Curt Doolittle

Category: Commentary, Critique, and Response

  • COMMUNISM(ENVY) AND PONZI(GREED) SCHEMES “Why Won’t The Nightmare Dream Of Commu

    COMMUNISM(ENVY) AND PONZI(GREED) SCHEMES

    “Why Won’t The Nightmare Dream Of Communism Die?”

    A century of Communism achieved four main results: poverty, oppression, war, and mass death. So why does anybody still think collectivism is ‘idealistic’?

    Glenn Reynolds has, I think, the right answer:

    “For the same reason Ponzi schemes won’t stop. It’s an effective con that zeroes in on human weaknesses. Ponzi schemes capitalize on greed. Communism capitalizes on envy, which is why it’s largely sustained by intellectuals, in whose personalities envy tends to be a particularly powerful component.”

    Source date (UTC): 2017-11-22 19:39:00 UTC

  • Communism(Envy) And Ponzi(Greed) Schemes

    “Why Won’t The Nightmare Dream Of Communism Die?” A century of Communism achieved four main results: poverty, oppression, war, and mass death. So why does anybody still think collectivism is ‘idealistic’? Glenn Reynolds has, I think, the right answer: “For the same reason Ponzi schemes won’t stop. It’s an effective con that zeroes in on human weaknesses. Ponzi schemes capitalize on greed. Communism capitalizes on envy, which is why it’s largely sustained by intellectuals, in whose personalities envy tends to be a particularly powerful component.”

  • Communism(Envy) And Ponzi(Greed) Schemes

    “Why Won’t The Nightmare Dream Of Communism Die?” A century of Communism achieved four main results: poverty, oppression, war, and mass death. So why does anybody still think collectivism is ‘idealistic’? Glenn Reynolds has, I think, the right answer: “For the same reason Ponzi schemes won’t stop. It’s an effective con that zeroes in on human weaknesses. Ponzi schemes capitalize on greed. Communism capitalizes on envy, which is why it’s largely sustained by intellectuals, in whose personalities envy tends to be a particularly powerful component.”

  • I’ll make you a deal. Don’t rag on me for talking over your head, and I won’t ra

    I’ll make you a deal. Don’t rag on me for talking over your head, and I won’t rag on you for your lack of abstract intelligence. It’s a good deal. Really. ‘Cause if you’re a moral man then we’re playing for the same side even if we’re playing in different leagues.

    Source date (UTC): 2017-11-21 16:15:00 UTC

  • I’ll make you a deal. Don’t rag on me for talking over your head, and I won’t ra

    I’ll make you a deal. Don’t rag on me for talking over your head, and I won’t rag on you for your lack of abstract intelligence. It’s a good deal. Really. ‘Cause if you’re a moral man then we’re playing for the same side even if we’re playing in different leagues.

  • I’ll make you a deal. Don’t rag on me for talking over your head, and I won’t ra

    I’ll make you a deal. Don’t rag on me for talking over your head, and I won’t rag on you for your lack of abstract intelligence. It’s a good deal. Really. ‘Cause if you’re a moral man then we’re playing for the same side even if we’re playing in different leagues.

  • I have a strict no-ridicule, no-meme, no-stupid policy. And it has worked well f

    I have a strict no-ridicule, no-meme, no-stupid policy. And it has worked well for me.

    Either make an argument, say something accomodating, or shut up.

    The way to defeat Ridicule, Shaming, Gossip, and Rallying ( feminine argument) is to return the ridicule, repeat the material question, avoid all engagement outside of it, and exhaust the other parties, using the venue to promote your ideas.

    If in person, use violence.

    i use it, recommend it, and write about it.

    All online attacks are marketing opportunities. If you are marketing the truth then likability is irrelevant. if likability is relevant then one is not selling a marginally beneficial truth.

    Source date (UTC): 2017-11-21 14:23:00 UTC

  • I have a strict no-ridicule, no-meme, no-stupid policy. And it has worked well f

    I have a strict no-ridicule, no-meme, no-stupid policy. And it has worked well for me. Either make an argument, say something accomodating, or shut up. The way to defeat Ridicule, Shaming, Gossip, and Rallying ( feminine argument) is to return the ridicule, repeat the material question, avoid all engagement outside of it, and exhaust the other parties, using the venue to promote your ideas. If in person, use violence. i use it, recommend it, and write about it. All online attacks are marketing opportunities. If you are marketing the truth then likability is irrelevant. if likability is relevant then one is not selling a marginally beneficial truth.

  • I have a strict no-ridicule, no-meme, no-stupid policy. And it has worked well f

    I have a strict no-ridicule, no-meme, no-stupid policy. And it has worked well for me. Either make an argument, say something accomodating, or shut up. The way to defeat Ridicule, Shaming, Gossip, and Rallying ( feminine argument) is to return the ridicule, repeat the material question, avoid all engagement outside of it, and exhaust the other parties, using the venue to promote your ideas. If in person, use violence. i use it, recommend it, and write about it. All online attacks are marketing opportunities. If you are marketing the truth then likability is irrelevant. if likability is relevant then one is not selling a marginally beneficial truth.

  • I just want to point out that hoppe refers to economic science (falsification) b

    I just want to point out that hoppe refers to economic science (falsification) but he himself relies entirely upon economic rationalism (justification), And he confuses philosophical positivism (which never occurred) with scientific skepticism (which is how science is practiced).

    What’s the difference? Justification (excuse making) = bottom up rationalization. Positivism = justification through empiricism (top down). Science: a MARKET for ‘recipes’, where the stories (theories) provide searches (opportunities) for applications of the recipe, and where application of the recipe refines or falsifies the searches (opportunities). Science functions as just another market for actions (recipes). A market laundered of ignorance, error, bias, wishful thinking, suggestion, and deceit by the continual use of measurements in a competition between logical (mental) and physical instruments.

    Source date (UTC): 2017-11-20 13:10:00 UTC