tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post5908369320761796488..comments2023-09-24T08:04:06.909-04:00Comments on FSK's Guide to Reality: Criticisms of Stefan MolyneuxFSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11903396202330950362noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-85423052050333029052009-09-16T18:20:47.788-04:002009-09-16T18:20:47.788-04:00Hey, I'd like to read this article on my show,...Hey, I'd like to read this article on my show, some great points! :)Stefan Molyneuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898315223778903374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-68945916282271469092009-09-09T10:28:06.656-04:002009-09-09T10:28:06.656-04:00If you asked your parents "Is violence a good...If you asked your parents "Is violence a good way to solve problems" would they say yes? If not, then they are responsible for their pro-state leanings and are not "brain-washed". Its important to recognize that, or else you are living your life based on a mythology called "My parents couldn't have ended up any other way, so its OK that they 'abused' me" (I'm using your word there).<br /><br />However, if they were (and are) able to not put propaganda above their own child then that reveals much more of a problem, because then its their choice, not a pre-determined fate. Thus, they are responsible for their abuse. <br /><br />Also, its important, if you want to be empirical, to ask "How did my parents *justify* their abuse?" Did they say "I can't help abusing you because of all the propaganda I've received and abuse I experienced as a child and it gives me efficacy to abuse my own child?" Maybe, but I highly doubt it. <br /><br />More likely they justified their abuse in *moral* terms. "I'm abusing you because you are a *bad* child". This is another indicator that it was a choice to abuse, not an inevitable result of propaganda. If they were doing it purely as a result of being sheeple, they would have no reason to *morally* justify their actions, but rather they could just say it terms of cause and effect and wouldn't feel that was a problem. <br /><br />I know I'm probably being totally annoying, but if there is one place in our lives where its incredible important to use philosophy, its in our own selves and relationships. The State is a great enemy to freedom, but it is, at its core, an *effect* of people not being free in their own lives. My intention of this comment is to provide a perspective that will hopefully be helpful for you because its what I'm most passionate about. I'm sure you can understand wanting to communicate ideas that you are passionate about :-).Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15189565200147698704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-40559099908138894232009-09-08T16:39:15.780-04:002009-09-08T16:39:15.780-04:00I don't know why you didn't want to go on ...I don't know why you didn't want to go on his show. I prefer text too, but you really could have gotten quit a bit of exposure from that. If your goal is to gain readers, I don't think that was a wise decision, cost/benefit wise.s_baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578780564209932825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-18141926033841243842009-09-08T15:07:10.264-04:002009-09-08T15:07:10.264-04:00Building your own agoristbay is a strategic mistak...Building your own agoristbay is a strategic mistake. We need to co-opt existing means of trade for agorism, hiding ourselves among the state-approved trade and thus rendering ourselves almost invisible.<br /><br />They can shut down agoristbay, even on Tor, but they can't shut down amazon. Rooting us out from the state-approved vendors on amazon will be very hard, if done right.George Donnellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984579502979682678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-43018161000153484842009-09-08T13:33:31.809-04:002009-09-08T13:33:31.809-04:00I still would have liked to listen to you and Stef...I still would have liked to listen to you and Stefan mull things over. Most likely you would have agreed on most things and just had a few counter views.<br /><br />I have watched many of his videos and learned alot. Actually because of him I was introduced to Plato's Socrates. But again he is long winded and could get to the point much faster.<br /><br />Fritzfritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983396188852117197noreply@blogger.com