“Just a reminder to all that I accurately called this election, and had publicly posted in writing beforehand. With my forecast for the electoral margin of victory being very likely to be >95% accurate as well, pending final votes.”
I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that Al-Qaida used porn sites as a place to find new recruits, because it was a good place to find dissident young Arab men who were willing to do illegal things.
Whenever someone mentions porn or drugs I automatically think “liberty” and tradeoffs. Good article, thanks.
“Just a reminder to all that I accurately called this election, and had publicly posted in writing beforehand. With my forecast for the electoral margin of victory being very likely to be >95% accurate as well, pending final votes.”
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I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that Al-Qaida used porn sites as a place to find new recruits, because it was a good place to find dissident young Arab men who were willing to do illegal things.
it’s amazing what a shit load of oil money can do
People will endure a lot of civil tyranny as long as they have the liberty to put bread on their kids table.
But there shouldn't be a dichotomy.
It's the old Orwell/Huxley dilemma. Is tyranny imposed on us against our will, or do we happily choose it?
A lotus eating society isn't really at liberty. They're tyrannized by their own appetites.
Some pursuits are inherently productive (barbering). Some are a drain on productivity (porn).
Societies are usually a mixture of rightly knowing what to penalize, but screwing up the rest. Porn? Sanction it. Magazine articles? Leave 'em alone.