Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to <a href=”https://prosociallibertarians.com/2022/12/14/government-actions-arent-pareto-optimal-they-are-paternalist/comment-page-1/#comment-309″>Andrew Jason Cohen</a>. “You cannot leave the US without permission of the IS gov. “ Wait, that’s plainly not true. Since when does exiting the U.S. require permission?

In reply to <a href=”https://prosociallibertarians.com/2022/12/14/government-actions-arent-pareto-optimal-they-are-paternalist/comment-page-1/#comment-308″>sean s.</a>. 1. You cannot leave the US without permission of the IS gov. You can move from state to state, of course. I assumed we were talking federal. Much the same is true in most countries. 2. Good thing would be to separate health insurance from jobs. The rest is…

1. In my entire life I’ve moved numerous times, and never needed to get governmental approval. 2. The “marketplace” that sets wages and benefits consists of employers. Employee-employer bargaining on those is rare. Quitting often means losing healthcare, and risks ones family’s welfare. Wage slavery is common. 3a. If X is a job, the bargaining…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Thanks. Irfan, I’m not sure you understood what I had been asking. David sent me an email since then, in which he thought what I was asking was how to insert a “Read more” into a WordPress post. That is correct, and he …

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Seems like a leap of ka manaoio to me. Given your interest in things Hawaiian (or Hawai’ian), I’m surprised at your relative lack of enthusiasm for my Tulsi Gabbard posts a few years back. Granted, my own interest eventual…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. This was back in the 1930s. His story: he was some kind of delivery guy — postman, milkman, something — and he was driving his truck through a familiar neighbourhood when he saw a very old woman walking along the…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Rumors of the goddess’s demise are greatly exaggerated. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. The two occurrences of “her” refer to Pele the volcano goddess, not to my mother. In case there was any confusion. LikeLike

The Hawai’ian volcano goddess died? My mother knew a guy who met her and his life spared by her. He said. LikeLike

In reply to boydstun. Can you email me a file? I’ll do that over the weekend. The weekend has really begun, hasn’t it? Am hoping that’s not a merely phenomenal appearance. LikeLike