Recent content by ClayTrainor

I made a video reply which criticizes the "solutions" offered in this Kony 2012 video, and I'm also attempting to get anyone who has been motivated to help the people of Uganda to consider the entrepreneurial option of micro-loans, as opposed to political action and charity.

I put my thoughts into a video, after watching Kony 2012... FWIW

Forgive me for committing the Argument from Authority fallacy, but I feel these quotes are relevant. :) If we reflect on how security works in the real world, we discover a huge and important role for private enterprise, and we find that the vast government apparatus of "national security" does...

Well, since corporate law is a creation of the state, than a corporation certainly wouldn't exist in the way it does today. Sure, something similar may emerge, but without an example of what you mean by an "organization like a corporation", it's tough for me to give a good answer. Care to give...

It's interesting when someone claims that there is a question someone can't answer, and then they proceed not to ask any questions but rather illustrate their own views. To me, it demonstrates a clear lack of interest in honest discourse.

Ummmm... The War on Drugs, the War on Terror... need I continue?

I certainly agree that some people lack empathy, and I, like you, would also like to have organizations set up to prevent them from doing harm to others, and/or hold them accountable to their actions when their lack of empathy leads them to commit an act of aggression against another person...

To elaborate a bit on this... Motivations and preferences are a consequence of the self, and are always inherently selfish. There is no such thing as a completely unselfish motivation or an unselfish preference, because the source of such things, is the self. [/COLOR]

I always know I'm on the right track, when you tell me how wrong you think I am. :) Hmmm... and which type of personality tends to gravitate towards state power? You realize this exact same argument can be used against the state, right? If we reflect on how security works in the real...

The US "Limited Government" Experiment has resulted in what is arguably the largest Government in World History. The obvious reality, is that it's always been anarchy. That's how Washington got away with his Whiskey Rebellion. That's how Adams got away with his "alien and sedition acts"...

It's true that throughout much of history, human beings tend to form organizations of people that we call “governments” or "states". It is commonly believed that where you establish a "Government" or "state" you don't have anarchy, but this can't be true, In the Natural Sense. Governments are...

Another great argument against the state!

It's funny when people use the "human nature" argument as though it's somehow an argument against the concept of anarchy, because the exact same argument can be used to refute the concept of a state, thus rendering the argument entirely invalid. If human nature is so inherently flawed, than...

I see RPF is still the same old RPF. :)