#1
april fools
#2
#3
'veracity' is a strange choice of words there, i would have said 'credibility'
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#6
you're right. revolutionary socialism ftw.
#7
goat aren't you a socialist. how do you think socialism will come about, what are its characteristics, why do you support it, and is there something mean you can say about the disabled while you answer all that.
#8
maybe the "april fools" bit was on how he wasnt being ironic in his thread title. like "yeah right i love communism pfff - just kidding guys april fools i really do love communism"
#9
communism is utopian bullshit. Actually Existing Socialism ftw.
#10
So long as you insist on Soviet-style socialism, you will lose.
#11
no
#12
no
#13
double post stands,
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#15

getfiscal posted:
goat aren't you a socialist. how do you think socialism will come about, what are its characteristics, why do you support it, and is there something mean you can say about the disabled while you answer all that.



Socialism properly construed would be about efficiency. A big space ship hurtling through space has no room for profits or externalitIes, nor for the unfixably worthless

#16

Goethestein posted:

getfiscal posted:
goat aren't you a socialist. how do you think socialism will come about, what are its characteristics, why do you support it, and is there something mean you can say about the disabled while you answer all that.

Socialism properly construed would be about efficiency. A big space ship hurtling through space has no room for profits or externalitIes, nor for the unfixably worthless



http://www.endlessvideo.com/watch?v=L2LdHH0hmHY&start=0m8s&end=0m24s

#17

Goethestein posted:

getfiscal posted:
goat aren't you a socialist. how do you think socialism will come about, what are its characteristics, why do you support it, and is there something mean you can say about the disabled while you answer all that.

Socialism properly construed would be about efficiency. A big space ship hurtling through space has no room for profits or externalitIes, nor for the unfixably worthless



you should read this: http://www.amazon.com/Technological-Utopianism-American-Culture-Howard/dp/0815630611 im reading it for class and its really interesting

#18

Goethestein posted:
Socialism properly construed would be about efficiency. A big space ship hurtling through space has no room for profits or externalitIes, nor for the unfixably worthless

#19

babyfinland posted:

Goethestein posted:

getfiscal posted:
goat aren't you a socialist. how do you think socialism will come about, what are its characteristics, why do you support it, and is there something mean you can say about the disabled while you answer all that.

Socialism properly construed would be about efficiency. A big space ship hurtling through space has no room for profits or externalitIes, nor for the unfixably worthless

you should read this: http://www.amazon.com/Technological-Utopianism-American-Culture-Howard/dp/0815630611 im reading it for class and its really interesting

what classes are you taking

#20

stegosaurus posted:

babyfinland posted:

Goethestein posted:

getfiscal posted:
goat aren't you a socialist. how do you think socialism will come about, what are its characteristics, why do you support it, and is there something mean you can say about the disabled while you answer all that.

Socialism properly construed would be about efficiency. A big space ship hurtling through space has no room for profits or externalitIes, nor for the unfixably worthless

you should read this: http://www.amazon.com/Technological-Utopianism-American-Culture-Howard/dp/0815630611 im reading it for class and its really interesting

what classes are you taking



a seminar on technocracy, specifically the technocracy movement of the 30s, medieval women, central asian writers and intellectuals under soviet colonialism and turkish

#21
jesus christ that is a lot of liberal arts bullshit tom. real trot we got here guys
#22
medieval women lol why dont you take a physics class you god damn liberal
#23

babyfinland posted:

stegosaurus posted:

babyfinland posted:

Goethestein posted:

getfiscal posted:
goat aren't you a socialist. how do you think socialism will come about, what are its characteristics, why do you support it, and is there something mean you can say about the disabled while you answer all that.

Socialism properly construed would be about efficiency. A big space ship hurtling through space has no room for profits or externalitIes, nor for the unfixably worthless

you should read this: http://www.amazon.com/Technological-Utopianism-American-Culture-Howard/dp/0815630611 im reading it for class and its really interesting

what classes are you taking

a seminar on technocracy, specifically the technocracy movement of the 30s, medieval women, central asian writers and intellectuals under soviet colonialism and turkish

phew. I had a few semesters like that with one-off seminars and totally nonrequired courses. now I'm just doing math so I can Get Into Grad Scoll

#24

EmanuelaOrlandi posted:
medieval women lol why dont you take a physics class you god damn liberal



it fulfills a "broad european" req for my history degree

#25

stegosaurus posted:

babyfinland posted:

stegosaurus posted:

babyfinland posted:

Goethestein posted:

getfiscal posted:
goat aren't you a socialist. how do you think socialism will come about, what are its characteristics, why do you support it, and is there something mean you can say about the disabled while you answer all that.

