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inpc | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I do my best to understand economics and keep an open mind, I make a point of listening to opinions I disagree with but economics is really not my field, I like making funny noises and putting them on records.

Sure, do things to promote prosperity, that’s cool but openly, even fanatically supporting genocide and property theft? Fuck that noise.

I wonder if they’ll have another war over the falklands? I’m sure jingoists in both Argentina and england will love that. Get a proper good wank over some corpses.
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S!ayer | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 most likely, with that mindset. However he's leaning to the west, so he'll say it's a birthright or whatever, but will be too cuck to take back the Falklands
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vinney | opfn.co | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You guys are seriously underestimating how significant it is that there now exists a world leader who seems completely fluent in Austrian economics and is (supposedly) actively putting theory into practice. 

If you are interested in voluntary open protocols between individuals (like Nostr) and/or sound money and truly free markets (like Bitcoin), you would likely find that you are also very interested in Austrian economics. 

If we take him at his word in the interview, he currently has a square table, and even though he'd prefer a round one, he's going to continue with the interview anyway. Tradeoffs, making the best of what you have. For now, I'm going to choose to believe that he is a pragmatist, an Austrian, and maybe even a stoic, and I'm going to enjoy watching such a character run a country. 

...or maybe he's a spook! Or just an unhinged theist. I don't know for sure, but it's fun to watch either way.
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inpc | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I am taking him at his word. He supports apartheid and property theft. It ain’t hard, when a government’s army takes your house with violence, I suspect, even with my limited knowledge of Austrian economics, that may not be the free market at work.

How would you describe that?

He’s inconsistent at best.