Things I've Learned on the Internet

[quarrel]

• Charging everyone the same price for the same thing is a progressive burden on the poor, and therefore not the most ethical possible pricing scheme.

• Presenting a person with a worthwhile offer is an attempt to wrest control of his own life away from him.

• Creating a puzzle that can only be solved one way is evil. The person solving it must obey you utterly if he wants to accomplish anything. It is wrong to force other people to do what you want.

• A person who isn’t willing to be attacked for her actions and beliefs by all the prominent newspapers of a major U.S. city does not deserve to be an ordinary schoolteacher, as she isn’t willing to do what she knows is right in the face of demonstrably wrong opposition.

• Programming, especially when related to virtual reality, is a corrupting influence. Programmers control what other people can do and how their information and behavior are monitored and shared.

• The concept of democracy is a dishonest and deliberate lure to get you accustomed to the idea that other people can have authority over you. Once you accept the (unjustified) notion that other people can legitimately restrict your freedoms merely by outnumbering you, you’re one step closer to accepting direct control over your life by individual leaders.

• The “poor”, as a social class, are a fabrication of the ruling class, designed a) to factionalize the population so there’ll be more infighting, and b) to increase reliance on government-run welfare, thus broadening public desire to perpetuate government authority and preserve the status quo.