Ron Paul's Farewell Speech to Congress: The End of a Cult Figure

I have zero idea what you're on about right now.

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Originally Posted by HoreTore

I have zero idea what you're on about right now.

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I second that.

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Originally Posted by HoreTore

I have zero idea what you're on about right now.

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I'm attacking Received Wisdom on Capitalism and orthodox Marxism - what's not to get?

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Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla

I'm attacking Received Wisdom on Capitalism and orthodox Marxism - what's not to get?

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This is like the time I cracked a joke abut muslims going whacko because of pictures(while christians don't), and you stormed in screaming about how I was parroting 3rd century anti-christian propaganda...(or something)

Sometimes, we talk in different languages.

Quisque barbarus est alio

Edit: See below.

Actually Tiaexz the translation is literally: Each is a Barbarian to another. A small difference but an important one.

On topic: the value of money is entirely arbitrary - if you artificially attach it to the value of something else, ie: gold, the value of which is entirely arbitrary, it does not make a difference.

Value is caused by demand: it is entirely subjective. All that 'fixing' value does is persuade society writ large that that value is underwritten, in some quantity of another item which has no fixed value...

Economic theory is fundamentally confusing and counterintuitive - people generally don't question it until the theory fails though...

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Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla

Quisque barbarus est alio

Everyone else is a barbarian

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Oh Come on I get an edit but Strike's swearing doesn't?

My thanks to Curio, but in fact the original meaning is, "Everyone is a Barbarian to Someone" which is actually about respecting other people's perspectives and not just dismissing them as hairy apes.

It was a simple edit, so others could enjoy the statement. The problem with other languages including Latin is that not that many understand it.

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Originally Posted by Tiaexz

It was a simple edit, so others could enjoy the statement. The problem with other languages including Latin is that not that many understand it.

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If you wanted the translation it would have been better if you had simply asked - as it is you got it wrong twice.

The only correct translation is "Everyone is a Barbarian to Someone" because it was English rendered into Latin, not vice versa. It was originated by the EB team, specifically one of our Linguists.

Yeah, google translate failed this one.

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Originally Posted by rvg

Yeah, google translate failed this one.

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:laugh4: Cat is out of the bag.