Comments on: My Girlfriend Wants Kids – Rant

By: Michael Suede

Michael Suede — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:09:00 +0000

Thanks for your reply, I do read virtually every comment that is posted here.

By: Libertarian Natalist

Libertarian Natalist — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:40:00 +0000

I’m not sure do you read old comments but I put this still. My question is, do you want liberarianism and free market to prosper some day, even if that day comes after your death? This is the most important question that should be considered with having kids. That’s because high fertility and high retention rates are most stable way for it. Only major negative thing is that the process is going to be slow, but because political opinions and interests of the parents(political activism) are very often inherited, it will work. Religions have used this for many millenias, and it work for political ideologies too but in smaller amount, because religions have belife systems which are supporting “revenge of the cradle”-plan much more and fullfill your life much more. But, I suggest to jump to the libertarian natalism-wagon.

By: Michael Suede

Michael Suede — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:15:00 +0000

He had this to say about Austrian theory:

“While the substantive contributions of Austrian economists to economics are significant, their sum from Human Action on is small compared to the progress that neoclassical economics has made over the same time period. ”

So yeah, he’s that bad. His rejections of what Rothbard and Mises had to say isn’t so bad as his acceptance of what neo-classical economics has to say.

By: zirb

zirb — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:02:00 +0000

Caplan is not so bad, see his anarchy FAQ: http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/anarfaq.htm. His blog at EconLog also recently pointed to http://spot.colorado.edu/~huemer/Contents.pdf which is a great forthcoming anarcho-capitalism book by a good philosopher, so it’s not clear to me that Bryan Caplan is not an anarcho-capitalist, just trying to achieve it through gradualism (see his great, nearly anarcho-capitalist talks on Youtube by the title of rethinking the night watchman state

By: Celebrity Smack

Celebrity Smack — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:37:00 +0000

He said he was ranting. Hence the word “rant” at the end of his headline.

Secondly, my point was that bias is entirely relevant to such a decision. There is no “right” answer, however I can see how confusing that would be for someone who can’t remember the headline, more less the rest of the thought.

By: klaeyz

klaeyz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:45:00 +0000

well said, Grinless. But I don’t think its fair to call this conversation philosophical mumbo-jumbo. If and when you are going to have a child is an enormous decision. And if anything else, I think it’s so important that ones situation is accommodating to the task at hand before moving forward.

By: klaeyz

klaeyz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:27:00 +0000

I don’t think Michael is “ranting”. But I do think that unless you have anything unbiased and helpful to contribute that maybe you should go make a bunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

By: klaeyz

klaeyz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:23:00 +0000

I give you props on the respectful tone you’ve managed to keep with some of these characters.

By: klaeyz

klaeyz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:21:00 +0000

it really has nothing to do with “having what it takes”. Some of you people have this situation so ass-backwards its scary. Does “Joe Shmo” have what it takes when he marries his girlfriend out of “love” and then has kids? Only to realize down the road that it wasn’t the right time in his life to do that and their feelings towards one another have changed? Or his current salary makes it near impossible to provide for his family and the economy keeps getting worse?
Love is real. Yes. You know what else is real? Change. People fall in love, and people fall out of love. “Having what it takes” is such a locker room mentality. But aside from people changing, Michael is concerned about the world we live in and being able to provide for a family in it. Among other things, his values are true and he has reservations about raising a child in a world that is becoming less and less pretty.

By: klaeyz

klaeyz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:11:00 +0000

thanks for pointing out that joke of a comment about manning up.
the condoms things is crazy. I would hope he knows his woman well enough to be sure she would never pull that one.