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This is more of a social and psychological question than one about anarcho-capitalism, but I think it's an interesting one to ponder.

The world is an unfair place and some people have greater amounts of wealth than others. This is true and has been since the beginning of time. People who believe in statist myths will vilify the rich and view them as greedy, selfish thieves who need to have their wealth confiscated by the state. They look to government as a noble arbiter of justice to make everything "fair." Jealousy and desires of fairness are hardwired into the human psyche, so it's not surprising that many poor people hate the rich. And if you don't understand economics, which most people don't, you won't see that there are reasons—often very valid reasons—why some people have more than others.

Assuming the state is gone and we're living in ancapistan, what do you think people's view of the rich will be? Human psychology won't be any different and most people will still be economically illiterate and make false assumptions about rich people being greedy or stomping the poor in a "zero-sum game," but there won't be a belief in government for people to turn to to demand so-called "fairness." Do you think a society based on voluntary behaviors will lead to a shift in cultural mentality that softens antagonism towards the rich? If you're raised in a market and don't know any statism, will you be more likely to understand why the rich are rich and why you can't blame them too much?

Just some food for thought...

Is it a strong insult? On a scale of 1-10 how bad is it?

There's lots of people selling fruits and vegetables they grew on their farms. Is it heavily sprayed with pesticides? Are there any specific places you can go to get more organic things?

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Looking for books, articles, and videos that argue in favor of extremely hands off, libertarian parenting where children are treated as self-sovereign adults, or at least where parents try to start treating their children as adults as early as humanly possible.

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Growing up in the U.S. I was used to buying pretty much any kind of fruits or vegetable year-round, a luxury most of the world doesn't have. But after getting a chance to live abroad for a while in a place that doesn't have strawberries in December, I gained an appreciation for eating produce the natural way, only when it's in season.

The quality is so much better, plus it gives you something to look forward to as the seasons change. I decided to bring this back home with me, and now I never eat apples in the warm months even if the supermarket always has them.

Anyone else?

I am both an anarchist libertarian and an atheist. Having knowledge on both, I've noticed some common underpinnings between the two that make them hard to sell, even though they are, according to all the best logic and evidence we have, the most correct views in their respective questions. The problem with both of these ideas is that they run counterintuitive to how the human brain is designed to think by default.

In the case of atheism, it can be hard to convince people that religion is false because the brain is hardwired to prescribe agency to things, to provide teleological explanations, to be superstitious, or to look up to something. Getting people to let go of these convictions and biases requires reprogramming one's mind to think in a way it wasn't designed for. And needless to say, that's not easy.

In the case of libertarianism, it's hard to sell because it requires you to again think in ways that are a little counterintuitive. Politicians will get up on a pedastool and promise people free things and all sorts of solutions to their problems. It makes people hopeful to hear things like that. But when the libertarian comes along and suggests cutting funding, people's assumption is that the libertarian doesn't want to do anything. They think "Well at least the politician is offering something. The libertarian doesn't have any solution! Let's go with the politician." Understanding economics requires you to train your brain to see the invisible, to see the unintended consequences of government intervention and the superiority of letting people be in charge of their own money, and again this is not easy. Economics is one of the most misunderstood disciplines there is, and it's because it's unintuitive.

Lastly I'd like to mention that there's a psychological component here to all of this. Both anarcho-capitalism and atheism force a person to take responsibility for their own lives. There's no god or politician coming to save you. It's on you to create a good life for yourself, and that's a heavy burden to carry. It's much easier to just look up to someone, and that's engrained in our DNA to some degree.

Libertarianism and atheism might be rational and sound, but they're hard to sell because they don't appeal to the biases of the human mind.

I am both an anarchist libertarian and an atheist. Having knowledge on both, I've noticed some common underpinnings between the two that make them hard to sell, even though they are, according to all the best logic and evidence we have, the most correct views in their respective questions. The problem with both of these ideas is that they run counterintuitive to how the human brain is designed to think by default.

In the case of atheism, it can be hard to convince people that religion is false because the brain is hardwired to prescribe agency to things, to provide teleological explanations, to be superstitious, or to look up to something. Getting people to let go of these convictions and biases requires reprogramming one's mind to think in a way it wasn't designed for. And needless to say, that's not easy.

In the case of libertarianism, it's hard to sell because it requires you to again think in ways that are a little counterintuitive. Politicians will get up on a pedastool and promise people free things and all sorts of solutions to their problems. It makes people hopeful to hear things like that. But when the libertarian comes along and suggests cutting funding, people's assumption is that the libertarian doesn't want to do anything. They think "Well at least the politician is offering something. The libertarian doesn't have any solution! Let's go with the politician." Understanding economics requires you to train your brain to see the invisible, to see the unintended consequences of government intervention and the superiority of letting people be in charge of their own money, and again this is not easy. Economics is one of the most misunderstood disciplines there is, and it's because it's unintuitive.

