Curt Doolittle

Author: Curt Doolittle

  • BUYING ISOLATION It’s very visible. Americans buy spatial freedom as their first

    BUYING ISOLATION

    It’s very visible. Americans buy spatial freedom as their first priority. Spatial freedom, along with the destruction of marriage, are why household incomes are not keeping pace in the lower classes.

    With spatial freedom you no longer have to compromise with others over the mundane things.

    But then your self perceived signals are all contrived. And others don’t reinforce them. And we feel alone and isolated. And contentious.

    Here the majority don’t have that kind of freedom. And so the signals are less misleading.

    And they are more civil because of it. And since relationships are cheap entertainment. And these people are relatively poor – at least for white people – they interact with one another.

    It’s not consumerism that’s the social problem. It’s the epistemically problem of isolation and a failure for our signals to endure the test of exposure to others. 😉

    Source date (UTC): 2012-12-15 19:08:00 UTC

  • I CAN STILL PASS “FACE CONTROL” Never occurred to me that I might not. That woul

    I CAN STILL PASS “FACE CONTROL”

    Never occurred to me that I might not. That would be embarrassing.

    😉

    Source date (UTC): 2012-12-15 18:06:00 UTC

  • ANOTHER EXPAT He’s my age. A bit taller and better looking. American. French swe

    ANOTHER EXPAT

    He’s my age. A bit taller and better looking. American. French swept hair. Dances well. Good tailor.

    I think I’ve seen him in every club in kiev so far.

    Not sure why that’s so weird. 🙂

    Source date (UTC): 2012-12-15 18:02:00 UTC

  • NOTES ON THE CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY OF BANKRUPTING THE STATE Some people have ask

    NOTES ON THE CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY OF BANKRUPTING THE STATE

    Some people have asked me lately about the long running conservative strategy. Including the alliance between conservatives and libertarians.

    I’m using this post to capture a few articles so that it’s more obvious that I’m not alone in talking about this topic.

    (In the comments)

    Source date (UTC): 2012-12-15 10:20:00 UTC

  • A BAR. IN KIEV. THE POWER IS OUT. And people are singing popular songs a-Capella

    A BAR. IN KIEV. THE POWER IS OUT.

    And people are singing popular songs a-Capella. By candle light.

    We are clapping. We are happy.

    This is life. This is good life.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-12-14 17:40:00 UTC

  • Natural Law Is An Attempt By The Weak Church To Obscure The Fact That The Source Of Property Is Violence.

    [W]e are each born with a capacity for violence. Some more. Some less. During our lives we develop that capacity. Some more some less. Prior to the institution of property, this violence is one of our forms of wealth. We trade our wealth of violence in exchange for the institution of property. If our property is taken from us then we no longer need exchange our wealth in violence for it. And we may now use our wealth of violence for other purposes. We pay for property with our wealth in violence. The source of all property is violence. Natural law is a convenient construct of the church in order to obscure the inconvenient truth that the source of property is the application of violence. Understood correctly, this means that natural law is an attempt at redistribution: to obtain the expensive right of property at a dramatic discount. As such. Arguments to natural law are acts of fraud. The source of property is violence. – Curt Doolittle ( libertarians have fun trying to get out of that box. ).

  • FACEBOOK FEARS Two of the people closest to me are allergic to Facebook. I had t

    FACEBOOK FEARS

    Two of the people closest to me are allergic to Facebook.

    I had to create an account for Todd. With the implied threat that if he didn’t use it, I would happily create an identity for him. And certainly have a fun time of it. ( Todd is extremely sensitive to propriety. And very private. Which provides me no end of entertainment. :). Why is it that saints are private and we sinners so public? 😉

    And every photo i take of Veronika is followed by a scornful “If you post that on Facebook I will kill you.”. The frequency with which Kiev’s women threaten to kill men is something I haven’t become accustomed to yet. And that’s because I think they’re serious. 🙂

    I wonder if the fact that they are both redheads has anything to do with it.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-12-14 03:22:00 UTC

  • THE SOUND OF MUSIC: AMERICANS TALKING FINANCE There are things you miss when you

    THE SOUND OF MUSIC: AMERICANS TALKING FINANCE

    There are things you miss when you’re away. Some of them are obvious. Most of them aren’t: they’re the familiar things we take for granted.

    I was overcome with joy this morning when I heard an American accent. It was the CEO of a large insurance company. He talking about finance with the head of his French operation.

    Something familiar that I took for granted.

    It sounded like music to me.

    We chatted. He laughed.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-12-14 02:18:00 UTC

  • “I DIDN’T LEAVE AMERICA. AMERICA LEFT ME.” Any country that wants to demonize wh

    “I DIDN’T LEAVE AMERICA. AMERICA LEFT ME.”

    Any country that wants to demonize white males, is welcome to. I’m a libertarian: You’re welcome to do what you want, just not welcome to do what you want with me.

    I don’t want to live in a country where I’m preyed upon by the state, and hold second class legal status because of my race and gender. Where my heritage is disowned and discredited. And where I’m demonized in exchange for my entrepreneurship.

    Thanks.

    Our enemy: The State. Democracy is the slow road to totalitarianism.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-12-13 05:19:00 UTC

  • CHALLENGE: ETHICS IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. Not sure I have the time in January t

    http://publicreason.net/2012/12/11/call-for-papers-iv-meetings-on-ethics-and-political-philosophy-university-of-minho-braga-may-20-21-2013/A CHALLENGE: ETHICS IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.

    Not sure I have the time in January to put forth a paper. But the conference looks like an opportunity for propertarianism.

    http://publicreason.net/2012/12/11/call-for-papers-iv-meetings-on-ethics-and-political-philosophy-university-of-minho-braga-may-20-21-2013/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PublicReason+%28Public+Reason%29

    Source date (UTC): 2012-12-13 02:48:00 UTC