters are parasites incapable of survival, who exist by destroying those who are capable, those who are pursuing a course of action proper to man.“ - Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness

@danWpriestley I approve ass kicking.

This was fun. Semi factory is going to kick ass. Come to Nevada and join us tesla.com/careers/search…

@tesla_na Something about the shirt is equally likeable and disturbing.

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@RhysSullivan No. Don’t rob others. Find people to give you money voluntarily without force or coercion. Applies to any agency, not particular to NASA.

give nasa a trillion dollars

@NASASolarSystem It feels strange that we can precisely calculate how to move through the vast space to end up meeting another object at some point.

POV: You're flying by the Moon. This visualization is designed to show you what exactly the Artemis II astronauts will see outside their window during their lunar flyby. Here, the seven-hour visualization is compressed into 28 seconds. ⬇ (1/4)

Perhaps a fault of history is that most heroes it celebrates are warriors. But what were they fighting for? A better life. But thanks to whom? Producers. Producers have always been the real heroes.

Die Beherrschung durch Andere endet früher oder später immer in einer Freiheitsbewegung. Freiheit lässt sich letztlich nicht unterdrücken.

@Google - Nobody: How French do you want the presenter to be? - Google: Yes.

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@atiedtke1 Warum fügt man sich Zwang? Damit die angedrohte Gewalt nicht umgesetzt wird.

Eine der Grundwahrheiten der Praxeologie. Warum zahlen „wir“ Steueren? - Damit wir nicht misshandelt werden 👇🏼

@JulieLovesFluff Stop buying insurance as general medical subscription, instead only for existential financial risks.

My insurance is trying to determine if they're going to cover Littlest Mans NICU stay and called with questions. Ins: Why did you pick X hospital for your child? Me: I didn't, I was told after I came out of surgery at Y hospital that they were transferring him to X because it was the closest NICU and he was not breathing on his own reliably. They'd already started the process without me. Ins: Okay and why did you pick Y hospital initially? Me: Well I was actively bleeding out from a ruptured placenta and it was the closest one, I was trying not to die. Are you not aware this was an emergency c section at 34 weeks? And also Y hospital is in network. Ins: Yes but if you had gone to in network hospital Z you could have transferred to an in network NICU. Me: *Googles* That's 2.5hrs away. I was bleeding out. I had to receive 2 pints of blood and I was only bleeding for 30 minutes before they started my transfusion. I would have been dead if I drove there. Ins: Well it transfers to the appropriate NICU for your plan, next time please try to go there. Lol okay, next time I'm pregnant and bleeding out I'll be sure to do that. This is insane.

Realize laws are just other people making rules and probably many of those people are not smarter than you.

Steuern - Mittel um Menschen zu steuern. Zufälliger Begriff?