Ron Paul is coming to my university

[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="Laihendi"] Because the ideas that she represents are real, and they do matter. Atlas Shrugged is not a fiction novel, but a real philosophy. If you approach it as just another work of fiction then of course you will not understand the real-world implications of what happens to the characters, but if you approach it as a realization of Objectivist philosophy then you will. If you do not care about being poor and just want to live as a bum while you receive checks from the government then you will always be in poverty. If you care and decide to do something about it, then you have the power to stop being poor.Laihendi

You never did answer my question Lai: how much do you personally produce?

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] Are we playing the "situations in which Laihendi has never found himself in" game?worlock77

You never did answer my question Lai: how much do you personally produce?

[QUOTE="chrisrooR"][QUOTE="Laihendi"] That idea has merit, but a more practical voting restriction would be to not allow people in poverty to vote. If something like that was implemented then a democrat would never sit in the white house again. If you make reading Atlas Shrugged a requirement then poor people will just read it without really understanding or agreeing and then be able to vote anyways. If you simply do not allow people in poverty to vote then that is easier to enforce and also it guarantees that people will not just vote for welfare statists who offer them a handout.Laihendi

Women are not rational creatures though. They act on emotion, not reason.

BTW: am I to take your silence on the "white" and "landowners" parts as agreement with them?

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="chrisrooR"] So you're against democracy then.worlock77

Women are not rational creatures though. They act on emotion, not reason.

BTW: am I to take your silence on the "white" and "landowners" parts as agreement with them?

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="MakeMeaSammitch"]he also says people that consume more than they produce are moochers.

He doesn't produce anything but refuses to be called a moocher.

MakeMeaSammitch

You consume without producing. So unless you have a weird double standard (which I expect), you're a moocher, worse than the working poor.

The poor are an "investment" after all.

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="chrisrooR"] So you're against democracy then.Ace6301

Now that Pauls success is impossible to ignore, the media are writing a new narrative. Headlines like Ron Pauls stealth state convention takeover and Ron Paul People Playing Mischief with Delegates indicate that instead of ignoring Pauls victories, they now seek to imply that there is something sneaky or unfair about them. Some even suggest that his delegate success in states where he did not win the popular vote may even (gasp!) undermine democracy.

Undermining democracy would be a good thing.  If there is anything we have too much of in 21stcentury America; its democracy. The United States flourished as a free and prosperous society largely because it was founded as a republic. The reason for the bicameral legislature, the separation of powers, and theother so-called checks and balances was to protect us from democracy, which James Madison called the most vile form of government.

. . . 

 

That we ignore the Constitution and instead function virtually as a pure democracy is why we have a bankrupt government that spends almost $4 trillion a year and regulates everything from the food we eat to the amount of water in our toilets.

In our republic, passing laws, levying taxes, and conferring power are supposed to be difficult. So is the electoral process. Its not supposed to be easy to elect someone. Its supposed to be very hard. In a pure democracy, its easy and the individual is at the mercy of the demagogue and the mob, which can trample his liberty and loot his wealth at its whim. Republican government attempts to protect us from this.

. . . 

Ron Pauls strategy takes advantage of the republican nature of the nomination process. That process does not rely purely on a popular vote to determine who will be the nominee. Instead, voters must go through a multi-tiered vetting process of successive elections in order to become a delegate to the RNC.

This does not remove all of the dangers inherent in a pure democracy, but it helps. At least a delegate has been forced to hear the arguments of other candidates before blindly casting a vote. He also must have the commitment necessary to endure the long delegate selection process.

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/reawakening-liberty/2012/may/3/ron-paul-delegate-strategy-perfectly-legitimate/

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="chrisrooR"] So you're against democracy then.worlock77

Women are not rational creatures though. They act on emotion, not reason.

BTW: am I to take your silence on the "white" and "landowners" parts as agreement with them?

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] Are we playing the "situations in which Laihendi has never found himself in" game?worlock77

You never did answer my question Lai: how much do you personally produce?

