Wow, this old chestnut.

I get the whole “everyone else is doing it” thing but quite honestly, if I were a cyclist who was genuinely passionate about the sport and with a modicum of self respect, I would publicly quit and say that the reason was because everyone else was cheating.

I don’t understand the mentality of people who cheat in sports. I don’t even know what that would do to my self esteem. Why, if you love a sport enough to compete professionally, would you want to cheat? It’s as if the actual cycling is just a convenient platform on which to seek fame and attention. If it wasn’t…

Not so, I know exactly what socialism is and what it isn’t. What is referred to as “democratic socialism,” for instance, isn’t socialism, which involves a state owned means of production. In fact socialism in economic terms isn’t that far off fascism, the only difference being that fascist economics involves leaving…

Socialist ideology has not “worked all over Europe.” In fact the socialistic elements of Europe have drastically slowed its economic growth and Scandinavian countries are quickly waking up to the fact that it is not sustainable. I really don’t think you understand wealth or where it comes from. The statement…

You made my own argument for me. Facebook came from nothing. Therefore there was nothing in the way of competition to stop it, and people hadn’t already invested years of posts and photos in some other platform. The reason why Google+ has failed (and it has failed) is that people are unwilling to abandon their years…

1) All of those things would have happened without labor efforts, because they represent the most efficient allocation of resources, e.g. workers who don’t get injured or sick are of far greater value to an employer than workers who do. This is just common sense, it’s ridiculous to deny it.

But you didn’t point out any “libertarian failures” because the examples you gave were not examples of libertarianism. It’s not a case of it being a rigid ideology or not, it’s a case of the example that you give either being an example of libertarianism or not being an example of libertarianism, and in your case it…

The private sector gone wild in SF? Great! That ultimately means higher incomes and a higher standard of living for those who are prepared to learn the skills which are paying there. The increasingly advanced, technological society that we live in means that the value of menial, unskilled labor is decreasing while the…

That’s not an argument, it’s just a pathetic attempt at an insult. For that reason I’ll just ignore it.

Montana beats Alaska, you should really check those figures. Also New Mexico has almost the same suicide rate as Alaska per capita, and the other states in the top ten include Oklahoma and Nevada, hardly cold, dark locations. So to suggest that Alaska’s suicide rate is because of its northern location is completely…

Wow, how ridiculous. An article peddling the absolutely nonsensical notion that Honduras is somehow a “libertarian” country following the philosophy of Ayn Rand. That’s funny.

They are, actually. Slow economic growth, unsustainable welfare systems, relatively low levels of innovation compared with the US.

None of which is an actual argument. You’re really grasping at straws at this point.

All of those Scandinavian countries had a high standard of living and long life expectancy before democratic socialism. So to credit them to socialism is just intellectual dishonesty. What is true is that they have suffered progressively slower economic growth with the growth of their welfare systems, and they are now…

You do realize that children have been crushed to death by slow moving cars rolling down slight inclines, right?

Oh I get it - you’re a social media attention whore who wants video clicks.

I really don’t know where you’re getting the idea that generation X are “libertarian.” They may have been more entrepreneurial minded but libertarian? Besides which, the evidence is clear - capitalism has done more to improve living standards on this earth than any other force in human history. That is an empirical…

This is nonsense, small businesses employ roughly half the workforce. The system is not rigged at all, anyone with basic intelligence has the potential to learn skills and start their own business. Most choose not to. The reason why people get paid large salaries by corporations is because that is how much their labor…

There is no such thing as “socialism at its finest.”
Infrastructure building was funded 100% by the extorted proceeds of capitalism. You didn’t read the middle because you’re not very good at arguing.