Curt Doolittle

Category: Politics, Power, and Governance

  • If Republicans Want To Reduce Government Regulations, Then Why Do They Want Government To Be Involved In Social Issues? As A Republican, How Is This Contradicting Or Do You Think The Government Shouldn’t Be Involved In Social Issues Either?

    Republican (Aristocratic) ethics seek to restore the ethics of the intergenerational nuclear family as the central unit of social, economic, and political order. It is not correct to say that they don’t want to pressure social issues. They do. Because they want the families to run the world, not the government. We are all equal as families and we are all unequal in every other capacity.

    https://www.quora.com/If-Republicans-want-to-reduce-government-regulations-then-why-do-they-want-government-to-be-involved-in-social-issues-As-a-Republican-how-is-this-contradicting-or-do-you-think-the-government-shouldn’t-be-involved-in-social-issues-either

  • Is There Any Army In The History Of Mankind (past Or Present) That Could Possibly Defeat The United States As It Stands Today? What About As It Was In 1950?

    No army on earth can defeat the russians in a ground war. It is impossible.
    No country can defeat a stockpile of nuclear weapons. Ergo, Russia, USA, and China cannot be ‘defeated’ without suicidal consequences. Although Russians and Chinese have long records of killing off their own people – which is what concerns westerners.

    That said, there is no power on earth today, nor none in history that can survive a war with the united states – given any time. The only way to attack a country like the USA is with a surprise and deeply. Even so, that would mean suicide.

    https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-army-in-the-history-of-mankind-past-or-present-that-could-possibly-defeat-the-United-States-as-it-stands-today-What-about-as-it-was-in-1950

  • If Someone Wanted To, What Would They Need To Realistically Do In Order To Topple All Current World Governments?

    Invent a germ that rapidly kills rice and wheat. (Yes, there are people who think of how to do these things.) Or the equivalent that ‘eats’ hydrocarbons (petroleum products). In both cases, all governments and all civilizations would fall rather rapidly, and population would return to agrarian levels. In particular, a germ that would kill rice would kill billions cheaply and quickly, which would drive governments to revolt and war.

    https://www.quora.com/If-someone-wanted-to-what-would-they-need-to-realistically-do-in-order-to-topple-all-current-world-governments

  • If Republicans Want To Reduce Government Regulations, Then Why Do They Want Government To Be Involved In Social Issues? As A Republican, How Is This Contradicting Or Do You Think The Government Shouldn’t Be Involved In Social Issues Either?

    Republican (Aristocratic) ethics seek to restore the ethics of the intergenerational nuclear family as the central unit of social, economic, and political order. It is not correct to say that they don’t want to pressure social issues. They do. Because they want the families to run the world, not the government. We are all equal as families and we are all unequal in every other capacity.

    https://www.quora.com/If-Republicans-want-to-reduce-government-regulations-then-why-do-they-want-government-to-be-involved-in-social-issues-As-a-Republican-how-is-this-contradicting-or-do-you-think-the-government-shouldn’t-be-involved-in-social-issues-either

  • How Can Americans (finally) Bridge The Political €˜culture War’ Between Conservatives And Liberal Leaning Ideals?

    It’s not possible becasue the two goals are incompatible. The answer is to reverse the mistake of the civil war, and separate the ‘coasts’ from the ‘core’.

    https://www.quora.com/How-can-Americans-finally-bridge-the-political-‘culture-war’-between-conservatives-and-liberal-leaning-ideals

  • If Someone Wanted To, What Would They Need To Realistically Do In Order To Topple All Current World Governments?

    Invent a germ that rapidly kills rice and wheat. (Yes, there are people who think of how to do these things.) Or the equivalent that ‘eats’ hydrocarbons (petroleum products). In both cases, all governments and all civilizations would fall rather rapidly, and population would return to agrarian levels. In particular, a germ that would kill rice would kill billions cheaply and quickly, which would drive governments to revolt and war.

    https://www.quora.com/If-someone-wanted-to-what-would-they-need-to-realistically-do-in-order-to-topple-all-current-world-governments

  • You Have Complete Control Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria For 20 Years. What Would You Do To Better The Country Across All Sectors (e.g. Education, Economy, Military, National Unity)?

