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  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaP2GJvZlWY
  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUtv5E6CkLE
  3.  
  4. PJ
  5. 14:51 at the root of our survival there's Malthusian presence
  6. 17:55 state is tool in the game of competition
  7. 21:24 necessity to draw power and discount well-being of others
  8.  
  9. SM
  10. 23:20 if you discount well-being of customers you're out of bussiness
  11.  
  12. PJ
  13. 25:26 scarcity and competition - that is true face of the market economy
  14.  
  15. SM
  16. 26:33 counters with government
  17.  
  18. PJ
  19. 27:58 of course it's government, natural outgrowth, there are no rules
  20. coercion and voluntarism - these concepts are short-sighted, structural violence
  21. 34:00 is the result of gaming of competition and advantage
  22. 36:21 market system reinforces inequality more than anything else
  23. 39:13 mass murder originating from market system competitive propensity for growth and constant wealth imbalance
  24.  
  25. SM
  26. 39:25 income tax, how mass market engages in mass murder?
  27.  
  28. PJ
  29. 39:58 it creates inequality
  30.  
  31. SM
  32. 40:14 cellphones, market is trying to provide cheaper and better goods to the people
  33. inequality because of the growth of the state
  34.  
  35. PJ
  36. 42:03 inherent inequality, necessity for ppl to get advantage so they can survive at the expense of others
  37.  
  38. SM
  39. 43:31 how market is producing mass murder?
  40.  
  41. PJ
  42. 43:36 based on scarcity, assumption of having on gain at the possible expense of others
  43.  
  44. SM
  45. 43:44 market based on respect for property rights, non-initiation of force
  46. scarcity is a fact of nature
  47.  
  48. PJ
  49. 43:57 not as a fact of nature as it has been
  50.  
  51. SM
  52. 44:12 scarcity is not foundation of the free market, scarcity is a fact of reality
  53.  
  54. ...
  55.  
  56. PJ
  57. coming back to the point, this system perpetuates inequality
  58. 46:42 you're supposed to be put on the pedestal for gaining while others suffer
  59.  
  60. SM
  61. 46:59 in a free market you gain while other ppl suffer is foundationally incorrect
  62. exchange voluntarily we are both better off
  63. as long there's no force or fraud
  64.  
  65. PJ
  66. 49:06 in a vacuum this holds true
  67. market coerces labour for income
  68. act of trade is coercive because ppl have to trade to survive
  69.  
  70. SM
  71. 53:57 it's to their advantage to trade
  72. division of labour is economically productive
  73. 55:20 free market is voluntary exchange and state is initiation of force
  74.  
  75. PJ
  76. 56:00 state is outgrowth of market
  77. 57:37 non-aggression principle becomes moot in the wake of what the system is generating
  78. 59:17 state is outgrowth of market
  79. within the state there is mechanism of market
  80. interest in self-preservation, differential advantage, basic gaming strategy
  81.  
  82. SM
  83. 59:58 market doesn't create the state, there is a competition because of the state
  84. in the free market it would not possible to do so
  85.  
  86. PJ
  87. 1:02:40 if the interest is there to create some type of power consolidation to maintain differential advantage
  88.  
  89. SM
  90. 1:03:20 in a free society it's expensive to create a state, render themselves uncompetitive
  91.  
  92. PJ
  93. 1:04:51 underlying ethic of the system these types of abuses
  94. 1:05:21 assuming that there's inevitable infallibility of the entrepreneurs
  95. that if they see the state they are going to run and use it to their advantage
  96. the very core value disorder inherent in they interest do that, to basically want coercion
  97. implies that every single entrepreneur is interesting in gaining whatever type of advantage they can
  98. the tendency of that is going to persist regardless [of the state]
  99.  
  100. SM
  101. 1:06:51 "not caring for the interest of others" - if you are a business owner you have a lot of ppl to worry about
  102. win-win for the customers and for you
  103. 1:09:59 self-interest is wrapped up in the satisfaction of customers
  104.  
  105. PJ
  106. 1:11:55 system pressure generation predicated on scarcity
  107. everyone is struggling for profit efficiency
  108. there will be winners and losers
  109.  
  110. SM
  111. 1:14:14 you are freed up to do sth that is more productive
  112.  
  113. PJ
  114. 1:15:20 employees suffered extensively
  115.  
  116. ...
  117.  
  118. SM
  119. 1:22:13 owners like to take care of their stuff, governments don't really care
  120.  
  121. PJ
  122. 1:27:10 if it's not structurally in then it's not going to manifest
  123. you can't expect moral impositions to persevere in the wake of system that it's
  124. predicated on the exact opposite incentive system
  125.  
  126. SM
  127. 1:29:22 governments are short-sighted when it comes to long-term economic sustainability
  128.  
  129. PJ
  130. 1:29:35 it doesn't matter who owns it
  131. it matters what the process is and what is necessary to keep the profit going
  132. 1:32:45 battle for market share, war mentality, it might be very civil
  133.  
  134. SM
  135. 1:33:35 that kind of sociopathic mass murderer in the same category as someone who starts convenience store
  136.  
  137. PJ
  138. 1:33:48 it's the act of actual competition against others
  139.  
  140.  
  141. [further on they keep repeating themselves]
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