Category: Commentary, Critique, and Response

Source date (UTC): 2024-03-20 17:50:43 UTC

Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1770508282853032237

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It’s not concrete and testable enough. And this form of construction is used only when trying to manipulate by use of conflation.

The west consists of the natural religions, the germanic semi-formalization, the greco-roman formalization, and the greek philosophical formation, culminating in stoicism.

The method for comparing civilizational differences consists of:
1) Given the three means of coercion possible:
… 1. Religion/Social by Seduction/Ostracization
… 2. Economic by Trade/Boycott
… 3. State by Defense/Violence
2) Given the path dependence of institutional formation:
… 1. Religion(Strong) > State(Weak) > Law(fail)
… 2. Religion(Strong) > Law(Weak) > State(fail)
… 3. State(Strong) > Religion(Weak) > Law (fail)
… 4. State(Strong) > Law (Weak) > Religion (fail)
… 5. Law(Strong) > Religion(Weak) > State (fail)
… 6. Law(Strong) > State(weak) > Religion (fail)
3) Given the Innovative ability of those institutions:
… 1. Limited: Religion
… 2. Only Under Stress: State
… 3. Continuous: Law
4) Given the adaptability of those institutions:
… 1. Slow: Religion
… 2. Medium: Law
… 3. Fast: State
5) Given the demographic composition of the polity (IQ):
… Slow: Below Minimum (85) – no innovation or adaptation
… Medium: Below Innovation (100) – adaptation
… Fast: Above threshold (105) – innovation
6) In addition:
… Relationship between rulers and ruled (parasitic vs productive)
… Homogeneity (good) vs Heterogeneity (bad)
… Resources
… Geography
… Climate
… Condition vs competing states.

This determines the condition of the population.

Cheers

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