Curt Doolittle

Category: Civilization, History, and Anthropology

  • Is Multiculturalism Good For Independent Thinkers Who Don’t See Themselves As Part Of Any Group In A Multiculural City/society?

    SHORT TERM LUXURY FOR LONG TERM EXPENSE

    Multiculturalism is permissible as a short term luxury that increases consumption by servicing a multitude of consumers, without requiring that consumers pay the cost of adapting to the norms of the host culture.  For this reason, both the sellers and the consumers obtain what they want at a discount. Unfortunately the discount is short term, as multiculturalism decreases trust, and increases political friction,  both of which increase transaction costs.  This is why, over the long term, multiculturalism occurs at the expense of the high trust society’s norms that made the wealth possible, that made the temporary luxury of multiculturalism possible.

    So no, multiculturalism is a a form of overconsumption. We may like it but it’s not ‘good’ by any measure. It is in fact, one of the surest ways to lead to conflict and civil war.

    https://www.quora.com/Is-multiculturalism-good-for-independent-thinkers-who-dont-see-themselves-as-part-of-any-group-in-a-multiculural-city-society

  • If your civilization cannot produce material commons then you are less moral tha

    If your civilization cannot produce material commons then you are less moral than those that can. This argument is inescapable. you are, by the more moral culture’s standards ‘an immoral people’.

    Locusts. It’s not an opinion. It’s just fact.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-08-10 06:45:00 UTC

  • WE WERE WRONG AND MANKIND IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST US FOR OUR SINS. You kn

    WE WERE WRONG AND MANKIND IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST US FOR OUR SINS.

    You know, I’m chiseling away at correcting the enlightenment. I didn’t realize that’s what I was doing, but thats what, under the chisel, lies inside the stone, ready to emerge.

    – Fallacy of the Anglo Enlightenment – universalism and the aristocracy of everybody – the people of the island. (the navy)

    – The fallacies of the German enlightenment – the verbalist religion of german philosophers – the people of the land. (the armies)

    – The fallacies of the Jewish enlightenment – the new mysticism of verbal pseudoscience – the people without land (the priests)

    – The resistance of the Chinese to the enlightenment – the ruthless defense of power, tribe and family.

    – The resistance of the muslims to the enlightenment – the ruthless defense of the priesthood, tribe and family.

    The enlightenment authors used science to obtain power in an organized attack on the church and monarchy. But the result was that we let loose the barbarians not only in our own culture, but in every culture as well.

    Reproduction Reigns. The family reigns. The tribe Reigns. Universalism is suicide.

    ALL OTHER CULTURES ARE RIGHT TO RESIST US. WE WERE WRONG. AND THEY ARE DESTROYING US FOR IT. WE WERE WRONG. WE ARE STILL WRONG. AND WE ARE DYING BECAUSE WE ARE WRONG.

    We either tell the truth, and demand the truth in exchange, under penalty of violence, or we die.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-08-10 04:32:00 UTC

  • Family History – Colonial New Haven Connecticut. —“Abraham quickly established

    Family History – Colonial New Haven Connecticut.

    —“Abraham quickly established himself as a well-respected citizen. In 1644, although he was perhaps just twenty-five years old, he was appointed the chief executive officer of the New Haven colony. Not only did Abraham deal with issues of concern to his fellow colonists (land, trade, public defense), he also had dealings with the Indians. His participation in New Haven civic affairs was notable as well – according to one historian when an individual of that day was prominent in public affairs it was guaranteed that he was of the highest moral character and an asset to his community.

    His wife Jane died and in 1663 he married Abigail Moss, the daughter of John Moss. He and John Moss would later participate in the founding of Wallingford, Connecticut. It is believed that Abraham was the first white man to explore the land beyond the Quinnipac River. Wallingford was incorporate as a town on May 12, 1670.

    Again, Abraham plunged into the civic affairs of his town, appointed to almost every position available in the town over the next twenty years until his death in 1690 – including treasurer, surveyor of highways and selectman. In 1673 he was appointed sergeant of the “first traine band” and thereafter bore that title. On February 15, 1675 he was appointed to a committee which would found the town’s first Congregational church.

    Records indicate that Abraham served his community continuously until just before his death on August 11, 1690. His grave stone is still standing and quite interesting – a stone about four inches thick and perhaps a foot high and wide, which has his initials, age and date of death etched on it.”—

    Source date (UTC): 2014-08-08 10:41:00 UTC

  • In Lviv, the people with bad manners, and act like they grew up in trailer parks

    In Lviv, the people with bad manners, and act like they grew up in trailer parks, speak Russian, not Ukrainian. The propagandized disenfranchised and displaced have moved west. Sort of like how the people of Louisiana ruined cities in Texas.

    Good deeds never go unpunished.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-08-08 10:27:00 UTC

  • CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS : WEIRDNESS I thought it was just nonsense, but yes, they

    CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS : WEIRDNESS

    I thought it was just nonsense, but yes, they run prostitutes out of one of the best coffee shops in town.

    It took me a long time to tell the difference between ordinary ukrainian fashion and prostitute-dress but you CAN tell the difference after a while. lol

    In Bellevue, the over 40 crowd is hounded by older and rather sophisticated working girls at one of the steak restaurants. (I got a lot of flack last time I said this in public) but it’s both common knowledge and really obvious. And there is something sort of ‘ok’ about servicing the over-40 crowed in bars in steak restaurants. It’s not like it’s a family thing.

