Am I mistaken, or is it sometimes the case that legal or illegal investments and business activities—ranging from small, medium, and large-scale—are made to appear lawful or unlawful, depending on the circumstances? People from various countries have been carrying out commercial and political activities for centuries with certain guarantees and advantages, and some of these ventures have grown and expanded successfully.

Massive corporations, regardless of local or foreign shareholders, aim to protect their current positions worldwide by maintaining partnerships and meeting ideal growth expectations. Sometimes, firms with high long-term profit potential sustain losses for months or years, yet attract investment and financing support from global investors of various sizes, who take these risks in hopes of greater long-term profits. In this process of financial freedom, risks, and initiatives, millions or even billions of people are unaffected by socio-cultural, ethnic, and political issues. Despite two world wars in recent history and economic crises at various levels, these two countries were propped up by the feasibility factors that global capitalism found profitable and later became strengthened giants of the global economy. In the reality of economic investments that they have made in different countries, with political and financial competitiveness, the U.S. won the Cold War because capitalism, despite its flaws, was considered the most ideal and logical system for the world.

Now, China exhibits an incredibly aggressive desire for economic authority and control, while the U.S., similarly, is slowly displaying confidence and even arrogance in becoming an aggressive and absolute decision-maker within its own economy and that of its allies. This raises the question: outside of short-term political calculations by politicians seeking votes or retaliation, doesn’t this pose a long-term, serious risk for both countries, as domestic and foreign investors seek a more reliable system or country for new investment flows and financing?

The U.S. and China are the world's two largest economies, yet despite being the top two, these governments and various federal or public financial institutions, beyond the annual budgets funded by tax revenues, also have recourse to out-of-court penalties via legal or political statements or ultimatums that might lead to political and economic devaluation. How is it that not only these two countries, but also governments and legislative bodies of many states, can genuinely believe they have control or a say over all economic investments and activities within their borders, short of outright war?

Since the COVID era, due to disruptions in semiconductor and CPU/SoC production in China and Taiwan, the U.S. and EU have provided significant financial incentives to Intel. With billions in funding and incentives from both the U.S. and German governments, Intel established facilities and readied the installation or testing phases of its factories. Meanwhile, TSMC's advancement with 3nm technology and Intel's development of processors with designs more advanced than AMD’s (with 4nm-6nm hybrid design) to 3nm process technology marked a major leap in performance. There was hope that Intel’s progress would cut into AMD’s recent performance and sales success and reinvigorate competition, with notable reductions in power consumption. However, despite all these government grants and state incentives, Intel's financial decline has led to speculation that large firms might acquire it.

To the esteemed governments and states with serious and defined laws on competition freedom and anti-monopoly: instead of continually supporting financial giants like Intel, AMD, or Qualcomm, why not support small and medium-sized companies to foster competition in industries where products and services are monopolized by just a few companies? This is what I would like to ask.

Sorry for possible ambiguities, illogical sentences, I wanted to get practical support from ChatGPT for translation and share my ideas - my feelings.

https://youtu.be/IrNQeYYvabg?si=hwDszaD6G222Q0sd

It will be a while till ancapnistan.

But there are many ways you can deflect or Dodge state aggression for you.

Libertarianism is more of what you make it to be.

For example I can avoid inflation tax by buying bitcoin.

If I am a millionaire (I won't tell if I am) and income taxes become tariffs I don't worry about tariff or regressive tax.

Legalization of drug, prostitution, or porn?

Simple. Move to states where those are legal or not enforced. Sugar relationship and escort are legal anyway.

It's actually tough to enforce rules. Like online gambling rules? Anyone can gamble in Polymarket. If you are good at math gambling can be very profitable and save. It's not luck. It's skills and everything is gambling. Arbitrage trade for example can be very save.

I wonder if there is a state in US where women can just sign contract not to abort if the father disagree. Then just fuck women that agree. The women can also just fuck guys offering more money.

No need to worry your children will get aborted.

What about other people's children? The reason why I am a libertarian is because I frankly don't care. If commies want to kill their own children so what? Less commie voters.

At the end, everything is avoidable if you are wise. But for libertarianism you just have to be smart.

Nothing. Not even libertarianism will help you if you are dumb.

Trump is not libertarian. conservative are not libertarian.

But they seems to make libertarianism easy to achieve.

And that's like as good as libertarianism or even better.

I would rather have some cities legalize drugs and another criminalize it. Who care if somewhere else it's illegal if you don't live there? Anti drugs people can live somewhere else.

If you insist every place on earth or on your country to legalize drugs aren't you as authoritarian as the very anti drug bigots yourself?

Not even the purest ancap insist that every place has to be ancap. They just want a small area that's ancap. What about a bunch of small area that's closer and closer to libertarianism? Good enough for me.

Conservatives' idea of States rights are good.

Losers keeps bitching things don't go their way. Winners come with solution.

Losers talk too much about morality principles and keep doing things that don't work like voting Oliver.

