Tuesday, June 05, 2018

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The Pittsburgh Project - swim coach and head lifeguard
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Fwd: I don't know what capitalism is, but I think it's the enemy of all life


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From: Tom Woods


June 4, 2018
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Here's a real beauty, that someone in my secret Facebook group found and posted:



OK, let's go through it.

"Capitalism requires a perpetual arms race and warfare."

No, it doesn't, and it's bizarre that anyone would think it does.

War -- the systematic destruction of capital -- is the opposite of capitalism. Capitalism is based on contractual agreements that require the consent of both sides. War involves the violent, destructive imposition of one will upon another. Capitalism involves free trade. War involves blockades and the crippling of the international division of labor.

Wars are waged by states, which fund them through the nonconsensual institution of taxation. Capitalist firms would never have the ideological legitimacy to conscript the men and resources to wage war, because kids aren't programmed in school to believe that it's legitimate for corporations to tax them for the public good, etc., the way they're taught to think of the state.

Maybe the author is going for the idea that capitalism requires imperialism? But that's ridiculous. When did the fabulously wealthy countries of South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore engage in imperialism? Or for that matter Switzerland or Austria? Not to mention major powerhouses whose imperial histories lasted for only a brief moment.

Nope, the capitalist West grew rich through capitalism, not by war and imperialism.

Next: "The absence of a moral/spiritual component."

Now that's a laugh. Why isn't socialism criticized for this? The communist countries of the 20th century were officially atheist, and were based on a frankly materialist philosophy.

And who says capitalism has no moral or spiritual component? Capitalism says only that you should not initiate physical force against other people. You can't have a spiritual dimension to your life while believing in this moral value?

Not to mention: the wealth that capitalism has created for everyone -- yes, everyone: the standard of living of the poorest in market societies has exploded over the past 200 years -- is precisely what liberates people to pursue non-materialist goals.

When you're one bad harvest away from starvation, you're not really in the mood to join a book club, or take up an interest in Bach's cantatas, or study the Impressionists. But when your basic needs are taken care of, as they overwhelmingly are under capitalism (again, the statistics are everywhere), you are liberated to pursue the higher things.

"The ownership and cannibalization of our shared Mother Earth."

Cannibalization occurs precisely where there is no ownership. I'd love to hear this fellow's examples. They'll probably involve oceans and other waterways, air, endangered species, etc. All cases where government "ownership" has precluded private ownership.

Private owners have an interest in increasing the capital value of their property. That's precisely why they don't cannibalize it -- because then they'll have nothing for the future.

The state is the opposite: its caretakers stand to gain nothing from the future value of some resource, so they may as well exploit it in the present.

Ownership, as Hans Hoppe explains (and as I've explained on the Tom Woods Show), is a conflict-avoiding institution. Since we have more desires than we have goods to satisfy them, we have to establish a system whereby we do not spend our time in violent conflict over scarce goods.

Ownership is therefore at the very heart of civilization itself.


"Capitalism is the height of violence against all life."

If capitalism is "the height of violence against all life," it's sure doing a rotten job -- it's been able to support population explosions that would have led to mass death in pre-capitalist ages.

Billions of people are alive who would not have survived in the days before capitalism. And capitalism "is the height of violence against all life"?

The poster concludes by urging us to embrace the opposite of capitalism. So we should embrace the opposite of a system that has increased world per capita income by 11 times over 200 years, and which has pushed global poverty down to lower levels than ever before seen. Got it.

The opposite of capitalism is wealth destruction. It is the destruction of the international division of labor, the greatest illustration of cooperation in world history. It is
war, famine, and genocide.

I'll take capitalism, thank you.

Potpourri:
(1) I already have tomorrow's episode of the Tom Woods Show recorded, but by Wednesday I'll have an episode on the Supreme Court decision involving the Colorado baker.


(2) Sitting outside my house the other day I made you a short video on three ways libertarians can actually earn some dough while helping each other (cue the haters who say libertarians don't help people). I suggest you watch it: http://www.happyearner.com/cantlosethisjob

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Sunday, June 03, 2018

Fwd: Not enough wars



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From: Gov Gary Johnson <info@johnsonweld.com>

A Message by Gary Johnson, Sponsored by
Our America Initiative

Mark --

As if we aren't already fighting enough wars, we're now declaring war on Mexico, Canada and Europe. (Last time I checked, most of those were our allies.)

Granted -- and thankfully, President Trump didn't declare a shooting war against our neighbors to the north, south, and in Europe. But Thursday, he certainly declared a trade war, slapping 25% tariffs on steel from Mexico, Canada and the EU, along with a 10% tariff on aluminum.

Nobody wins a trade war. Costs for consumers and businesses go up. Relations with important allies are damaged, and ultimately, more jobs are lost than can ever be "protected".

There's no secret here. Economists, employers, and yes, even most of the politicians know that punishing trading partners never ends well. So why do we let our President do it?

