Recent content by Lee Taylor

@gul I was not expecting this level of opposition and wisdom to my arguments. I used to joke with a friend that the 'hunt' of the past was probably an excuse for men to get out the house, especially once they discovered sheep in a field. :) He replied, shortly thereafter the first pub was...

@ Bikerdelic I recognise that human beings need love and need to give love for their wellbeing. However like I said, I studied politics and my conclusions were based on the facts that human beings certainly can be very selfish. History proves that although there can be kind role models -...

Hey, thanks again for your interesting replies and apologies for the delay in replying. There's so many ways of approaching this that I've started the reply to this thread several times. I now disagree with my previous post about the G8 even. Firstly I respect the genuine good...

I'll have to look into your points in more detail later... but for the time being... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22956374 - G8 challenging tax loopholes. I'm really impressed. I know it's a little orwellian and I'll be watching to make sure it doesn't become too authoritarian/invasive of...

Hey, @ Muir That's a really insightful reply. Thank you for your engagement. You are correct that I was reffering to state socialism(ish) in the form of the Labour party. I am not especially familiar with Libertarian Socialism, however several problems immediately spring to mind. 1) The...

@Gul & Muir I may have misunderstood, but I sense socialist overtones and, as you've made an effort to engage with me, I will explain why I think socialism is bad and nip it right in the bud. Most people, I cannot be bothered to explain because they'd never see it anyway, but I will explain it...

Libertarians aren't really about class, they are about freedom and the rest derives from it. Of course the trouble is, just as Rousseau proposed an ideology that suits the majority, so libertarians propose ideologies that suit many different individuals - but their claim to helping the masses...

Muir, I'm not naive to the realities of the world (I very strongly protested against ID cards in Britain when I was younger and I've explored my fair share of conspiracy theories (and have certainly not discounted them all)), but I feel that you've grabbed a series of negative points and joined...

I think capitalism is liberating, however I do worry about the excess debt. I'd rather have QE with no debt (the value is determined relative to the QE of other currencies). Our recession in the west is still nothing compared to the poverty Africa is enduring - and as China and Japan invest...

You may like this video (not saying I endorse it, just that it's an interesting perspective): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE5Sw8qJ-g0

I'm fond of the social enterprise model. Obviously there is still scope for the top cheeses to be paid very high salaries, but they are basically run separate to government (so you avoid some of the pitfalls of government control), but reinvest all their profits back into delivering value. I...

I disagree. The major political parties are often typed as villains, but I think that is because people look to government for all the answers. There's nothing wrong with businesses as long as the wealth gets recirculated. It's when it's hoarded that there are problems I think, and the...

Screw it, I'm going to go one step further and say, you're too deep on this. I can just about pass an INTJ as well so... as an INTJ type I'd say you need to get out there and make it so. I've looked inwards many times in my life and that's good in moderation, but you also need to accept...

Hi Eventhorizon, you sound sad, depression? I too have felt similar at different times. We don't need to assimilate all the data. :) Relax. I think you need to smile. I've been looking for true love for a while and not found anything - and it's sad, but also I recognise that love is painful...

There's two sides to this really. The view that peak oil is no longer a relevant theory http://science.time.com/2013/05/15/the-iea-says-peak-oil-is-dead-thats-bad-news-for-climate-policy/ and the side that says peak oil is still here perhaps, but not for a longer time. You are perhaps right...