Good lord. I've learned some things.

I can't believe I'm about to go google 'hyena clitoris.' Thank you.

And some of us should breed

I'm not convinced he wipes.

What a dickhead.

What are you basing that on?

Counterargument: my girlfriend has a hair trigger and it's AWESOME

Jesus lol

Schicklgruber is a famous name too, I think he was one of Nietzsche's teachers. Could be a coincidence

haha, nice

inb4 "nothing is freeeeee"

That's one thing we can agree on! Interesting chat, thanks.

Okay, I'm getting it, thanks. I doubt we'll ever get past authoritarianism - the will to power seems pretty baked into human nature to me. I don't want to reignite a whole thing here, but there's one point I want to make: suggesting that we're going for "an easy life" is pretty reductionist, and not what actually motivates a good number of people, I think. Some of us truly believe that we have a responsibility to society that precedes our own personal interests (and thus choose to eg pay taxes for services we'll never use ourselves).

What new frontiers?
Would you favour a system that meant you didn't pay any taxes, but you were unable to access those services (roads, education, health etc) without paying for them?

Okay, thanks. What do you make od the argument that as the natures of our technology, culture, trade etc become more sophisticated, the role of government necessarily expands to, as Huxley says, "keep the ship of State on an evem keel"?

@famousone forgive me reviving a dead thread. I was thinking about this today: if the problem is federal government, would you rather go back to unfederated states? 50 separate nations, like a little Europe?
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on Aldous Huxley: https://youtu.be/3TQZ-2iMUR0