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Section 1: Section 1: Beliefs about Human Nature
Left to their own devices, human beings will slaughter each other.
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Self interest is an inherent feature of human nature.
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Self interest could be realized against others' freedom.
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There are no inherent features of human nature, i.e. there are as many types of human nature as there are humans.
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Territorialism is a component of human nature.
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Section 2: Section 2: Beliefs about Power
There is more Power in government than there is in business.
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That which is not 100% coerced is 100% voluntary, and vice versa, i.e. there is no in-between—every action is one or the other.
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Human social groups are inherently hierarchical.
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Section 3: Section 3: Beliefs about Authority
Authority is the ultimately the last line of defense against Power.
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There is no such thing as legitimate authority.
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Legitimate authority is a matter of expertise—the bootmaker is an authority concerning boots.
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Section 4: Section 4: Beliefs about Economics
The potential wants of individuals for economic goods are limitless.
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The Economic Calculation Argument of Ludwig Von Mises is accurate.
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All economic actors (including the government) are price takers—there is no such thing as a price maker.
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All private entities are price takers.
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Economics is a human invention.
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Some parts of human experience are outside economics.
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Section 5: Section 5: Sex
There are some contexts in which fair competition between humyns of differing sexes is impossible.
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The phenomenon called biological sex imposes hard constraints on knowledge and experience.
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Section 6: Section 6: Identity, nationality, social groups, etc.
Dunbar's Number is a hard constraint on the size of consensus groups.
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The Law of Fives is correct.
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People from underprivileged minorities need to be offered advantages to compensate for their underprivileged status.
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Section 7: Section 7: Religion
Without widespread belief in the truth of some religion, life would be very unsafe.
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There are aspects of reality that are truly transcendent.
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Section 8: Section 8: Human development
Some childhood imprints are so deep as to be immutable.
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At least in the eyes of the larger society, the transition from childhood to adulthood should be instantaneous.
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It takes a village to raise a child.
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