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Re:Charter the Seasteader I by jasonwatkinspdx on Sunday August 26, 2012 @08:32PM (#4436826)
The individuals involved with seasteading.org are quite familiar with these issues (and are generally anti-objectivist personally though I don't believe the organization has any stance on that). There's a book as well as information on the website that will inform your mistaken criticisms.

Yet another trivial criticism voted up on hacker news from someone who is not familiar with the material.

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Re:Charter the Seasteader I by jasonwatkinspdx on Sunday August 26, 2012 @10:10PM (#4437098)
Deleting posts because someone called you out is pathetic.
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Re:Charter the Seasteader I by confluence on Sunday August 26, 2012 @10:50PM (#4437208)
I deleted them because I realised that they didn't add to the conversation - you would do well do do the same for the above.
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Re:Charter the Seasteader I by jasonwatkinspdx on Sunday August 26, 2012 @08:49PM (#4436872)
I cited sources. If you care, read them. I'll do your reading for you on one example point:

  http://patrifriedman.com/aboutme/politics.html#Morality
"People outside libertarianism sometimes identify Objectivism and libertarianism as being almost the same, but my experimental, polycentric, consequentalist approach to libertarianism is pretty much the opposite of Objectivism. I do think Ayn Rand's glorification of self interest and people realizing their potential is awesome, and I understand how teenagers get swept up by her ideas. That's fine, as long as they grow out of them later :)."

That section continues with some summary points on flaws in objectivist thought.

The burden of the critic is to familiarize themselves with the material and persons they are making critical claims of.

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Re:Charter the Seasteader I by jasonwatkinspdx on Sunday August 26, 2012 @09:11PM (#4436936)
It's not an appeal to authority. You made a claim about the thinking of members of the organization, I provided direct refutation from the publishing of the organization's chairman.

The rest of your post is pure invective babble.

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