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Not to go back to the economics thing, but I think I made a mistake with the 10k average in taxes. I think that may be only income tax, so not including sales tax, property tax, and stuff like that. My bad. xD

her weapons are really cool! They seem like the most powerful in a single hit if you know what I mean- the punch/shotgun combo can be really powerful. My favorite weapon might be Rin's because i like dual wield pistols/knives. I like Coco's with her mini-gun too. What is your favorite team?

Well, the average in the US is 10k with an average income of 50k. That is a lot. Im only 16, but i pay sales tax, and if I drive, Ill be paying tax on that stuff too. And income tax when (if lol) I get a job to pay for the car (if i have enough).

I think its gotten better to be honest. It was worse in the beginning. Ruby is really funny and happy, so I like her. But Qrow is really awesome! What are your favorite weapons?

People will only pay as much as they are willing to, so prices must naturally fall (if prices are too high, those greedy fat capitalists can't make money). in addition, there is no centralized currency, so the currency can only increase in value as productivity increases (so buying power increases). No one would be $40 for a potato, just as they do not now. The only way someone would pay $40 in potatoes is if they were suddenly worth $40 dollars (whether through scarcity or sudden extremely high demand for yummy potatoes). Same thing with wages- they can only go up as workers' productivity increases and with bargaining power. And the difference between a $40 potato and taxes (which are thousands of dollars), is you are not forced to buy a potato. You are forced to pay taxes.

Yea... Season 3 chapters 9 and 10 were super intense! I will make sure not to spoil tho. xD
I have some issues with the voice acting sometimes, but the story and soundtrack are great haha. I have no idea what the hype looks like, so idk. But they are coming out with a game on steam!

Im not paranoid! Im just using logic and facts.
How? They can't do that without enough capital, which the can only receive through massive theft... through the government. explain how they take advantage of the poor.

Ok, so we are in agreement that legalization reduces the power of drug cartels, possibly removing them completely, and most definitely over a period of time. There cannot be an increase in crime because the amount of people that take the drugs actually decreases (statistics show this), and if legalized, the drugs used are safer because of accountability to businesses that sell them. Synthetic drugs may replace them. Assuming that there is a rise in crime, the drug can't be blamed. The person committed the murders, and to ban the drug takes away the right to self ownership of everyone involved- the taxpayer, the drug-abuser, and the nonviolent user.

In addition to the above topics, why dont we talk about something nicer? :) Have you watched RWBY?

No one can delegate rights they do not have. The only rights people have are self-ownership and property, which are not given by government. So we need a giant mafia to enact violence on us to protect us from an upper class that could exploit us? Illogical. Anyways, in a free society the upper class can never gain enough capital to buy enough land to rule over.

If hard drugs were legalized, most people wouldnt use them lol. The law does not prevent people from obtaining hard drugs. What about the nonviolent drug users?

I "fear government" because there has never been a government that has not exploited its people over time. Its inefficient and evil. It violates the basic rights of humans- life and property. Government is the cause for wars, poverty, and many other issues we have today. You can blame it on religion, but its governments fault because those are theocracies.

How does it hurt the community or family? The drug user, unless he is committing acts of violence, has done nothing wrong. If he ruins his relationship with his family, its his problem. Banning a drug for "feelings" is illogical.

It's a true treasure of the internet hahaha

Amazing posts and people get absolutely roasted when they try and troll and post up photos of zooper doopers or other icypoles, or post up photos with "non-blokes" lol it's brilliant

But I own myself, and no one else does. What right does anyone else have to stop me from taking the drugs? Its a victimless crime and only hurts me. Not to mention, the same argument for legalizing marijuana is applied here. Drug cartels will retain some power with hard drugs illegal, which means more violence. With hard drugs legal, they lose all of their power because the market will provide cheaper and safer drugs. And its not like the "War on Drugs" even achieves anything: people get the drugs anyways, both police and the innocent victims are killed, its used to militarize the police, and it wastes tons of tax dollars.

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I believe legalizing marijuana has 4 benefits: lessened police state and less overcrowding of prisons, medical benefits, reduce power of gangs and El Chapo-like groups, and right to self ownership. For the last reason, I believe it is wrong to tax marijuana. So it looks like we mostly agree here.

Why should the hard stuff be illegal?

yay! I didnt know that was possible! I think we mostly agree on social issues- we disagree more on the economics.

Opinion on legalizing soft drugs and hard drugs? Should they be legalized fully, but taxed. Should only soft drugs be legalized?

Perfect, you joined A World of Ice and Fire! :P
Now lemme bug Doofy~

I was hoping to see you and the two doofs in Once in a Blue Moon... :(

I agree with you. By bombing them, we make innocent people die or become terrorists. Especially in the US, our imperialism caused 9/11 and us being in the middle east just destabilizes the region and makes us less safe. Not to mention its just adding to our 19 trillion dollar debt. I also believe we should cut off all foreign aid because it just takes from the poor in our country and gives it to the rich in other countries (I agree with Bernie Sanders on this issue with corporate subsidies).

Yea I'm sort of in the middle as well with immigration. I believe we should let anyone in (get out of the middle east first so there are little to no terrorists coming in), but not provide the immigrants with any form of subsidies. idk how background checks could really be on refugees and such. It would just be a waste of tax dollars, and prevent people who want to immigrate get potentially rejected and sent back. :(

I am pro-immigration reforms. I believe our system should allow for more immigration to reduce illegal immigration (i dont have a problem with illegals, it would just prevent them from being deported back, and now they can officially live a better life in society). Immigration can have many good effects, and to all of the people who say, "they steal our jobs," one cannot steal a job because it is not property- it is a trade agreement.

Definitely not haha. We could go at this forever lol.

Darn, you aren't from the US. Well, you provide an alternative point of view I guess. Do you think countries (like the US) should be fighting ISIS? Should we adopt a closed or open border policy (or something in the middle)?

Government creates monopolies. There is no example of a monopoly without government intervention. Free markets lead to adding value to the currency as productivity increases and a gold standard is set with competing currencies.

Class divide is caused by government regulation: thousands upon thousands of regulations hurt small businesses and the poor, but not big corporations (being funded by the government) and even just large businesses. The Federal Reserve prints and prints and prints without a gold standard (which Clinton finally destroyed), causing the rich to get richer, and the poorer to get poorer. The rich use welfare programs to make themselves gain power.

Ill admit I have not been in a situation where I have needed medical care I couldn't afford (not to mention, I have been really healthy, luckily). And in a system where people can do what they want with their property, these people will be treated better, faster, and cheaper without massive theft! My heart goes out to these people (which is why I do so many charity stuff), and I truly care about them! Tell me when you read the essay.

Again, the upper class cannot take advantage of the lower classes. These upper classes are literally controlled by consumers! Socialism is just one giant monopoly and a terrible economics system that hurt the people they try to help. Just look at Scandinavia (not Socialist, but certain socialist policies are literally destroying them).

Of course! Thats just the fun of it lol. xD Im going to read "Economics in One Lesson" soon, and apparently its really good for learning economics in just a few hours. Maybe then we can get somewhere. The reason why I am fighting so hard for free markets is for two reasons: the utilitarian aspects (its far superior) and the morals. Only a free market can have true freedom without violence. Even crime can be reduced.

Maybe we should also talk about something we agree on? Like war maybe?

of course you will XD
you'll probably go down as the most active/involved rper in history

mhm
so are you still involved in like 20 rps like you used to be? xD

same same hopefully we'll catch each other on every once in a while

As am I :D
I'm back in the skype chat too if you ever decide to stop by