It's a perfect example of the paralysis the Two Party Duopoly has given us.Too many Democrats buy into the myth that protectionism saves jobs for their union supporters. And all those "free-market" Republicans? Well...Far too many of them are scared of their President.

The result: Congress won't do anything. Just like with the debt, the wars and the never-ending growth of government. Just like the real wars that are costing American lives and billions of our dollars, the politicians won't put a stop to Trump's trade wars.

Where are the voices telling the truth -- that free markets, not government, create jobs, and that punishment in the form of tariffs and taxes is the enemy of Liberty? Well...those voices are being silenced by the Two-Party Duopoly. They can't get on the ballot because the Republicans and Democrats put up impossible obstacles to doing so. And they can't even get on the debate stage because the duopoly rigs the rules against them.

That has to STOP. That's why Our America has launched our Stop the Duopoly campaign, and that's why we need supporters like you to step up. One thing you can do today is simply share this video with your friends, your social media pages and your fellow advocates for Liberty.

The latest video from OAI...

Please help by sharing the "Stop the Duopoly" video.

Americans need a voice, and they need a way to stand up to the Duopoly. There is no "them" who will speak out and stand up. There is "us".

Over the next several weeks, we will be producing more videos, holding live on-line events, providing training for advocates, and holding rallies at major Liberty events. The key is to educate and mobilize -- and that is precisely what we are doing.

Share the video. Tell your friends to join our campaign, and yes, if you can, make a contribution that will help us succeed in what may be the most important campaign of this year and years to come.

Policies won't change until the politics change -- and the politics won't change until we break up the Two-Party Duopoly.

 

Let's do it!

Gov Gary Johnson

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Sunday, May 27, 2018

Fwd: Mark, Share Your Knowledge in San Jose


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From: The LiveCode Conference 

Share Your LiveCode Expertise


The LiveCode Conference in San Jose, California, between 20th and 22nd May 2019, is open for applications to speak. We are looking for interesting and exciting subjects focused around LiveCode.

Do you have expertise to share with the community? We're interested in widgets, LiveCode 9 and open source. We're also excited by HTML5, cross platform tips and tricks, LiveCode in Business, theming, extensibility and the LCB language. What are you excited about? Can you share your knowledge?

Note that your session must have useful and relevant programming content, we will not accept applications that appear to be purely promotional for your particular product or service.

If you have a topic you'd like to speak on, please send an email to conference-speaker@livecode.com with a 300 word summary, and any relevant speaking experience by August 31st 2018. We have available both half hour and 50 minute slots, please indicate which you would prefer. We are also offering flash talks lasting 10 minutes, where you can present a specific LiveCode app, tip or trick you are particularly proud of.

Thank you, we look forward to your applications!


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Mark Rauterkus       Mark.Rauterkus@gmail.com
Swimming and Water Polo Coach, Schenley High School, Pittsburgh, PA
http://CLOH.wikia.com
412 298 3432 = cell

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Fwd: Some know better . . .

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From: John H

If you depend upon U.S. media to let you know what is going on in the world, the chances are near 100% that you are getting neither the full story nor an accurate view of these happenings.  An excellent case in point is the vilification of the Maduro government of Venezuela.  One who does know and who has been to Venezuela many, many times and who has travelled over much of Central and South America as a labor and human rights attorney is Daniel Kovalik.  Today, Dan had an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette which explains some of the rest of the story which is almost always missing in the reports of main stream American journalists.  This is important information which explains why the leaders of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro is continuously reelected by large majorities of Venezuelans, including in this month's national election.

John


 

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Mark Rauterkus       Mark@Rauterkus.com 
Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a 501(c)(3)
The Pittsburgh Project - swim coach and head lifeguard
Middle School Swim Coach at The Ellis School
Former Varsity Boys Swim Coach, Pittsburgh Obama Academy
Sabbatical for 2018: PPS Summer Dreamers' Swim & Water Polo 
Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team

http://CLOH.org

412 298 3432 = cell

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Fwd: Terrible times . . .

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From: John H


As some of you may have noticed I have cut back on the number of missives being sent out of late.  It has become quite discouraging to daily watch just how far this nation has fallen into an open pit of political, military and economic slime.  It is all around us all the time and documenting it is an overwhelmingly frustrating task.  Many of the things now happening on a daily basis were simply unimaginable as little as two years ago – and things were desperately bad then.  The problem, as I see it, is that as bad as the Trump brigands are, the Democratic Party establishment brigands are not all that much better.  There is some glimmer of hope with the young, but that remains too nascent to count on right now.  Unfortunately, as Chris Hedges graphically points out in the attached article, things are going downhill at a much faster pace than almost anyone could have anticipated, even in the recent past, both nationally and internationally, and it may already be too late to rise up and stop the worst from happening.  It may well be that we will have to resort to small, tight community groupings for survival in the coming years – assuming Trump and his minions don't blow up the planet in the meantime.  These are terrible times indeed.

John