Socialism properly construed would be about efficiency. A big space ship hurtling through space has no room for profits or externalitIes, nor for the unfixably worthless

you should read this: http://www.amazon.com/Technological-Utopianism-American-Culture-Howard/dp/0815630611 im reading it for class and its really interesting

what classes are you taking

a seminar on technocracy, specifically the technocracy movement of the 30s, medieval women, central asian writers and intellectuals under soviet colonialism and turkish

phew. I had a few semesters like that with one-off seminars and totally nonrequired courses. now I'm just doing math so I can Get Into Grad Scoll



ive actually planned my thing out so i can graduate at the end of the fall quarter this year

#26

babyfinland posted:

EmanuelaOrlandi posted:
medieval women lol why dont you take a physics class you god damn liberal

it fulfills a "broad european" req for my history degree



Don't call women that you sexist liberal pig monster

#27

Crow posted:

babyfinland posted:

EmanuelaOrlandi posted:
medieval women lol why dont you take a physics class you god damn liberal

it fulfills a "broad european" req for my history degree

Don't call women that you sexist liberal pig monster




a cha cha cha cha!

#28
the entirety of my formal education has been physics
#29

babyfinland posted:

Goethestein posted:

getfiscal posted:
goat aren't you a socialist. how do you think socialism will come about, what are its characteristics, why do you support it, and is there something mean you can say about the disabled while you answer all that.

Socialism properly construed would be about efficiency. A big space ship hurtling through space has no room for profits or externalitIes, nor for the unfixably worthless

you should read this: http://www.amazon.com/Technological-Utopianism-American-Culture-Howard/dp/0815630611 im reading it for class and its really interesting



looks cool as hell

#30

babyfinland posted:

stegosaurus posted:

babyfinland posted:

stegosaurus posted:

babyfinland posted:

Goethestein posted:

getfiscal posted:
goat aren't you a socialist. how do you think socialism will come about, what are its characteristics, why do you support it, and is there something mean you can say about the disabled while you answer all that.

Socialism properly construed would be about efficiency. A big space ship hurtling through space has no room for profits or externalitIes, nor for the unfixably worthless

you should read this: http://www.amazon.com/Technological-Utopianism-American-Culture-Howard/dp/0815630611 im reading it for class and its really interesting

what classes are you taking

a seminar on technocracy, specifically the technocracy movement of the 30s, medieval women, central asian writers and intellectuals under soviet colonialism and turkish

phew. I had a few semesters like that with one-off seminars and totally nonrequired courses. now I'm just doing math so I can Get Into Grad Scoll

ive actually planned my thing out so i can graduate at the end of the fall quarter this year


Cool. I should have graduated a year ago but I had to take a bunch of crap unrelated to my history degree. are you working or anything?

#31
Technocracy doesn't sound like an actual existing thing. No matter what you do policy-wise it's ideological.
#32

mudcrabs posted:
Technocracy doesn't sound like an actual existing thing. No matter what you do policy-wise it's ideological.



Nope because technocracy will come hand in hand with robots achieving sentience and robots don’t have anything that could be termed ideology.

#33

Ironicwarcriminal posted:

mudcrabs posted:
Technocracy doesn't sound like an actual existing thing. No matter what you do policy-wise it's ideological.

Nope because technocracy will come hand in hand with robots achieving sentience and robots don’t have anything that could be termed ideology.

actually...

http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Fun_theory

#34

stegosaurus posted:

babyfinland posted:

stegosaurus posted:

babyfinland posted:

stegosaurus posted:

babyfinland posted:

Goethestein posted:

getfiscal posted:
goat aren't you a socialist. how do you think socialism will come about, what are its characteristics, why do you support it, and is there something mean you can say about the disabled while you answer all that.

Socialism properly construed would be about efficiency. A big space ship hurtling through space has no room for profits or externalitIes, nor for the unfixably worthless

you should read this: http://www.amazon.com/Technological-Utopianism-American-Culture-Howard/dp/0815630611 im reading it for class and its really interesting

what classes are you taking

a seminar on technocracy, specifically the technocracy movement of the 30s, medieval women, central asian writers and intellectuals under soviet colonialism and turkish

phew. I had a few semesters like that with one-off seminars and totally nonrequired courses. now I'm just doing math so I can Get Into Grad Scoll

ive actually planned my thing out so i can graduate at the end of the fall quarter this year

Cool. I should have graduated a year ago but I had to take a bunch of crap unrelated to my history degree. are you working or anything?



no

#35

mudcrabs posted:
Technocracy doesn't sound like an actual existing thing. No matter what you do policy-wise it's ideological.



its marxism-leninism without the pretense of proletarian partisanship

#36

Cycloneboy posted:

Ironicwarcriminal posted:

mudcrabs posted:
Technocracy doesn't sound like an actual existing thing. No matter what you do policy-wise it's ideological.

Nope because technocracy will come hand in hand with robots achieving sentience and robots don’t have anything that could be termed ideology.

actually...

http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Fun_theory



I see you've been boning up on me lol

#37

Crow posted:
I see you've been boning up on me lol



naw dude he's asexual, remember?

#38
liberal...