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What a coincidence!
On Epicurus and detachment from politics
The CATO institute's Gene Healy seems to think this is the best thing that could've happened to libertarians today... I think its just optimism for its own sake though, his argument that people will somehow "see the light" when they get hit by ever-increasing levels of the socialist agenda doesn't hold up in light of historical fact.
Anyway, don't fret Bryan, as the son of parents who fled Cuba circa 1960 I think I can safely say it COULD be worse.
My own detachment is based more on Adam Smith.
Max M -
Just because it could be worse, doesn't mean it won't be bad, lol. And where do Americans flee circa 2010?
Based on the continuing outflow of investment capital types to Singapore, I think it is the current favorite....
Is this "outflow of investment capital types to Singapore" tied to the decision by the US Fed to lend money to Singapore along with Mexico, Brazil, and South Korea?
> How could things possibly get any worse?
Please don't tempt the gods. And I *know* you have more imagination than that, anyway.
How about a run on the dollar? How about a world war? Or a) leading to b), which is what I spend my time uselessly worrying about.
We are entering into a period of international flux, and I have no trouble imagining outcomes a lot worse than, say, having my retirement savings confiscated.
I have no trouble imagining outcomes a lot worse than, say, having my retirement savings confiscated.
Me too. I've always been frugal and lived well within my means. Maybe it's time to spend more before the government confiscates it from me.
ws1835:
We could flee to... uhh... hmm... Seasteads! http://www.seasteading.org/
Though perhaps not by 2010, maybe 2014 if we really start investing in it now.
>keep tending my garden
Ah, "the best of all possible worlds," what?
Come on, isn't there always at least a marginally better option? We live in a world of scarcity, even (or especially) when it comes to available politicians.
the money epicurus quote is:
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
Woe that there is no safe place to avoid the bad tidings all around us today. The Old Bulls in Congress will now rise and give it their last, devastating shot. Obama will join them or be pushed aside, like Carter and Clinton were. No President can stand up against a determined Congress. It's not Obama's agenda that matters, it's what Congress will do with it. And the Old Bulls have been dreaming about this opportunity, and don't intend to squander it. You can ignore politics at your will, but you will be hauled to the guillotine nevertheless. There's a storm brewing in Washington, making Katrina look like a baby breaking wind.
Glad to see more Epicureans around. Things will have to get really bad to get us down :)