Curt Doolittle

Category: Civilization, History, and Anthropology

  • Was Alexander Great? Much More So Than Historians Give Him Credit For

    ALEXANDER In the 3500 year old battle between the aristocracy(how we live) and the dictatorship(how most of the world lives) he was the first great general to defeat the first great threat to our civilization (our aristocratic civilization): the Persian Empire, and as a consequence the totalitarianism of the river civilizations, making the world safe for the territorial farming civilizations.

    What you might add to your understanding of history, is that those people who invented Aristocracy invented as a consequence, sovereignty. And the only possible means of decision making under sovereignty: debate, reason, logic, empiricism, and the objective Truth that results from their use; and the only possible institutions of decision making under sovereignty: jury, senate, democracy; And the only possible method of conflict resolution under sovereignty: Natural, judge-discovered, common law. And the methods of organization under sovereignty: a market for production of goods and services; a market for reproduction (marriage); a market for the production of commons (multi-house democratic government); a market for the production of knowledge (science); a market for leadership (election). Despite the west being poorer, less populous, and on the edge of the bronze age, the west advanced faster than the rest of the world in both the ancient athenian(navy)-spartan(army)-roman(industry), and modern anglo(navy)-german(army)-american(industry) eras, because there is no faster way of adapting and innovating than heroism, sovereignty, truth, and markets-in-everything. So Heroism creates the need for Sovereignty, which in turn creates the need for everything the west has achieved that we value. And that is why Alexander Matters. He is the HAND of Aristotle. And the two of them conquered the east in defense of the west. Aristotle conquered mysticism and falsehoods, and Alexander despotism. The west has a very important and unique idea: sovereignty. ASIDE: THE WORD “SOVEREIGNTY” AS USED BY THE CLASSES – Sovereignty : Aristocracy – Organizing the Polity. – Liberty: Burghers – Organizing the Economy. – Freedom: Laborers – Transforming resources – Consumption(‘so called positive freedom’): women, children, and the underclasses Curt Doolittle The Propertarian Institute Kiev, Ukraine

  • Mythical Extremes, Demonstrated Regularities

    Let me repeat that so that it doesn’t get lost: we tell stories of great achievement because it is the only possible way of conveying heroism: desirable action at the extremes. We teach the valuable exceptions that produce the valuable rewards for high risk. We do not tell people stories of regularities that are in evidence around us every day. This is why history consists of irregularities (innovations), and why existence consists of regularities (productions). Men innovate(disrupt) through extremes and women operate (produce generations) through regularities. And we have evolved such that our gender’s abilities serve the needs.

    If you look at the 20th century. By all possible measures, women are failing at their duties. At present, it might also be that men are – if we let ourselves be conquered in order to please the folly of our women. We are not equal. Like an army we must all do our jobs if we are to survive.

  • Mythical Extremes, Demonstrated Regularities

    Let me repeat that so that it doesn’t get lost: we tell stories of great achievement because it is the only possible way of conveying heroism: desirable action at the extremes. We teach the valuable exceptions that produce the valuable rewards for high risk. We do not tell people stories of regularities that are in evidence around us every day. This is why history consists of irregularities (innovations), and why existence consists of regularities (productions). Men innovate(disrupt) through extremes and women operate (produce generations) through regularities. And we have evolved such that our gender’s abilities serve the needs.

    If you look at the 20th century. By all possible measures, women are failing at their duties. At present, it might also be that men are – if we let ourselves be conquered in order to please the folly of our women. We are not equal. Like an army we must all do our jobs if we are to survive.

  • The Cycle of Orders

    [T]he cycle of history in genes, polities, economies, and knowledge is the same: A new opportunity to exploit is discovered by those capable of exploiting it.

    The innovators profit from the cooperation of followers. The followers and those who profit expand in a hierarchy or school until one of the following occurs: 1 – the ‘market’ opportunity is exhausted, …1.1 – followers who can be incentivised are exhausted, …1.2 – or increases in profits are exhausted, …1.3 – or the resources needed to exploit the opportunity are exhausted. 2 – or the institutions of cooperation (the pricing system) is overwhelmed, resulting in hyper-consumption. 3 – or a shock is encountered sufficient that the order cannot restructure while preserving the incentives to maintain the order; 4 – or Disaster, Plague, Famine, and War create a shock that no order can survive. This is the universal rule of the evolution of orders.