Lastly I'd like to mention that there's a psychological component here to all of this. Both anarcho-capitalism and atheism force a person to take responsibility for their own lives. There's no god or politician coming to save you. It's on you to create a good life for yourself, and that's a heavy burden to carry. It's much easier to just look up to someone, and that's engrained in our DNA to some degree.

Libertarianism and atheism might be rational and sound, but they're hard to sell because they don't appeal to the biases of the human mind.

For all of human history until very recently, knowledge and information grew very slowly and the spread of it was slow and limited by physical distance. This meant that people mostly shared the same information and had the same beliefs, which is conducive to social cohesion. Things today, though, are different.

There is way more information in the world than anyone can ever learn, and it's growing exponentially. And with the internet making the spread of ideas global, there's no longer brakes on the changing of ideas. Every individual person can have very different knowledge and, consequently, very different worldviews. Factual and ideological disagreements are maybe more rampant now than ever before. Two people who grew up in the same town at the same time can have radically different worldviews to the point of being socially incompatible, and this would never have been the case historically.

Do you think the abundance of information will lead to an erosion of social and group cohesion?

Does anyone know a good source for a very high quality, organic, unadulterated, cold-pressed, extra virgin avocado oil? I know the stuff they typically sell in the stores is not exactly the purest, even if it is better than seed oils.

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Just curious to know. For the average EA high school graduate, how easy or hard is it to read EA written in classical orthography? How often will you encounter it in books and texts? Does it take any getting used to?

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I'm 24 so I'm in the older half of Gen Z. I personally never drank in high school but all my friends did. I've seen some things about Gen Z not drinking alcohol, but being that I didn't observe this in my time, does it mean it's only the newer Gen Z people?

Would love to know the details. Thanks!

I've been wanting to buy some noise cancelling headphones but have read some concerns about potential hearing loss or susceptibility to developing auditory disorders/conditions or changes in hearing sensitivity and I don't want to risk anything like that. I'm doing more research, but I was curious to know if PNC is less risky than ANC because it's merely blocking out external noise instead of counteracting it with opposite sound waves.

Thoughts anyone? Thanks.

Common thought will tell you that you gain wisdom as you age, and there is truth to that in many cases. But something I find admirable is when you're in a less than ideal place in your state of mind, look back at your younger self or read something you wrote years ago, and see that you had a wiser and more mature outlook on something than you do now. Perhaps life events wore you down a bit and made you forget some special insights you had or important lessons you once learned. People always ask the question "What advice would you give to your younger self?" But I think it's equally as important to ask "What advice would your younger self give you?" It's a humbling but also nice experience to realize that you might have known certain things better in your youth before you got tossed into the chaos of adult life and forget them without even realizing how.

I am convinced that anarcho-capitalism is the only correct political worldview because it's the only one supported by logic and evidence. Sometimes it can be easy to feel anger towards people who believe in and use force; but you have to ask... can you really blame them?

I've always been aware of our ancestry as social apes, but lately I've been digging into history and anthropology a bit more and learning just how different people and the environment were back then, and it's been a bit of an inconvenient experience. We evolved as a tribal species. Tribes were not just benefits, they were requirements. Not being in a tribe meant death. Not adhering to tribal norms meant excommunication, which meant death. You couldn't have just "done things your own way" because that might put the tribe in danger. And if they sensed that, they might kick you out, which meant death. Privacy didn't exist because there were no buildings. And even when they did come about later, only the very very rich could afford to have separate rooms in one house.

I realize that our evolutionary past doesn't mean that we cant or shouldn't make better choices now, but it does make you realize that anarcho-capitalism is only possible as a very recent development of human history, existing as a result of economic surplus, informational advancement, and other factors that contributed to the wealth we have today. Freedom is a modern luxury, and it means that our worldview, while not being invalid in any way, is not some ideal value that transcends time. It's only possible because of modern circumstances.

All Georgian nouns must end in a vowel in nominative case without exception, but when it comes to given names, that doesn't seem to be the case. Names like Vakhtang, Nikoloz, Mariam, Levan, Zurab and Tamar all end in consonants.

Why are names different from all other nouns? What are some cases where you might use Tamari instead of Tamar?

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Like... made by hand in the mountains by villagers and sold in Tbilisi. I know I can just buy it from the supermarket but I want something more high quality/special. Any recommendations? Thanks!

The store's ceiling is pretty high, and that means there's a bunch of empty space above the break and training rooms that could be turned into a nice lounge or something. Why they don't make use of it is beyond me.

I'm 24M and I find it really distasteful when I hear some older men say "The wife and I went out to dinner last night." She's not an object that you just carry around with you. You would never use the word "the" with literally any other person as far as I'm aware.