Nehlen (Ayn Rand fan-boy Ryan's nemesis and btw increasingly cozy with alt-right) makes an interesting observation:
We never hear about welfare or food stamps running out of money, but we're constantly told about Social Security running out of money. Funny how that works.— Paul Nehlen (@pnehlen) December 15, 2017
Picked up by alt-right on cue:
Also never run out of money for wars. https://t.co/hnAT8zRAFX
— RAMZPAUL (@ramzpaul) December 15, 2017
They (alt-right) all are recovering libertarians... something to keep an eye on.
Libertarians are principled so there's hope for them - unlike, I've discovered, "pragmatic" Progressives.
ReplyDeleteIronically, Progressives are hopelessly conservative when it comes to preserving privileges for usury cartels.
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DeleteI don't think they are all that principled, they are just smart alec schoolboys who have never known poverty.
Deletelibertarians are never going to figure any of this out....
ReplyDeletelook at the whole bitcoin thing...
It doesn't matter what your 'label' is, if you're IN you work for the 0.1%.
ReplyDeleteAt least they can be persuaded by reason - or at least silenced by it.
ReplyDelete"borrowing from the Chinese!" sounds reasonable...
ReplyDelete"we're going to become another Greece!" sounds reasonable...
"we're borrowing from our grandchildren!" sounds reasonable...
"the debt has to be paid back!" sounds reasonable...
etc...
Reason doesnt cut it...
It looks like we agree on something. I like it!
DeleteReason doesnt cut it... Franko
ReplyDeleteCorrect, if the premises are wrong.
if the premises are wrong.
ReplyDeleteGIGO.
An argument is sound if and only if the premises are true and the form is valid. Then, the conclusion follows.
ReplyDeleteThis is the fundamental takeaway in Logic 101. If you get that, you pass the course.
Apparently, a lot of people never took Logic 101, flunked it, or forgot the essential point of it.