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On Anarcho-CapitalismAnarcho-capitalism is often considered a cousin to minarchism - but it has one crucial difference which is precisely the difference between minarchism and capitalism: Anarcho-capitalists reject the doctrine of collective self-defense. Indeed, they necessarily reject the doctrine of self-defense entirely, as anywhere violence is encountered, the party that wins, wins; there is no agency which can be granted the function of determining whether the party that won was in the wrong or in the right, because that agency, granted that it had the right of arbitration which necessarily would require it possess the right to enforce that arbitration, wouOn Anarcho-Capitalism by ~Unvalanced

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On SinsSins are that which one recognizes as sins. Even absent Christianity, absent God, absent any religion, we still find heaven and hell - a life spent in regret and self-revulsion, or a life spent in satisfaction and self-contention.

A short life, or an eternal one, our life is determined by whether we do that which we think is good, or that which we think is evil - a man who thinks he has done evil will be miserable and self-loathing. A man who thinks he has done good will be proud of himself - unless pride is a sin, in which case he will never escape his guilt.

The ideal moral system does not construe as evil that is necessary to living, nOn Sins by ~Unvalanced

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The Virtue of SelfishnessI am selfish. Too selfish to drop a dollar in a beggar's cap, too selfish to care about the homeless on the street, too selfish to have any desire to help drug addicts come clean, too selfish to help a disadvantaged person live a normal life.

These are characteristics of a selfish person.

My selfishness runs deeper than that, however.

I am too selfish to want to rule the world, no matter the benefits it brings me - for I want my life to be mine and mine alone.

I am too selfish to lie - for I would not settle for being somebody other than me, for living a life besides the one I am living.

I am too selfish to steal - for I want to know thaThe Virtue of Selfishness by ~Unvalanced

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On CanvasThe ultimate canvas is the human form - the ultimate tools, the human mind. We each are granted but a single canvas to paint upon, to produce a masterpiece or to produce garbage. Some are granted superior canvas, or superior tools, with which to produce either masterpiece or garbage. But each has the opportunity to paint as they will. To sculpt what they will. A laugh line here - a hard muscular line there. Softness in the right place.

Or in the wrong.

Not all must appreciate the same aesthetic qualities. It is up to each of us to decide what to do with what we are granted, what qualities to pursue.

But it is an act of greatest neglOn Canvas by ~Unvalanced

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by ~Unvalanced, Jun 14, 2012, 7:46:59 AM
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...as me.  Well, at least, one of my other anonymous identities on the web.

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I'm making this post because I've decided to start including some postings in both my blog and the DA Politics Forum Club, and didn't want to be accused of plagiarizing myself, which I've already come close to a couple of times.

I'm still not going to link to my art account here, although it's probably not -terribly- difficult to figure out.  I haven't been active there for a while anyways.

Note that I'm considerably less nice on the blog than I am here.  Considering I'm not terribly nice here, this should suffice as warning.

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~Sushimitzu May 3, 2013

Is alexithymia, damaged amygdalae, etc. a blessing or a curse?

~Unvalanced May 3, 2013

I'm not sure, I don't have a comparison. I'm satisfied with who I am, but if somebody else suddenly experienced life as I experience it, I would -expect- them to be rather dissatisfied, just judging on how much important other people seem to place on their emotions as a definition-of-self. Meanwhile, I expect I would feel overwhelmed in their position.

~Sushimitzu May 3, 2013

I take it when you say other people seem to place so much importance on their emotions for defining themselves, you do not. I thought emotions are your ends (not the means, as you contrasted). Does that not make it your definition-of-self? For me at least, the self is defined by one's morals, goals, desires, dreams, ends or whatever else you wish to call it.

~Unvalanced May 4, 2013

Emotions are my ends, but they're not my definition of self. My self is that set of qualities about me which endure; as you say, morals, goals, dreams. Emotions are my current state-of-being. I seek to maximize my state-of-being, but I would still be myself if my state-of-being were stripped away and I had to start over emotionally (whatever that would mean).

~the4thestate Jan 9, 2013

Thanks for the Favourite.

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~Sushimitzu Oct 18, 2012

Also, you might be interested in this article on moral bias and hypocrisy.

~Sushimitzu Sep 27, 2012

Have you seen this documentary called A World Without Water?

~Unvalanced Oct 4, 2012

Nope. I generally avoid documentaries. Is there more to it than the title suggests?

~Sushimitzu Oct 5, 2012

That documentary criticises neoliberalism - sometimes in a subtle manner and sometimes blatantly - and I was wondering what you would say about it.

Is there a specific reason why you avoid documentaries?

~Unvalanced Oct 11, 2012

Ahh.

Well, at the moment, I'm avoiding politics entirely. Election season and all that. (Though I am tempted to hop on the Politics Forum and make last year's political parody song threat into an annual event.)

In general, though, documentaries tend to be very... one-sided. As Eliezer Yudkowsky notes, an entirely one-sided argument is almost always wrong, even if it is on the right side. (It's one thing, in an argument, to present a single side. It's another entirely to talk at an audience for two hours as if nobody disagrees with you at all.)

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