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Sat Sep 20 17:21:45 UTC 2014 <moriarty> decimation, if you're happy with the status quo enough to not riot, then that's not enslavement of any sort except that of your own volition
Sat Sep 20 17:21:13 UTC 2014 <moriarty> decimation, but you've taken a ironic stance there, you can't be enslaved to the state and at the same time hold the state hostage with riot threats
Sat Sep 20 17:19:51 UTC 2014 <moriarty> it's one of the pernicious problems of mob rule, it converges to a state that pleases the majority, even if the minority in this case happens to be the ones that make more than half of the GDP and contribute tax-wise as well
Sat Sep 20 17:19:49 UTC 2014 <decimation> moriarty: and the state is more than happy to deliver, in exchange for not rioting
Sat Sep 20 17:19:18 UTC 2014 <moriarty> decimation, council houses are a response to voters clamouring for welfare
Sat Sep 20 17:17:57 UTC 2014 <moriarty> :)
Sat Sep 20 17:17:55 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, it's the quintessential Veblen goods
Sat Sep 20 17:17:41 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, the value in the set may be so economically, but socially? you attain more value by going for the unattainable
Sat Sep 20 17:17:10 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, you have to appeal to their emotional side :) and the flip side of that is, you don't even have to spend a dime
Sat Sep 20 17:16:51 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, buying them items in hopes to get in their pants would not be very successful, as xmj attested
Sat Sep 20 17:16:29 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, all i'm saying is, once you understand women to be a bag of emotions, rather than logical creatures, their motivations, what it takes to motivate them, becomes plain as day
Sat Sep 20 17:15:11 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, you give a little to get a whole lot more :)
Sat Sep 20 17:13:35 UTC 2014 <moriarty> decimation, well, unfortunately as someone who is partial to the ancap way of looking at things, i don't identify with the reframing of couch-sitters as slaves of the state, i see them as enslaving the state though
Sat Sep 20 17:11:47 UTC 2014 <moriarty> xmj, it elevates my status if i have arm candy
Sat Sep 20 17:11:39 UTC 2014 <moriarty> xmj, there is truth to that, but my motivation is more societal status too :)
Sat Sep 20 17:11:10 UTC 2014 <xmj> moriarty: you run on testosterone and adrenaline and dopamin and whatever.
Sat Sep 20 17:11:07 UTC 2014 <moriarty> xmj, drama is one way to get into a woman's pants
Sat Sep 20 17:10:58 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> moriarty http://trilema.com/2010/nsfw-mosu-cu-joarda/ << take them there. better off than before ?
Sat Sep 20 17:10:56 UTC 2014 <moriarty> they thrive on what thrills them
Sat Sep 20 17:10:56 UTC 2014 <xmj> moriarty: you're not, either