    I’ve looked into this, and the answer is the same for any developing country: if you can produce a judiciary, police force, and military that will enforce property rights, moral (reciprocal) contracts, and where bureaucrats are open to suit by anyone for corruption, then eventually you will prosper.

    Nigeria and Ghana at the very least have nothing but time holding them from becoming an advanced society. There are, in both countries, upper middle class (professionals), and those people are the ones who matter.

    https://www.quora.com/You-have-complete-control-of-the-Federal-Republic-of-Nigeria-for-20-years-What-would-you-do-to-better-the-country-across-all-sectors-e-g-education-economy-military-national-unity

  • How Can Americans (finally) Bridge The Political €˜culture War’ Between Conservatives And Liberal Leaning Ideals?

    It’s not possible becasue the two goals are incompatible. The answer is to reverse the mistake of the civil war, and separate the ‘coasts’ from the ‘core’.

    https://www.quora.com/How-can-Americans-finally-bridge-the-political-‘culture-war’-between-conservatives-and-liberal-leaning-ideals

  • Is China Stronger Than America?

    China is a very poor country. But it has more population than the Western world, more population than the African world, about the same or more than the Indian world, less population than the Muslim world, and perhaps most importantly, greater racial and cultural homogeneity than any other people other than the japanese – and that’s coupled with a ‘self righteous’ military, a history and culture of monolithic bureaucracy; no history whatsoever of what we call ‘rule of law’ or individual rights (sovereignty), or peerage; And a severe ‘chip on its shoulder’ for having been backward, and the loser of modern wars, and the poor choice of communism, which is contrary to the Chinese cultural ‘mythos’ that china is the ‘Center of the World’.

    So while it is easy for china to ‘catch up from behind’ using authoritarianism, it is very hard to produce a constantly competitive, and constantly evolving economy given ‘chinese characteristics’. (WHich I won’t go into)

    Can china use her central bureaucracy to concentrate capital in industry and military to achieve by threat, bribery, and obstruction, that which the west achieved by technical innovation, economic expansion, and ‘dragging the world out of ignorance, superstition, tyranny, poverty, and disease?’

    Of course she can.

    And there are more nations in this world that do not want meritocracy than do so. And china, russia, and islam, seem poised to conflict with the west, india, and christian africa.

    I think the period of the west’s ideals has ended and the future belongs to non-market nations.

    Democracy, Liberty, Innovation, Individualism, are western if not scandinavian (english) preoccupations.

    The north sea people are, quite honestly, sons of cattle raiders, pirates, vikings, and warriors. It’s a materialistic heritage.

    Most people had no such luxury.

    https://www.quora.com/Is-China-stronger-than-America

  • Is China Stronger Than America?

    China is a very poor country. But it has more population than the Western world, more population than the African world, about the same or more than the Indian world, less population than the Muslim world, and perhaps most importantly, greater racial and cultural homogeneity than any other people other than the japanese – and that’s coupled with a ‘self righteous’ military, a history and culture of monolithic bureaucracy; no history whatsoever of what we call ‘rule of law’ or individual rights (sovereignty), or peerage; And a severe ‘chip on its shoulder’ for having been backward, and the loser of modern wars, and the poor choice of communism, which is contrary to the Chinese cultural ‘mythos’ that china is the ‘Center of the World’.

    So while it is easy for china to ‘catch up from behind’ using authoritarianism, it is very hard to produce a constantly competitive, and constantly evolving economy given ‘chinese characteristics’. (WHich I won’t go into)

    Can china use her central bureaucracy to concentrate capital in industry and military to achieve by threat, bribery, and obstruction, that which the west achieved by technical innovation, economic expansion, and ‘dragging the world out of ignorance, superstition, tyranny, poverty, and disease?’

    Of course she can.

    And there are more nations in this world that do not want meritocracy than do so. And china, russia, and islam, seem poised to conflict with the west, india, and christian africa.

    I think the period of the west’s ideals has ended and the future belongs to non-market nations.

    Democracy, Liberty, Innovation, Individualism, are western if not scandinavian (english) preoccupations.

    The north sea people are, quite honestly, sons of cattle raiders, pirates, vikings, and warriors. It’s a materialistic heritage.

    Most people had no such luxury.

    https://www.quora.com/Is-China-stronger-than-America