Morons; without you my life is meaningless. Without your blatant disregard for principled logic, and your total lack of objective thought, I would find little to distract me from the tedium and monotony of my life. I would have nothing left but to enjoy myself, and frankly, who wants to do that? Who wants to devote their hours to those that make them happy? Who wants to spend his life in the pursuit of happiness? Apparently, not me.
Without you, those whose thoughts are unclear and misguided, I would be left to waste away in the pleasures that freedom has brought me. Without you, I would have more time to devote to myself an my loved ones. More time to play, and kiss, and laugh. More energy to move, and learn, and make love.
I shudder at the thought of a life so devoid of anger and disdain; so emptied of the all consuming rage, that I have nothing left but bliss. How sickening, that without you, I would not feel the need to spew my distaste for your ill-considered theorems and your quackery. Without you, the only place I could seek meaning, would be in my own heart and mind. Without you, I am merely a man, so content he could burst with the joys of life.
Without you, who would I be?
Without liars, preachers and snake oil-peddling Cretans. Without the Fascists and Marxists, The Keynesians and Friedmanites. Without all the Collectivists and Positivists. Without the sick and ill conceived ideologies of intervention, control and coercion, I would be someone else. I would not be.
So I bow to you, morons, fools and imbeciles. I bend my knee in respect, for you have been my guardian and my creator. My Smith and my maker. My molder and shaper.
I am your clay monster, oh Rabaais of ignorance.
The Golem you have unleshed.
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Heh, you're a cynical bastard through-and-through, my man. In fact, many of the things you described within this post reminded me of myself more than anything, considering our shared contempt for irrational thinking and willful oversight (e.g. Communism, and how it doesn't take human nature into account).
Ah, the joys of stupidity. Even the smartest man alive must receive some gratification from the fact that he can deconstruct the ideology of a lesser man.
- N.
Hi ÆListair
I hear your disdain for
* disregard of principled logic
* lack of objective thought
* Fascists
* Marxists
* Positivists
and many more...
But I'm not sure how you see yourself? What perspectives do you value? What are your worldviews?
If I were to try and describe how I see the world and myself, I would have to say, I'm an Austro-Libertarian. Or in other words, I agree quite largely with the theories of Ludvig Von Mises. Basically, if I wanted to establish a first principle through which to begin my thought process around any subject, it is to say that I hold the truths of Man's right to life and liberty to be self evident.
But that conclusion was reached through my own preexisting understanding of human action. So to say it is my worldview would be a limiting description.
We limit our logical capability by the language we use. It can be useful for internal debate, but it is good to be aware that terms such as worldview and perspective do have their own connotations especially within ones own thoughts.
Because it is not directly related to Madman (my SDI project) I can use this blog to discuss concepts within the Madman universe without providing plot spoilers. Hence why I provided you with both links.
So, for future reference, most of the philosophical sounding things I say, can be applied to themes in the Novel or the Comics.
Thanks ÆListair - so you value the theories of Ludwig Von Mises and in particular right to life and liberty - but you would not want to limit your worldview to that. Is that correct?
In reading about Von Mises I noted he is said to have rejected positivism and materialism as a foundation of the social sciences.
I'm interested in the fundamental assumptions that underpin one's worldviews - and yes plural worldviews - and the extent to which we consciously choose to think and perceive the world around us from within particular worldviews.
But I agree with you that we need to establish an agreed meaning for these terms before we can proceed with a meaningful conversation.
This will be the basis of a presentation I will give sometime after Easter.
I'm glad you provided me with the links to both blogs - it gives me a much greater window into your thinking and journey.
As an aside I see that Ludwig von Mises said: "To assign to everybody his proper place in society is the task of the consumers. Their buying and abstention from buying is instrumental in determining each individuals social position."
Do you agree and if so does this mean you have a blog counter that works correctly now? :-)
Some educators and academics are beginning to think that they might be able to measure the reputation of colleagues through the number and quality of connections to their online contributions in places such as blogs - in addition to their academic qualifications.
I would need to know more about the context of that particular statement, before I good agree or disagree, but from what else I know of Mises' works, I could probably say I do agree.
By my interpretation, based on what else I know he has asserted, I would guess that it is a subtle jab at both classists and communists.
I would think he is merely pointing out that, one's wealth and standing is reliant on what others choose to buy from you. (goods or services) This opposed to the arguments that society should be stratified into classes (more prevalent in Mises' day) and the communist position that classes are the core evil of capitalism.
My hit counter works perfectly, it's the hit-map that isn't working accurately. Because it's the google maps counter, I'm not too fussed about removing it. It might not give the best hit map, but it does work as a good street map.
Yeah, I've actually come across an academic who was publicly attacked and slandered based on a newspaper article, that he believes misquoted his views. He has used the blog he contributes to, to log and document his correspondence between himself and his colleagues. The internet is providing an alternate location for debate, which in many conventional academic settings is being stifled.
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