Category: Politics, Power, and Governance

  • Retweeted James Woods (@RealJamesWoods): Here are the State by State Costs of Il

    Retweeted James Woods (@RealJamesWoods):

    Here are the State by State Costs of Illegal Immigration. This is reflective only of burden borne by states. The federal cost per state is significantly higher, of course. https://t.co/eiFyLAP4In


    Source date (UTC): 2018-02-27 12:47:00 UTC

  • Retweeted James Woods (@RealJamesWoods): Here are the State by State Costs of Il

    Retweeted James Woods (@RealJamesWoods): Here are the State by State Costs of Illegal Immigration. This is reflective only of burden borne by states. The federal cost per state is significantly higher, of course. https://t.co/eiFyLAP4In
  • Is Conflict Costly?

    —“Conflict is too costly to be anything but an absolutely last resort.”— A friend Thats not true. (It’s a common libertarian trope.) We have MADE conflict increasingly costly. However, predation is incredibly rewarding and every expansionary empire in history is evidence of it. Hell, american ascendence, and american quality of life is perhaps the best example in history. I can’t think of any condition in history where expansionary conquest wasn’t the most profitable endeavor possible. I think we can say that SYMMETRIC conflict is costly, but ASYMMETRIC conflict is extraordinarily rewarding – hence the eternal arms race from the dawn of time. Conquest and Rule are THE MOST PROFITABLE INDUSTRIES ever invented by man. And we invented it.
  • “Conflict is too costly to be anything but an absolutely last resort.”— A frie

    —“Conflict is too costly to be anything but an absolutely last resort.”— A friend

    Thats not true. (It’s a common libertarian trope.)

    We have MADE conflict increasingly costly. However, predation is incredibly rewarding and every expansionary empire in history is evidence of it. Hell, american ascendence, and american quality of life is perhaps the best example in history. I can’t think of any condition in history where expansionary conquest wasn’t the most profitable endeavor possible.

    I think we can say that SYMMETRIC conflict is costly, but ASYMMETRIC conflict is extraordinarily rewarding – hence the eternal arms race from the dawn of time.

    Conquest and Rule are THE MOST PROFITABLE INDUSTRIES ever invented by man.

    And we invented it.


    Source date (UTC): 2018-02-26 08:30:00 UTC

  • Is Conflict Costly?

    —“Conflict is too costly to be anything but an absolutely last resort.”— A friend Thats not true. (It’s a common libertarian trope.) We have MADE conflict increasingly costly. However, predation is incredibly rewarding and every expansionary empire in history is evidence of it. Hell, american ascendence, and american quality of life is perhaps the best example in history. I can’t think of any condition in history where expansionary conquest wasn’t the most profitable endeavor possible. I think we can say that SYMMETRIC conflict is costly, but ASYMMETRIC conflict is extraordinarily rewarding – hence the eternal arms race from the dawn of time. Conquest and Rule are THE MOST PROFITABLE INDUSTRIES ever invented by man. And we invented it.
  • RT @Outsideness: “I want freedom.” “I want equality.” — So do both, in differen

    RT @Outsideness: “I want freedom.”
    “I want equality.”
    — So do both, in different places. It’s not that freaking difficult.


    Source date (UTC): 2018-02-26 01:13:23 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/967930558394269697

  • RT @Outsideness: Once democracy becomes fundamentally and explicitly about openi

    RT @Outsideness: Once democracy becomes fundamentally and explicitly about opening the gates (demographic replacement, or not) it becomes a…


    Source date (UTC): 2018-02-26 01:12:33 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/967930350306545664

  • What Do You Think About Anarchism?

    Anarchism is a nonsense word invented as a trope in the same way the capitalism vs socialism are nonsense words invented as tropes – in order to distract from and avoid the causal problem: whether one is ruled by rule of law versus discretionary rule (not rule of law, but rule by command, rule by oligarchy(legislation), or rule by primitive custom).

    One either has rule of law or discretionary rule.

    One either has monological law (empirical law) of reciprocity , or one has discretionary ‘judgement’ – not law.

    The reason the anarchists invented ‘anarchism’ was to preserve poly ethical (immoral) tribal law.

    Why? because western europeans practice high trust, and are the highest trust peoples on earth (and always have been). Others cannot compete (or their group evolutionary strategies are parasitic) and

    The monarchies allowed ‘hosted peoples’ to retain their common laws (superstitions) when dealing with one another, and enforced the kings law (native european reciprocity) when dealing with others.

    If you have rule of law you will end up with markets in everything and a high trust society.

    If you have discretionary rule you will end up with corruption in everything and a low trust society.

    Marxism Socialism, Libertarianism, and Conservatism are all attempts to change the discourse from science and rule of law, to empty moralizing.

    For the simple reason that everyone can think he’s moral and right while rule of law is dismantled systematically – as it has been since the end of the wars.

    https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-about-anarchism

  • What Do You Think About Anarchism?

    Anarchism is a nonsense word invented as a trope in the same way the capitalism vs socialism are nonsense words invented as tropes – in order to distract from and avoid the causal problem: whether one is ruled by rule of law versus discretionary rule (not rule of law, but rule by command, rule by oligarchy(legislation), or rule by primitive custom).

    One either has rule of law or discretionary rule.

    One either has monological law (empirical law) of reciprocity , or one has discretionary ‘judgement’ – not law.

    The reason the anarchists invented ‘anarchism’ was to preserve poly ethical (immoral) tribal law.

    Why? because western europeans practice high trust, and are the highest trust peoples on earth (and always have been). Others cannot compete (or their group evolutionary strategies are parasitic) and

    The monarchies allowed ‘hosted peoples’ to retain their common laws (superstitions) when dealing with one another, and enforced the kings law (native european reciprocity) when dealing with others.

    If you have rule of law you will end up with markets in everything and a high trust society.

    If you have discretionary rule you will end up with corruption in everything and a low trust society.

    Marxism Socialism, Libertarianism, and Conservatism are all attempts to change the discourse from science and rule of law, to empty moralizing.

    For the simple reason that everyone can think he’s moral and right while rule of law is dismantled systematically – as it has been since the end of the wars.

    https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-about-anarchism

  • Retweeted Outsideness (@Outsideness): “I want freedom.” “I want equality.” — So

    Retweeted Outsideness (@Outsideness): “I want freedom.” “I want equality.” — So do both, in different places. It’s not that freaking difficult.