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mircea_popescu: are you commiting
theft when
those volunteer firemen come put your hair out ?
justJanne: As you stated before you aren't paying for
them.
mircea_popescu: and if
the deal changes,
they dissolve an'
that's
that.
mircea_popescu: but anyway : i, personally, pay no
taxes. agents i own pay
taxes in
the jurisdictions i've incorporated
them in, as you'd expect.
justJanne: Ah,
that kind of "I question your authority" letter.
williamdunne: He pays
taxes
to
the most serene republic IIRC
justJanne: Or do you support
the parliament
that, according
to you, never should make new laws?
justJanne: So, you don't pay
taxes or anything?
justJanne: Then
the minority can decide if
they want
to move out or accept it.
mircea_popescu: you're
taking your stupid shit
to somewhere not near me.
mircea_popescu: no parliament has
the authority
to make new law. ever.
mircea_popescu: either you have
the whole contract written down, or i'm not signing.
justJanne: mircea_popescu: not really — most of
the laws are adapting existing situations.
mircea_popescu: either come up with a contract and stick
to it, or go home.
mircea_popescu: justJanne
that
there is an apparent need for new laws already invalidates
the entire proposition of having a state in
the first place.
justJanne: The winner of
the box fight gets
to make a paw.
williamdunne: The problem is
the UK is mostly shit, as we have discussed. And
the shit areas would be far more likely
to vote Communist
justJanne: And more democratic, cause
the government won't risk ignoring
the 7% people who voted liberals, nor
the 7% who voted communist, as if
they'd ignore
them,
those parties would just start a fight in Parliament.
justJanne: At least parliament debates are fun with all of
them at once.
williamdunne: My hand might be as soft as loo roll, but its not
too hygienic
williamdunne: And I like
the current availability of
toilet paper
williamdunne: justJanne: We can choose between Cameron or Labour, at least Cameron doesn't want
to remove our main advantage.. being a
tax haven
williamdunne: justJanne: It could probably work its way in
there either way, IoM for example is not EU dependent
justJanne: So
the Brits see
the shit Cameron is doing.
williamdunne: mircea_popescu: Wrote another article about
that
the other day, not
too good
though
justJanne: The
tax haven will move
to Romania, or Liechtenstein.
mircea_popescu: there is NEVER going
to be a way for
the bs
taxation of socialists
to be enforced. ever.
justJanne: Wait until
the UK leaves, and
their
tax-haven-economy breaks down.
williamdunne: Currently if you set up a financial company in
the EU,
the standard procedure is London
justJanne: Outside of London,
the average waiting
time for an ambulance is 4 hours.
mircea_popescu: only matters because it's a relative
tax heaven from
the patently insane french (and german) communists.
mircea_popescu: uk as an independent state is about as ludicrous
today as
the kingdom of scotland was in 1715
williamdunne: "Returning
to Edinburgh,
the Company of Scotland for
Trading
to Africa raised £400,000 sterling in a few weeks (equivalent
to roughly £46 million
today),[b] with investments from every level of society, and
totaling about a fifth of
the wealth of Scotland.[7][8] It was, for Scotland, a massive amount of capital.[9]"
justJanne: As
their economy right now is "European companies open an Ltd in London"
justJanne: It would finally kill
their economy
mircea_popescu: btw, you familiar with
the hilarious history of
the scottish new world settlement
thing ?
williamdunne: I would imagine
that
they'd be moved
to Plymouth or Bristol or summin
mircea_popescu: which you know... scotland's going
to oh so judiciously use
mircea_popescu: well, it can't. because
the one remaining hanging nail on
the historical uk is
the coupla nuke subs
the us allows
them
to keep
williamdunne: Precisely, I've been ranting far
too often recently about how London should
tell
the rest of
the UK
to fuck off
mircea_popescu: and even WITH all
that huge expenditure, scotland wants more and nearly seceded.
mircea_popescu: yeah
they do, lmao, which is outright ridiculous. all good
things are supposed
to flow
TO
the city, not from it.
williamdunne: London subsidises
the rest of
the country anyway
williamdunne: Probably,
then again we are largely responsible for modern socialism, so what do you expect?
mircea_popescu: germany's pretty much recovered,
the uk will never recover.
mircea_popescu: the uk... god help it. no country in memory sunk as bad as
they have.
williamdunne: Okay I see what you mean, but
the UK needs it less
mircea_popescu: why do you
think
the empire's been going
to shit for a century ?
mircea_popescu: "oh,
that's because uk shithole won't help itself and won't allow foreigners
to whatever"
williamdunne: mircea_popescu: Well yes,
thats what I'm
talking about but
the reverse
mircea_popescu: but you see how
this is entirely you calling
things names ?
williamdunne: Well, various African shitholes don't help
themselves and won't allow foreigners
to open accounts
mircea_popescu: you can't sell in randomistan anymore
than randomistan can sell in
the uk.
mircea_popescu: or, alternatively, you discontinue support for israel and so
the saudis no longer have what
to fear so
they dump your alliance.
williamdunne: If I want
to start a business in
the UK, I can pretty easily sell my product wherever
the fuck I want. Banks are willing
to work with me,
that will be fine. If I was from random-istan not so much
mircea_popescu: but
then putin
turns around, alligns with china economically in exchange for support for his "regions of eurasia" political model
mircea_popescu: obviously, if you refuse
to
trade with putin,
this puts "putin as seen
through our
trade with him" at a disadvantage.
williamdunne: Sure, but I don't
think it's a very controversial idea
that various rules such as
the AML set put entire regions of people at a disadvantage
mircea_popescu: for bluffers, "you don't get
to see my cards if you fold"
mircea_popescu: but yes,
the set of rules
that control
the game are different for hookers and bluffers. for hookers,
the rules
that control are "A > K > Q" etc.
mircea_popescu: how would
that work ? does being rich change
thermodynamics or something ?
williamdunne: In
this case its more like
the bluffer having
to play with a different set of superiority rules
mircea_popescu: why should
this matter ? play
the fucking hand. you adjust
to fit it, not
the other way around.
mircea_popescu: because it's not what
they expected / wish
to play / etc.
mircea_popescu: now, if one's afore-decided
they will be bluffing, a)
they won't make very good poker players and b) any hand
they get can "put
them at a disadvantage".
mircea_popescu: to play bluffer you nbeed card inferiority, and
try
to
trick your opponent into folding.