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Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by cortesoft on Friday April 22, 2016 @03:09PM (#11551800)
Man, calling a social security number a "social serfdom number" is really dumb and off putting. So is the continual reference to 'fiat money' constantly.

I always love the irony of people so against the basic social contract are always so quick to turn to authorities when things predictably go wrong.

Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by cloudjacker on Friday April 22, 2016 @04:02PM (#11552188)
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by civilian on Friday April 22, 2016 @09:09PM (#11553634)
Idk, I'm so tired of NewYorker-style liberal's attempt at humor about other political groups. It's disrespectful because they don't show that they've attempted to actually think about the issues, they're just knee-jerking with their emotions. Their treatment of Trump is similarly ridiculous. They're just waving their blueTribe flag as hard as they can.

And when liberals talk about Ayn Rand? It's like she's the worst depraved demon ever. But if you read some of her quotes, they're kind of motivational. Sure it can be a little too selfish, but I know a lot of people who would benefit if they internalized that THEY are the main driver in their own lives, rather than playing victim their whole life. http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/432.Ayn_Rand “If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”

I've been watching the Rubin Report b/c Dave Rubin is a liberal that will actually fucking sit down and talk it out with someone on the otherside. Great show. https://www.youtube.com/user/RubinReport

Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by specialist on Friday April 22, 2016 @09:43PM (#11553708)
"I'm so tired of NewYorker-style liberal's attempt at humor about other political groups."

Too soon?

From Rubin's wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Rubin

"regressive left"

The regressive what? According to Rubin, there's a bunch of liberals defending atrocities done in the name of Islam.

I'm just about the most left-wing person I know, very involved in politics, and no one I've met is an apologist for haters.

Edit: Okay. I had to watch a Rubin episode, just in case. Because you know, he might not be a whackjob. Chosen randomly:

Julie Lenarz and Dave Rubin: Brussels, Terrorism, Immigration Crisis (Full Interview) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLfxJPJDzMo

I stopped at 1:20 when he stated that many on the far-left endorse terrorism. Which is apparently the intellectual equivalent of when conservatives paint all Muslims as terrorists.

No worries. Just added Rubin to my ever growing twit filter. Thanks for the tip.

Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by jrockway on Saturday April 23, 2016 @05:23AM (#11554824)
The author of that article seems willing to be sarcastic about anything.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/switched-standin...

I have to say I quite enjoy that writing style.

Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by ikeboy on Friday April 22, 2016 @04:42PM (#11552433)
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by brazzledazzle on Friday April 22, 2016 @05:14PM (#11552596)
One of these is sad and one is funny. They're both great for completely different reasons.
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by bduerst on Friday April 22, 2016 @05:49PM (#11552771)
While I think both of these are great, it still doesn't explain calling it "social serfdom number".
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by walrus01 on Friday April 22, 2016 @06:41PM (#11553047)
it's a blunt dog whistle for "hey libertarian gold hoarders we are your sort of people"
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by cloudjacker on Friday April 22, 2016 @06:47PM (#11553068)
Erik Voorhees is like that.

He was the first to [nominally] move a bitcoin business out of New York when the bitlicense was enacted.

Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by cloudjacker on Friday April 22, 2016 @04:56PM (#11552506)
sigh
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by neurobuddha on Friday April 22, 2016 @04:47PM (#11552466)
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by medic on Saturday April 23, 2016 @01:18AM (#11554261)
That's only funny until you realize that's exactly how health care in the US works.
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by mfringel on Friday April 22, 2016 @03:20PM (#11551882)
Indeed. Using tribal signaling when trying to reach a wider audience requires at least a small amount of skill.
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by bionsuba on Friday April 22, 2016 @03:28PM (#11551956)
Would you call a communist a hypocrite for buying food at a grocery store?
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by tootitandbootit on Friday April 22, 2016 @05:43PM (#11552752)
Only if they were forced to buy food at a grocery store because their farm communes ran out of food because no one wanted to work on it.
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by eli on Friday April 22, 2016 @06:26PM (#11552970)
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by fleitz on Friday April 22, 2016 @05:44PM (#11552753)
If they led / lived in a communist area, yes.
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by walrus01 on Friday April 22, 2016 @06:06PM (#11552869)
Whole article tl;dr: randian libertarian idealist buttcoin people are extremely surprised to discover that a black market economy turns out to actually contain real blackhats.
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by pessimizer on Friday April 22, 2016 @06:53PM (#11553098)
And that the banks aren't so dumb after all. Through centuries of experience, they have learned the secret that you need more than one employee.

BTW, currently looking for an Senior Infrastructure and Security Engineer/Manager position at a company that handles large amounts of money.

Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by SuperKlaus on Friday April 22, 2016 @11:43PM (#11554067)
Is your name Bob?
Re:The Looting of ShapeShift by floordaemon on Saturday April 23, 2016 @12:22AM (#11554141)
At least he can laugh during calamities. Takes courage to do that.