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="Laihendi"] Against universal democracy, yes. And Worlock, restricting voting to just males is sexist and completely arbitrary. Who is allowed to vote should be determined by rational principles, not arbitrary whims.Laihendi

Women are not rational creatures though. They act on emotion, not reason.

BTW: am I to take your silence on the "white" and "landowners" parts as agreement with them?

[QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="Laihendi"] Against universal democracy, yes. And Worlock, restricting voting to just males is sexist and completely arbitrary. Who is allowed to vote should be determined by rational principles, not arbitrary whims.Laihendi

Now that Pauls success is impossible to ignore, the media are writing a new narrative. Headlines like Ron Pauls stealth state convention takeover and Ron Paul People Playing Mischief with Delegates indicate that instead of ignoring Pauls victories, they now seek to imply that there is something sneaky or unfair about them. Some even suggest that his delegate success in states where he did not win the popular vote may even (gasp!) undermine democracy.

Undermining democracy would be a good thing.  If there is anything we have too much of in 21stcentury America; its democracy. The United States flourished as a free and prosperous society largely because it was founded as a republic. The reason for the bicameral legislature, the separation of powers, and theother so-called checks and balances was to protect us from democracy, which James Madison called the most vile form of government.

. . . 

 

That we ignore the Constitution and instead function virtually as a pure democracy is why we have a bankrupt government that spends almost $4 trillion a year and regulates everything from the food we eat to the amount of water in our toilets.

In our republic, passing laws, levying taxes, and conferring power are supposed to be difficult. So is the electoral process. Its not supposed to be easy to elect someone. Its supposed to be very hard. In a pure democracy, its easy and the individual is at the mercy of the demagogue and the mob, which can trample his liberty and loot his wealth at its whim. Republican government attempts to protect us from this.

. . . 

Ron Pauls strategy takes advantage of the republican nature of the nomination process. That process does not rely purely on a popular vote to determine who will be the nominee. Instead, voters must go through a multi-tiered vetting process of successive elections in order to become a delegate to the RNC.

This does not remove all of the dangers inherent in a pure democracy, but it helps. At least a delegate has been forced to hear the arguments of other candidates before blindly casting a vote. He also must have the commitment necessary to endure the long delegate selection process.

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/reawakening-liberty/2012/may/3/ron-paul-delegate-strategy-perfectly-legitimate/

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="Laihendi"] I do not need to have experience being poor to understand what causes it. Wealth is the result of productive action. If you have no wealth then you are either not being productive or you are being stolen from. Poor people are not being stolen from because it is they who live on welfare programs funded with stolen money.DroidPhysX

You never did answer my question Lai: how much do you personally produce?

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="Laihendi"] Against universal democracy, yes. And Worlock, restricting voting to just males is sexist and completely arbitrary. Who is allowed to vote should be determined by rational principles, not arbitrary whims.Laihendi

Women are not rational creatures though. They act on emotion, not reason.

BTW: am I to take your silence on the "white" and "landowners" parts as agreement with them?

No? So a person who's poor can't inherit land? You're not seriously this out of touch with the planet Earth are you?

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]Pardon me while I invoke the forbidden law. Anyone else wonder were the internet to exist in the 20s if there would be a young Hitler on message boards trying to figure out ways to stop the Jews from voting and/or existing?Laihendi

F*cking lol.

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] Are we playing the "situations in which Laihendi has never found himself in" game?worlock77

You never did answer my question Lai: how much do you personally produce?

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="Ace6301"]Pardon me while I invoke the forbidden law. Anyone else wonder were the internet to exist in the 20s if there would be a young Hitler on message boards trying to figure out ways to stop the Jews from voting and/or existing?worlock77

F*cking lol.

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="Laihendi"] I do not need to have experience being poor to understand what causes it. Wealth is the result of productive action. If you have no wealth then you are either not being productive or you are being stolen from. Poor people are not being stolen from because it is they who live on welfare programs funded with stolen money.NEWMAHAY

You never did answer my question Lai: how much do you personally produce?

