>Global warming is scary because it's bad for human societies. We built our cities and farms and national boundaries in certain places based on the climate we have had. Significant shifts in sea level, precipitation, temps, etc. will cause massive costs and unrest.
Such a fresh perspective on this issue. Warrants thinking about but still I maintain, most humans don't have the discipline to worry about things that far in the future if the cost means they spend more on energy. Cheaper is the only way.
>We now need to limit the artificial growth of Africa by stopping food programs and allowing balance to be reached
I agree with you but for different reasons. Your suggestion borders on some mild form of eugenics that I don't necessarily agree with. What I would say is that the figurative 'training wheels' should be taken off the bicycle i.e. Africans have to figure their own stuff out without depending on the west for foreign aid if any long term solution is to be found for Africa's problems.
I've come to firmly reject this idea lately. I have been asking myself this question of the validity of climate change science. I came to this conclusion: all the policy in the world wouldn't matter unless one thing happened - find more cost effective energy alternatives. Period. End of story.
Now, whether you're a climate change denier or not, all this boils down to is, is it(energy source) cheaper? Not just cheaper in terms of a one to one comparison but also included is the cost of deployment. You've got to embrace a praxeological vantage point and ask, what will the majority of actors purposefully engage in in order to meet their energy demands? Will most humans choose clean energy because it is good for the environment even though it hurts them fiscally? The hurtful but pragmatic answer to this is a firm NO.
Think about how hard government policy has tried to deal with something that's already illegal - drugs - and yet it has failed spectacularly. Will these same government actors all of a sudden become competent enough to deal with big oil (whom I believe are just being pragmatic about meeting the world energy demands)?
Once you put it that way, it becomes very clear, policy is borderline nonsense and is just another excuse for government to infringe on private property rights.
So, the solution? Intense research in finding energy alternatives that are truly cheaper in terms of BOTH large scale deployment as well as one to one comparison. Right now I'm not convinced we have anything that fits the bill.
It's interesting that they actually still stand a chance to succeed with these even after they took too long to do the obvious i.e. ditch Symbian and adopt Android.
Interesting to see envy at play. Uber is a great company with dedicated staff who go out of their way to make our lives easier with their incredible products.
I mean, isn't Uber just an app after all. The drivers using uber during the strike are the ones who decided that instead of joining the strike, it would be more beneficial to them if they went about their business as usual.
This could have been because:
1. They needed the money they were getting from driving on Uber for their daily bread.
Or
2. They were Trump supporters as is their right. Are we saying their lives should stop for a cause they do not even support? That they don't have a right to hold contrary opinions?
This brings me to my last point. Uber is a business and they cannot be forced to pick sides because their customers all hold opposing poltical views. If they did this, then nothing would get done because we'd have Republican businesses and Democratic businesses.
Ok. To put this to bed I'd recommend - Lothrop Stoddard's The Revolt Against Civilisation: The Menace of The Underman - as caution against weak immigration policy.
>He would be a moron if he didn't pay the legally required amount
Precisely. Why would anyone pay more taxes than they're legally required to? He'd be in jail otherwise. You see, people are caught up in complexity instead of asking simple questions such as these. It is however so blatantly obvious that folks attacking Trump on such issues don't have anything concrete to discredit President Trump.
>>He's a billionaire who inherited around $750 million
Again, WRONG! So blatantly obvious this is a lie. He did not inherit that much and even if he did, why is that a problem for anyone? Trump's voters weren't voting for his flaws (which were largely exaggerated by the dishonest media), they were voting for him because he was the only one who seemed to understand just how dire things have become, not just in America but globally. The left has largely been all about status quo and the vilification of producers.
What has emerged now is that the left cannot be placated any longer. Time for radical action has come. Immorality, indolence, abortions, illegal immigration, egalitarianism, fundamentalism/Islamic radicalization and social welfare have no place in 21st century civilization.
It is time for normalcy to resume and voters all over the world from France To Italy To America have realized that only the right can provide this normalcy. All the socialist parties in the world are losing and this is a clear indication that the pendulum has swung for the better.
EDIT: Here's a list of world leaders likely to emulate the brilliant things Trump is doing when they come into power:
Norbert Hofer - Austria,
Marine Le Pen - France,
Frauke Petry - Germany (with a very impressive movement called Alternative For Germany which has taken a cue from Brexit with their anti-EU mantra),
>Mexican culture is ingrained deeply into America and we are all better for it.
How is this the case? Multiculturalism is not necessarily a good thing.
I'm reminded of Thiel's The Diversity Myth. We no longer question whether some of these statements are true. Diversity is not necessarily a good thing and sometimes it can actually be detrimental by allowing for the tolerance of mediocre standards in a society.
Uber has provided enormous value to consumers everywhere. The efficiency Uber has brought to consumers greatly outweighs any perceived inefficiencies. I attribute it to the great leadership style of Travis Kalanick.
I think Travis receives a lot of backlash because of envy. Many a people think Uber is a stupidly simple idea that they themselves could have done and as such hate on Travis for doing it first, fast and well.
>which are stealing the entire US economy out from under us.
How so?
The only stealing going on is that targeted at the wealthy. High taxes and innumerable regulations are an atrocity. Inflation is even more atrocious.
However, here's what Keynesian economics proponents never get; even though you try to rob the rich by currency devaluation, you end up doing quite the opposite and that is actually hurt the poor who are the worst affected by inflation all while saying that in the end, we're all dead anyway.
Yes but all others weren't legitimized because of the popular vote. It was because of the electoral college. If ever there was a problem with the current system, you should have fixed it then and not complain now that Trump won.
>You said you weren't from America, so I can understand if most of your knowledge about America comes from the news, rather than a view of the facts over a timeframe longer than last week.
Surely that's a low blow or as Watson might phrase it, a wang bang and you know it.
I already said I'm not an American. I do however support Trump. I read many of his books right out of high school and I'm re-reading The Art of the deal.
I see a global shift to the right wing going forward. I mean can you believe that in France the Socialist party stands no chance because even the French, yes the French cannot stand what the left has done.
I'm glad people from all races have woken up and are saying no to unrestricted immigration, no to excessive taxes and regulation, no to welfare states, and no to egalitarianism. Luckily, this transcends racism. It is about reason as Ayn Rand would put it.
Indiscriminate immigration by inferior people who have failed to build their own countries will inevitably lead to the collapse of western civilization. (I advise you read a book by Charles Murray called The Bell Curve.) When this collapse occurs it will lead to racial and tribal warfare.
Do you want America to be like France where because of insufficient immigration controls they get an attack every so often from these Islamic immigrants?
Such a fresh perspective on this issue. Warrants thinking about but still I maintain, most humans don't have the discipline to worry about things that far in the future if the cost means they spend more on energy. Cheaper is the only way.