    But at this rather elegant coffee shop, which is a decidedly family affair, with little blonde children all over the place, the whole working girl thing just seems both out of place and terribly ‘uncool’. Especially in a country where it’s not exactly an uncommon or disreputable profession.

    As usual, I was just sitting in this particular street side cafe/coffee shop, trying to figure out the business model, because they dont turn high enough checks, I just assumed that it was labor costs. Now I understand that they have multiple profit centers running out of that location. And the high profit business subsidizes the lower profit business.

    When Roman told me I though he was just kidding. But then over the course of the day, the ‘mismatch’ between ‘dates’ became obvious. And the inability of the men to dress themselves explains why they must pay for what is readily available for free.

    Just… weird.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-08-07 01:19:00 UTC

  • PERCEPTIONS: FAMILY STRUCTURE, TRUST AND CLASS Protestants practice the Absolute

    http://www.quora.com/Ethnic-and-Cultural-Differences-1/What-are-the-most-difficult-cultural-understandings-the-French-from-France-have-to-face-when-living-in-North-America/answer/Curt-Doolittle?share=1FRENCH PERCEPTIONS: FAMILY STRUCTURE, TRUST AND CLASS

    Protestants practice the Absolute Nuclear Family and the High Trust Society. In the Protestant (northern european) social model, high trust is extended to non-family members. In the catholic countries, they practice the extended family model, and high trust is retained for use only by family members, and not extended to ‘everyone you meet’.

    This explains the size of statism, and the authoritarianism in France, versus the libertarianism and rate of entrepreneurship in Anglo countries. The lower the trust in your polity, the more demand there is for authority to organize society, organize production and prevent conflicts. The more trust in your society, the less need demand (or need) there is for the authoritarian organization of society and production. This explains the difference between anglo high trust absolute nuclear, and french lower-trust extended families.

    Furthermore, as the original question positions, the high trust polity means that it is easier to take advantage of that trust and abuse it. So anglos demonstrate higher Altruistic Punishment of offenders, whereas the French do not.

    To French, Anglos appear to be ‘stupid’ and ‘dishonestly friendly’. And treat family members badly To anglos, the French appear to be ill mannered, if not outright rude, coddle laziness in the family; and the government appears to be predatory and corrupt. (In Quebec, it is possibly true.)

    SOME INTERESTING DATA

    1) In negotiations, who are the least hostile people in the world? Americans, Anglo-Canadians, and Germans. Who are the most hostile people in the world: the French. (The study counts the use of certain categories of words).

    2) In Canada, the Anglo immigrants came largely from the lower middle and middle classes. The French citizens of Quebec came disproportionately from the lower classes. This difference in classes provides greater insight into the different cultures than background alone.

    Curt Doolittle

    Source date (UTC): 2014-08-06 12:12:00 UTC

  • How Could The Conflict Between Israel And Its Neighbors Be Solved To The Satisfaction Of All Parties Involved?

    History, not of just the middle east, but of the entire world,  says it cannot.

    https://www.quora.com/How-could-the-conflict-between-Israel-and-its-neighbors-be-solved-to-the-satisfaction-of-all-parties-involved

  • What Are The Most Difficult Cultural Understandings The French (from France) Have To Face When Living In North America?

    Protestants practice the Absolute Nuclear Family and the High Trust Society. In the Protestant (northern european) social model, high trust is extended to non-family members.  In the catholic countries, they practice the extended family model, and high trust is retained for use only by family members, and not extended to ‘everyone you meet’. 

    This explains the size of statism, and the authoritarianism in France, versus the libertarianism and rate of entrepreneurship in Anglo countries. The lower the trust in your polity, the more demand there is for authority to organize society, organize production and prevent conflicts.  The more trust in your society, the less need demand (or need) there is for the authoritarian organization of society and production.  This explains the difference between anglo high trust absolute nuclear, and french lower-trust extended families.

    Furthermore, as the original question positions, the high trust polity means that it is easier to take advantage of that trust and abuse it.  So anglos demonstrate higher Altruistic Punishment of offenders, whereas the French do not.

    To French, Anglos appear to be ‘stupid’ and ‘dishonestly friendly’.  And treat family members badly  To anglos, the French appear to be ill mannered, if not outright rude,  coddle laziness in the family; and the government appears to be predatory and corrupt. (In Quebec, it is possibly true.)

    SOME INTERESTING DATA
    1) In negotiations, who are the least hostile people in the world? Americans, Anglo-Canadians, and Germans.  Who are the most hostile people in the world: the French. (The study counts the use of certain categories of words). 

    2) In Canada, the Anglo immigrants came largely from the lower middle and middle classes. The French citizens of Quebec came disproportionately from the lower classes. This difference in classes provides greater insight into the different cultures than background alone.

    Curt Doolittle

    https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-difficult-cultural-understandings-the-French-from-France-have-to-face-when-living-in-North-America

  • How Could The Conflict Between Israel And Its Neighbors Be Solved To The Satisfaction Of All Parties Involved?

    History, not of just the middle east, but of the entire world,  says it cannot.

    https://www.quora.com/How-could-the-conflict-between-Israel-and-its-neighbors-be-solved-to-the-satisfaction-of-all-parties-involved