Oh he just did answer. He doesn't have to produce. He's a precious widdle investment who can sit on the couch playing Pokemon, watching cartoons, living off mommy and daddy's money, but he's not a moocher.

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="Ace6301"]Pardon me while I invoke the forbidden law. Anyone else wonder were the internet to exist in the 20s if there would be a young Hitler on message boards trying to figure out ways to stop the Jews from voting and/or existing?worlock77

F*cking lol.

[QUOTE="NEWMAHAY"][QUOTE="worlock77"]

You never did answer my question Lai: how much do you personally produce?

worlock77

Oh he just did answer. He doesn't have to produce. He's a precious widdle investment who can sit on the couch playing Pokemon, watching cartoons, living off mommy and daddy's money, but he's not a moocher.

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="NEWMAHAY"]NEWMAHAY

Oh he just did answer. He doesn't have to produce. He's a precious widdle investment who can sit on the couch playing Pokemon, watching cartoons, living off mommy and daddy's money, but he's not a moocher.

Bullshit. I've known plenty of autistic people. None act like Laihendi. I'd hazard a guess and say he's got narcissitic personality disorder (which is not to say he isn't austistic, but I don't think that's the cause here).

Lai, when you go see Ron Paul please remember that public masturbation is a misdemeanor (or a felony depending on the audience) and tasers do in fact hurt. 

[QUOTE="NEWMAHAY"][QUOTE="worlock77"]

Oh he just did answer. He doesn't have to produce. He's a precious widdle investment who can sit on the couch playing Pokemon, watching cartoons, living off mommy and daddy's money, but he's not a moocher.

worlock77

Bullshit. I've known plenty of autistic people. None act like Laihendi. I'd hazard a guess and say he's got narcissitic personality disorder (which is not to say he isn't austistic, but I don't think that's the cause here).

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]Pardon me while I invoke the forbidden law. Anyone else wonder were the internet to exist in the 20s if there would be a young Hitler on message boards trying to figure out ways to stop the Jews from voting and/or existing?Laihendi

Hmm, your thinking is basically "it's ok if I take money from the government but if anybody else does it's evil" following in the footsteps of ayn rand...

also restricting voting based on income would disproportionately affect certain races....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsA8O9JLiocBossPerson

[QUOTE="BossPerson"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsA8O9JLiocwis3boi

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

[QUOTE="BossPerson"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsA8O9JLiocMithrandir50

wat

[QUOTE="Mithrandir50"][QUOTE="wis3boi"]

 

wis3boi

wat

This is bruceMithrandir50

[QUOTE="Mithrandir50"] This is brucewis3boi

How did you get into university?monkeytoes61

Honestly, I think I remember Lai mentioning in the past that he is in high school, so likely this is all fake.

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

[QUOTE="Mithrandir50"] This is bruceMithrandir50

Redford actually.

[QUOTE="monkeytoes61"]How did you get into university?TacticalDesire

Honestly, I think I remember Lai mentioning in the past that he is in high school, so likely this is all fake.

I can't wait to flood his book reviews with quotes from Gamespot.

I can't wait to flood his book reviews with quotes from Gamespot.

Guybrush_3

I can't wait to flood his book reviews with quotes from Gamespot.

Guybrush_3

[QUOTE="Guybrush_3"]

I can't wait to flood his book reviews with quotes from Gamespot.

Ace6301

Implying said book exists

[QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="Guybrush_3"]

I can't wait to flood his book reviews with quotes from Gamespot.

wis3boi

Implying said book exists

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

[QUOTE="Ace6301"] Implying people will even know it exists.Ace6301

Implying said book exists

Imp

[QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="wis3boi"]

Implying said book exists

wis3boi

Imp

[QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="Guybrush_3"]

I can't wait to flood his book reviews with quotes from Gamespot.

wis3boi

Implying said book exists

[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"]

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

You never did answer my question Lai: how much do you personally produce?

Rich3232

guy produces some of the internet's finest comedy

:lol: This thread made my day.