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mjr_: lol i'm a little rusty
mjr_: ;;seen mircea_popescu
mjr_: ;seen mircea_popescu
mjr_: was looking for mircea, has he been around?
mjr_: i mean, obviously merkle was a little annoyed we spy on her
mjr_: lol, yeah...germany is not our biggest fan, and japanese don't wear american clothes and listen to american music
mjr_: lets say we drone civilians in pakistan, most people do not say good job anymore
mjr_: most people say, I can see why you did that...nice job
mjr_: ok...let's say that the US joins world war 2...to stop hitler or whatever
mjr_: it is simply the threat of punishment and repression that causes people to obey
mjr_: they have zero moral authority
mjr_: and courts simply put EV costs on your decision
mjr_: im just saying...if you wanted a gun, you simply tally up your "desire" for the gun vs the "cost" of the gun
mjr_: i personally don't want or need a gun
mjr_: nice song mircea_popescu
mjr_: so...i don't think anyone recognizes their authority, they just do cost benefit calculation as to whether they will get caught and how much it would cost
mjr_: i said...if it was >51% likely that someone was going to break into your home, would you get a gun? he said yeah
mjr_: i mean...i was talking to my friend, and he said that he didn't get a gun because it was illegal
mjr_: i don't really recognize any courts authority
mjr_: but would make an interesting experiment
mjr_: its kinda crazy i think
mjr_: anyone still around?
mjr_: like Blade, all the strengths, none of the weaknesses
mjr_: the key is to speak spanish, but also be able to look like you don't speak spanish
mjr_: i like traveling to big cities
mjr_: but you can go off on your own
mjr_: it can be nice to travel to places where you know women
mjr_: what am i gonna do with some sand
mjr_: i don't like beaches and stuff
mjr_: traveling with women can be annoying
mjr_: my sister is in cartagena (that had nothing to do with the prior statement)
mjr_: but colombian girls are hot
mjr_: well, all i can say is panama is great so far
mjr_: also they know they stick out
mjr_: they don't get their hand dirty with small transactions
mjr_: i've seen pretty girls, white hipsters on backpacks
mjr_: most drug dealers on a personal level do not look like what you would think
mjr_: says, i am the one you protect, not the one you harrass
mjr_: feeling comfortable walking up to a cop and saying, im a little high, and i just wanna get home
mjr_: i think its about white culture
mjr_: but he talks about white people
mjr_: its like dave chappelle says
mjr_: guess how many times he has been stopped and frisked
mjr_: my friend is a VP at MetLife
mjr_: and people CAN change their dress and speech
mjr_: but seriuosly DRESS and SPEECH are about a million times more important than SKIN COLOR
mjr_: its about how you act, who you associate with, and how you SPEAK more than anything else
mjr_: they frisk whites and puerto ricans too
mjr_: it is like the safest city ever
mjr_: well, not mad enough to kill yet
mjr_: ie. 999 people in a city of over 6 million
mjr_: new york has like triple digit murders per year
mjr_: but in new york, people are happy, so most people would be like "woah woah, why jump to violence"
mjr_: when you live in shitty places, and have no hope, you really don't care about violence or killing
mjr_: people in the IE have nothing to live for
mjr_: because people in LA have SOME pride in themselves
mjr_: it is way scarier than the jungle in LA
mjr_: if you go to the inland empire in california
mjr_: drug business is the same as all business
mjr_: anyway, boring convo
mjr_: not so much about business, i think
mjr_: and they WILL get emotional about a dog
mjr_: they would never think to get their own
mjr_: its a trade off, offer credit