[ExI] Does the Pope have Corvid-19?

[William Flynn Wallace]

(Heck, the failure of Christian prophecy on the whole — no second coming
yet — hasn’t made much of a dent in belief, has it?)

Regards,

Dan

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faith.  bill w


On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 7:08 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Feb 28, 2020, at 3:53 PM, spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
> Of *Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat
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>
> >…The libertarian switch would be to not having government involved in
> money — not in mandating gold, Bitcoin, or whatever.
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> >…I’m not sure one will ever have the optimal time to dismantle the
> current system — in other words, if there’ll ever be a time it’ll be
> painless. It’s kind of like abolishing slavery. It’s going to cause
> disruption, but that can’t be the go to argue against it.
>
> >…Also, discussing alternatives here should never be quashed with such
> concerns.
>
> >…Regards,  Dan
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> Dan I want to think we are seeing the end of Keynesian economic theory.  I
> am more than ready to have Hayek taught in schools as the way.
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> Hayek is already taught in the schools. I wasn’t arguing from economic
> though. I was arguing purely from libertarianism: the state shouldn’t exist
> at all and certainly shouldn’t dictate which money and banking systems
> people use. (This isn’t a constitutional argument either. What’s correct
> here isn’t determined by what some dudes in 1789 decided in committee to
> write down and foist on the nation.)
>
> Given that Keynesianism and its variants have survived many recessions and
> stagflation, I don’t see now as being the end. This is just like you
> expecting the pope dying would call into doubt the faith by Catholics. The
> deaths of all the popes so far haven’t. (Heck, the failure of Christian
> prophecy on the whole — no second coming yet — hasn’t made much of a dent
> in belief, has it?)
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
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>
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