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    Hypothetical Scenarios

    it has a name the Salò Republic
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    Doses every facet of libertarianism need to be applied in order for it to work?

    you don't have to eat the whole cow in order to have a nice dinner
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    Libya to be ruled under Sharia law

    interest is the marginal return on saved up land and labour (capital). it therefore IS a panacea - to the incentive and time-horizon problem. unless you believe in central planning there is literally no other option. and under such a system, (black) markets do inevitably emerge - with interest.
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    Libya to be ruled under Sharia law

    as is the case with most religious principles that directly contradict modernity, moslams find creative ways to completely circumvent their religious principles, such as restrictions on usury. moslams most certainly don't ever practice full-reserve banking.
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    The free market

    i don't even
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    Libya to be ruled under Sharia law

    alot of other secular states have a similar clause in their constitution (Syria, post-Saddam Iraq, Pakistan, Malaysia). the constitution of the Kingdom Of Libya also proclaimed Islam the state religion. the fact they're going to use islamic jurisprudence as a source of legislation doesn't...
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    Occupy Wall St

    cool your jets cosmo
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    Australian Politics

    "I can hire a philosophy major and teach him everything he'd have learned in business school in six weeks. But if I hire a business major I'll never be able to teach him to think."
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    Troops in Iraq

    yeah but garygaz don't forget that Al-Qaeda has drummed up shiaa-sunni tensions due to its shift from its anti-US platform to "well that ship has sailed, lets get belligerent on Sunnis now" saddam was holding the two together pretty well in pre-2003 iraq
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    Australian Politics

    i sympathise with your arguments to an extent, as most critical-thinkers would. of course, technical/managerial/vocational degrees that have a practical use in the field are socially and privately valuable, and they are compensated thusly. but those who ask 'why?' are also socially and privately...
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    Gaddafi dead.

    Re: So, Gaddafi.. oh you mean like pre-1914 Europe (multipolarity) and then 1919-1939 europe (internationality)? that turned out great.
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    Gaddafi dead.

    Re: So, Gaddafi.. guys guys lonelywolf upholds the benefit of western dominance as axiomatic he's entitled to his beliefs and axioms. if he can't defend it well enough, well, it's his problem, and all you can do is shake your head.
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    Gaddafi dead.

    Re: So, Gaddafi.. lonelywolf is a neocon what of it?
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    Australian Politics

    yeah but garygaz try understanding hegel without going to uni only a nutter like a philosophy professor could explain hegel to you (his opinion of hegel rather). same with derrida (not implying it's worth knowing), saussure, same with a lot of pre-socratics like anaxagoras, leucippus...
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    Gaddafi dead.

    Re: So, Gaddafi.. i fucking love oil
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    Gaddafi dead.

    http://i.imgur.com/WW7KK.jpg (Graphic) qadaffi i told you not to eat the whole punnet of mulberries, now look what you've done! you've stained that nice keffiyeh i bought you for your birthday.
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    airline pilots

    we still have tariffs and the dollar is a dirty float, so it would hardly be a "reintroduction"
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    airline pilots

    how about prospective passengers, informed about the "lesser trained pilots" Qantas is employing and the danger of flying with them, make their own choices. if they value their safety they can decide to fly with other airlines.
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