Winners look for many not obvious strategy. Like there is enough conservative here American libertarian can ally with.

I am not an American. But I am happy for Milei. I am happy for Trump. I am happy for Prospera and Ross.

Just like I am grateful when I had $10 income and how that small money helped me build my biz to 6-7 figure thanks to capitalism.

Be grateful with what's working. Find more ways.

If your principles get in the way of getting what you want, question it.

One day you will scream to commies. Do your worse vermin. Throw all your best punches. I am gonna dodge them all and you are just going to make you suffer and extinct.

Tax too high and people move to lower tax regime. Only federal income taxes sucks. Think about it. And Trump will reduce it and hopefully we can help him eliminate it.

At that moment you are wise.

Hello there, im an ancap. I haven’t really doubted my ideology even a bit for a looong long time. But, today i came across a moral dilemma. How should scientists live in an ancap society? I mean, we should prioritize scientifical growth but. How can that be when scientists starve to death? Is there anything that will theoretically prevent them from doing so? Socialism would just give them money so they wouldn’t be in poverty. Does capitalism have a refutal to that?

particularly about the cost of labour. ive been getting into economics heavy lately and marx has some pretty good ideas but most "communists" ive met irl and online have never read anything from marx. theyre just reactionists who dont understand the level of coercion necessary to communism to function. one dude i know seems to be cool with everyone living on the barest minimum but at the same time eats out for lunch everyday and complains about how capitalism forces him to buy $7 starbux coffee

Building more houses leads to lower prices.

Housing regulations make it very difficult to build more houses.

Therefore, de-regulation of the housing market would lead to lower prices.

should we deregulate the housing market?

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I’m at a very strange spot where I’m getting older but also things are sucking much much more — this includes Halloween- the rest of this will just make me a sound like a ‘ Karen’

*im gonna start all these with a ‘ back in my day’ cause I have no other way to say that. *

Back in my day you would see house after house after house with their porch lights on and pumpkins themed leaf bags or DIY ghosts in their yards - a little touch of spirit from the entire neighborhood— now it’s either a Hollywood set /lazer light show / theme park or absolutely nothing.I preferred the little bit from everyone instead of just watching TikTok videos of people who have turned their front yard into a six flags Halloween night.

Back in my day you would got out and walk and walk and your parents either weren’t with you or were parked way down the road now parents either just go to a trunk or treat or drive their kid house to house- how are these kids becoming friends with the other kids that are out trick or treating? And I get that the world is a super unsafe place now but like everything is unsafe - school is unsafe -

Back in my day people would just make some sort of situation and call ourselves a ‘ punk rocker’ and boom good! Now costumes are $125 you can wear them once and what do we do with all this after the holiday— already I see tons and tons of it in thrift stores but man what a mess

Boo baskets- WTF even is this?! I love Halloween as much as the next person but why are we inventing holidays that require more gifts? And if we are just going to make up some BS let’s make a holiday where everyone calls in and makes a blanket fort.

Finally, and maybe this is 1000% my fault but I bought a bag of normal size Halloween candy (which are getting smaller but that’s like a different rant )and I saw a ton of videos of people talking about how they are only going to ‘ nice’ neighborhoods so they can get full size candy bars or 2 liter sodas back in my day we were getting the fun size candy bars and still had enough left over for Santa to bring it in our stockings

I get I’m middle aged and I often wonder if maybe I truly am just being a ‘ Karen’ BUT also I think it could be our hyperdrive capitalism

The world's current state is thanks to a perfect mix of boomerism and capitalism. Any thoughts?

Ghostbusters

Literally about a group of friends starting a business.

Kiki's Delivery Service

A young witch moves to a city to start her training and starts a delivery service to support her self.

In his previous term, Trump reduce taxes. That's something libertarians and conservatives agree with. Reduce taxes. Trump also promised to free Ulbricht and embrace bitcoin. As a libertarian I am impressed.

If you are a libertarian, chance is you are economically enlightened individuals and economically productive.

If your government is in financial strain, then they will save money, and welfare will be reduced by it self. So huge budget deficit is good because it eliminates welfare, public schools, and stuffs we libertarians don't like.

Many libertarians are not happy with budget deficit. They like the low taxes but they're not happy with budget deficit.

Why worry? Government can always inflate money.

What about if it causes inflation? Instead of taxing people the government just devalue currency? That fiats will be toilet papers anyway. What is inflation for those who hold bitcoin? Nothing. Something to laugh at. You'll get maids at cheaper price when inflation go up and so is bitcoin.

You think inflation will go up, put your wallet in your faith is. Buy bitcoin, pax gold or monero. If you are not smart enough to figure this out, then remember this. There is one thing libertarianism won't protect you from. Your own stupidity.

We're libertarians. We're smart. We understand economy. We know where things are headed. Why worry about inflation?

Tax sucks. But tax you don't have to pay and benefit you is awesome.

