I gotta agree with you here.

Yeah, no kidding (re 'Arcanist wouldn't cope with any kind of association-based society')

I just love it when it so happens that we agree. Great post.

lol. amusing.

I could have not said it better myself.

I see.

Oh it makes sense. It's just an instance of I can typing!

INTJf unspoken rule: Do not post when tired, intoxicated, or otherwise under the influence. Bad things.

Don't think this is one of three things I tell you before I confess I'm flipping to the dark side. Just - there's always a bit of an appreciation of it.

Nah, it's part of my love/hate with libertarians. I disagree with the approach/ world view. But it's obviously hard to argue with, the serious ones are rarely inconsistent. For that reason only reason is worth the read.

at least you're generally coherent and consistent.

Thanks. The debate continues ...

In my new job, which started in December, I work a great deal with government decision makers.

All I can say is: Holy fucking shit. They're all disinterested, driven by public choice considerations, and retarded. And about a third are disinterested, retarded, driven by public choice, and corrupt.

Damn the world is full of idiots.

True - the war just allowed every other camp to experiment on a large scale.

agreed

Hulsmann might be my favorite Austrian right now for all things monetary related (I've also become fascinated by a lot of George Selgin's work as well). http://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae41.PDF His critique reminded me of what you said in your post.

Fantastic post. Have you ever read Hulsmann's "critique" of traditional ABCT?

Possibly your best post ever

I say INTelliJent, it seems like your comments improve with each day.