Category: Politics, Power, and Governance

ALL THERE IS TO SAY OF LIBERTY. THERE IS NOTHING MORE.

(from elsewhere)

I think that public intellectuals should engage in criticism and advocacy, and where possible explanation. But reason and rationalism are two different standards. And that any statements of proof (strict construction) whether for justificationary or critical purposes, should be left to professionals in that discipline.

More than anything, in hindsight, the libertarian movement is, perhaps as much or moreso than marxism, little more than a history of amateurish, badly made philosophy, attempting to justify a minority disposition as a possible majority preference, in the hope of applying christian moral rhetoric, to obtain the sovereignty of the martial aristocracy

The philosophy of liberty consists in sovereignty and property, the common law, universal standing, and universal application (rule of law), held before a jury of one’s peers. Nomocracy – the law – is the only source of liberty. And the universal militia the only possible source of nomocracy. Even Hayek, slow as he was, finally understood. (Spoken as a slow worker myself.)

We still carry our desire to hear great tales around the campfire before sleep – to carry through our dreams means of integrating our day’s experiences. We still carry the desire to speak in great tales and inspirational language.

But liberty is valuable in that we obtain the maximum ability to pursue our ends as long as we provide no disincentive for others to permit us to do so. And through this liberty we produce trial and error in greater volume than the alternatives. We calculate our evolution at a greater pace than any alternative.

And because we calculate faster, with more of us, we compete against other groups who are less able, more successfully.

We construct liberty not by advocacy, but like the law, by preventing all other alternatives by the aggressive use of organized violence.

That is all there is to say. That is all there is to liberty. Nothing more. The rest is gilding for the weak, timid, the cowardly, and the ignorant.

Rule or be ruled.

That is all there is to say on the topic of liberty.

Curt Doolittle

The Philosophy of Aristocracy

The Propertarian Institute

Kiev, Ukraine