We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous... lets see what is on the mind of the Samizdata people.
Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]
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Capitalist and proud of it Those strange-sounding financial entities known as hedge funds, which are sometimes depicted as the Darth Vaders of the modern market, often have rather odd or dull names. So I was glad to come across a firm in the United States with a name that proudly celebrates the free market with unabashed gusto.
The firm has a great merchandise selection, too.
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Who Are We? The Samizdata people are a bunch of sinister and heavily armed globalist illuminati who seek to infect the entire world with the values of personal liberty and several property. Amongst our many crimes is a sense of humour and the intermittent use of British spelling.
We are also a varied group made up of social individualists, classical liberals, whigs, libertarians, extropians, futurists, ‘Porcupines’, Karl Popper fetishists, recovering neo-conservatives, crazed Ayn Rand worshipers, over-caffeinated Virginia Postrel devotees, witty Frédéric Bastiat wannabes, cypherpunks, minarchists, kritarchists and wild-eyed anarcho-capitalists from Britain, North America, Australia and Europe.
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The owner of the fund, Jonathan Hoenig, makes regular appearances on Fox News’ “Cashin In” show, and seems to be a Randian kind of guy. He’s always entertaining and uncompromising.
From the website:
“We advocate and practice Objectivism, the moral philosophy developed by Ayn Rand.”
Yup, he does seem to be a Randian kind of guy!
I can’t wait to wear the “John Galt” t-shirt I just ordered. Always love to practice the willing buyer/willing seller thing.
Capitalistpig is an awesome name but I’ve got a couple of others that amuse me.
Contrarian Capital: I’d love to have a meeting about investing money in their fund
“So you tend to be contrarian?”
“No”
“But you’re called contrarian.”
“So”
“So you disagree with the mainstream?”
“No”
Another favourite is AlphaGen, Gartmore’s range of equity and debt hedge funds. For those not in the know, Alpha refers to the returns a hedge fund manager is able to add above what the general market has generated and Gen here is short for Generation. So these hedge funds are is effectively called Profit Maker. If I was a possible investor I should bloody well hope so, otherwise I’d be investing my money in Greenpeace or something else noble and needy.
Hoenig also mentions the fact that he is a Libertarian quite often, and mentioned Badnarik a couple of times during the last pres. campaign.
I read jonathons’ book “Greed Is Good”
some years ago.Greed good, poverty bad.
Hoenig is an objectivist and frequently promotes rand