Not making anything up. It is against the law to watch the BBC without paying the licence fee, therefore its not a public good, since it is legally excludable. Plenty of countries have genuine public… (View Post)

That's true they are. They're not excludable and not rivalrous, since anyone can turn up to see the display. Our local Council put on a display on Guy Fawkes Night and we walked to the local park and… (View Post)

The BBC literally isn't a public good, it fails to meet the definition. In economics, a public good is a good that is both non-excludable and non-rivalrous. Since watching the BBC is illegal without … (View Post)

Nationalism has nothing to do with enemies, real or perceived. Some people can use "enemies" to exploit things, but then so can almost any philosophy and the "enemy within" is oft… (View Post)

There's nothing bad about nationalism. Extremism can lead to bad things, whether that be extremist nationalism, extremist socialism, extremist religion or anything else. Gandhi was a nationalist, yet… (View Post)