  • The Cycle of Orders

    [T]he cycle of history in genes, polities, economies, and knowledge is the same: A new opportunity to exploit is discovered by those capable of exploiting it.

    The innovators profit from the cooperation of followers. The followers and those who profit expand in a hierarchy or school until one of the following occurs: 1 – the ‘market’ opportunity is exhausted, …1.1 – followers who can be incentivised are exhausted, …1.2 – or increases in profits are exhausted, …1.3 – or the resources needed to exploit the opportunity are exhausted. 2 – or the institutions of cooperation (the pricing system) is overwhelmed, resulting in hyper-consumption. 3 – or a shock is encountered sufficient that the order cannot restructure while preserving the incentives to maintain the order; 4 – or Disaster, Plague, Famine, and War create a shock that no order can survive. This is the universal rule of the evolution of orders.

  • “At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized

    —“At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.”— Charles Darwin

    Um. I’m not into extermination. I’m into domestication.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-09-15 10:18:00 UTC

  • THE CYCLES: CYCLE OF ORDERS The cycle of history in genes, polities, economies,

    THE CYCLES: CYCLE OF ORDERS

    The cycle of history in genes, polities, economies, and knowledge is the same:

    A new opportunity to exploit is discovered by those capable of exploiting it.

    The innovators profit from the cooperation of followers.

    The followers and those who profit expand in a hierarchy or school until one of the following occurs:

    1 – the ‘market’ opportunity is exhausted,

    …1.1 – followers who can be incentivised are exhausted,

    …1.2 – or increases in profits are exhausted,

    …1.3 – or the resources needed to exploit the opportunity are exhausted.

    2 – or the institutions of cooperation (the pricing system) is overwhelmed, resulting in hyper-consumption.

    3 – or a shock is encountered sufficient that the order cannot restructure while preserving the incentives to maintain the order;

    4 – or Disaster, Plague, Famine, and War create a shock that no order can survive.

    This is the universal rule of the evolution of orders.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-09-15 02:42:00 UTC

  • RT @MartianHoplite: Rome and Baghdad have never recovered. The liberal western c

    RT @MartianHoplite: Rome and Baghdad have never recovered. The liberal western cities never will. The provinces are our only hope. https://…

    Source date (UTC): 2016-09-13 13:54:24 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/775694117942755328

  • Eli Harman (@MartianHoplite): Rome and Baghdad have never recovered. The liberal

    https://twitter.com/MartianHoplite/status/775370399563517956/photo/1?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=curtdoolittle&utm_content=775694117942755328Retweeted Eli Harman (@MartianHoplite):

    Rome and Baghdad have never recovered. The liberal western cities never will. The provinces are our only hope. https://t.co/va2Yj2KAew

    Source date (UTC): 2016-09-13 09:55:00 UTC

  • MYTHICAL EXTREMES, DEMONSTRATED REGULARITIES Let me repeat that so that it doesn

    MYTHICAL EXTREMES, DEMONSTRATED REGULARITIES

    Let me repeat that so that it doesn’t get lost: we tell stories of great achievement because it is the only possible way of conveying heroism: desirable action at the extremes. We teach the valuable exceptions that produce the valuable rewards for high risk. We do not tell people stories of regularities that are in evidence around us every day. This is why history consists of irregularities (innovations), and why existence consists of regularities (productions). Men innovate(disrupt) through extremes and women operate (produce generations) through regularities. And we have evolved such that our gender’s abilities serve the needs.

    If you look at the 20th century. By all possible measures, women are failing at their duties. At present, it might also be that men are – if we let ourselves be conquered in order to please the folly of our women.

    We are not equal. Like an army we must all do our jobs if we are to survive.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-09-13 04:17:00 UTC