Inflation is tax for those holding fiats. We libertarians know better to hold bitcoins. It's the one thing being libertarians pay off.

Then don't worry about inflation.

What about the poor?

Fuck the poor.

I think Trump is the most libertarian presidential candidate that can win, among the current 2 definitely.

He lowered tax on his first term.

Many said that he should have reduce government spending first. Well, he probably can't. If he could, he would have eliminated welfare but that means not winning election. He did what he can. He reduce tax. Isn't that good enough?

But Trump will raise tariff...

Oh..... another tax.

What else? But he will create lottery, which is tax for the stupid. Do you worry about lottery, which is tax for the stupid people? No. I am not stupid. Why do I worry about lottery.

For the same reason why worry about inflation, which is the tax on those holding future toilet paper.

Why do you fear tax for the stupid. You are smart. I am a libertarian because I like getting rich according to my Karma. I think I am wise and if people disagree, let them try and see who got rich.

You see. Tariff is a very REGRESIVE tax.

Regressive tax is easy to avoid. Get rich and your portion of those taxes will be negligible.

That's probably the only 2 things non libertarian that Trump will do. Hell, not bad at all.

What else? Close borders. You want lots of commies voters voting for more socialism? About half of libertarians are pro borders anyway. You don't accept people to your house and let them rule the house, why would you want to allow anyone to come to your place AND then vote socialism increasing tax for you?

Without welfare and without democracy then yea open border maybe nice. But that's just not reality.

I recently discovered that there are a fuckton of left leaning(both ultra left and moderate left) podcasts all around the internet and it made me curious

Are there any good liberal or capitalism adjacent podcasts on the internet

Or anything similar to that sort of thing ?

Am I a conservative?

No.

I like low government spending, far lower than what a conservative want. I want legalization of drugs. I want drugs to be as free as porn. Government should just ensure proper labeling and even that should be privatized.

I love abortion.

But.... If I were American, I would vote for Trump rather than Oliver, at least if I am in swing states.

Why?

Because disagreement with conservatives are easier to solve than disagreement with communists.

Actually this is why I am not a "pure" ancap. Hoppeans and David Friedman may think I am an ancap. My idea is similar with Mencius Moldbug.

Instead of getting rid government, we should just privatize it.

And guys like Trump live lots of room for libertarianism.

Take a look at tax. Many libertarian and ancap says that what's important is reduce government spending.

I disagree.

Income tax is hard to avoid

Inflation is easy, just buy bitcoin, XMR, or Pax gold.

Let those commies pay for their own communism.

You buy bitcoin say goodbye to inflation forever. Bitcoin or gold. It's a solved problem.

Inflation is like governments' taxi. We don't like the way government regulate taxi but we don't bitch about it. Why? Just use Uber or Gocar or Grab or Indrive or whatever.

Saying that US dollar is the real currency and the rest is just commodity is giving special status to US dollar. Bitcoin and XMR or at least pax gold if you want stability is as legitimate as money as US dollar.

Inflation is annoying but it's no longer a huge libertarian concern.

Gay marriage? Just don't get married. I am not even gay. Marriage sucks anyway. Again, technically, gay marriage is a libertarian issue. But if state aggression can easily be avoided I really don't see why it's a big problem especially if you're not even gay. If Trump wants to criminalize homosexuality, then that's a problem.

Borders?

Some libertarians love borders. Here is the thing. If there is no border, how do you avoid your country not to end up like Europe now being flooded by poor refugees. Smart skilled workers from Asia can't get in but lots of stupid people that just rape got in and got subsidies.

Drugs? State issues. Move to states or cities where stuffs like that are legal. Sometimes freedom is not just individuals. I respect my right to do drugs. I think I should also respect other people's right to be free from drug in the community by making such decisions community based.

Abortion? Trump push it to states.

Abortion? A woman that fuck the wrong guy can abort and can just put the babies in boxes. A man can't do paper abortion. Double standard. Hell, if you're a man and you masturbate at a condom, a woman can use your sperm to impregnate yourself and sue you for child support.

So it seems that a blanket allowance of abortion is worse than let each area govern abortion.

So it seems that many libertarian issues are best done locally and individuals move to where they like.

To be honest, I am not sure how libertarian I am on this, I prefer area where drugs are legal and area where drugs are not legal, rather than insisting that drugs are legal everywhere.

To me, the latter is more libertarian or at least I like it more.

Trump

Wants to abolish income tax

Will definitely reduce tax as he has done on his 1st term

More money to the economically productive

Repent and embrace bitcoin

Anti DEI

Free saint Ulbricht

Can defeat Kamala (Unlike Oliver).

Tariffs are easier to avoid by just living more thrifty life. Inflation can be easily defeated by bitcoin, monero, and pax gold. Fuck the poor.

I think libertarian should vote Trump at least in swing states.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/25/trump-commute-ross-ulbricht-sentence-libertarian-convention-00160025