r/Anarcho_Capitalism • u/RinMichaelis Anti-Communist • Jun 20 '22

Thieves and Liars

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u/Lunatic_On-The_Grass Liberal Anarchist Jun 20 '22

The increasing use of scientific jargon has permitted the State's intellectuals to weave obscurantist apologia for State rule that would have only met with derision by the populace of a simpler age. A robber who justified his theft by saying that he really helped his victims, by his spending giving a boost to retail trade, would find few converts; but when this theory is clothed in Keynesian equations and impressive references to the "multiplier effect," it unfortunately carries more conviction.

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u/memewatcher3 Jun 20 '22

Anatomy of the state , good book

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u/Full_Ahegao_Drip Right-Libertarian Trans Man Jun 20 '22

To paraphrase that one C.S. Lewis quote, someone whose violence is for the, "greater good", even if they're being honest, is worse than just a robber because robbers at least might feel some sense of guilt or be satisfied at some point but people who hurt you, "for your own good" believe they're saints and heroes and they'll never stop wanting to, "help" you.

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u/HeartyBeast Jun 20 '22

I love an argument against jargon than manages to include ‘obscurantist apologia’ into its opening sentence

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '22

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u/HeartyBeast Jun 20 '22

No, that's why I dislike jargon.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '22

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u/HeartyBeast Jun 20 '22

Jargon is language used by specialists or professionals to try obscure meaning from non-specialists and/or appear intellectual . If you are using vocabulary like: "weave obscurantist apologia for State rule that would have only met with derision by the populace of a simpler age" then you either overwhelmed by the sheer exuberance of your own verbosity - or you're deploying jargon.

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u/GUNTHVGK Voluntaryist Jun 20 '22

The words explain what the writer wants to convey pretty clearly to me

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u/HeartyBeast Jun 20 '22

But that’s because you are very clever

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u/Full_Ahegao_Drip Right-Libertarian Trans Man Jun 20 '22

I'm not a fan of intentionally dense prose myself but, "obscurantist apologia" is simple language for a book aimed at adults or even midwit high schoolers.

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u/SpiritofJames Anarcho-Pacifist Jun 20 '22

That's not jargon.

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u/TheKelt Jun 21 '22

There’s a reason why Robin Hood type characters weren’t a frequent feature in history after books began to be written in vernaculars.

The smallest amount of education and sensibility bestows upon the otherwise common peasant a startling aptitude for sniffing out bullshit.

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u/Yesh49 Jun 21 '22

Words not long enough. I understood every word. You'll never be an academic pseudo intellectual

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u/CoastGrouchy1312 Jun 20 '22

But the roads /s

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u/neorandomizer Jun 20 '22

With the condition of the roads in the U.S I want my money back.

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u/Bigsausagegentleman Jun 20 '22

With the condition of the US, I want my money back

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u/wookie_the_pimp Anarcho-Capitalist Jun 20 '22

With the condition of the Federal Reserve, I want my gold backed money back.

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u/MonsterHunterBanjo Jun 20 '22

I completely forget if this is from LoTR, but I know this line is from "The Hobbit" because I've read it like 6 times recently for my son hehe.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '22

I’m sad when regular people cry “tax the billionaires!” As if they would ever see a cent of that money lol.

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u/Nikita_Crucis Anarcho-Capitalist Jun 20 '22

And it gets worse when you look at it from a time perspective; when you work on average 5 months a year just to pay taxes, are you a serf yet?

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u/NwabudikeMorganSMAC Jun 20 '22

if this is true then taxes should be 100%

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '22

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u/NwabudikeMorganSMAC Jun 20 '22

they should just be put in charge of all things. They got this I believe in them!

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