Markets, Markets, Markets… all the way down.
Form: Aphorism
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There Are No Non-military Activities In The Conduct Of Revolutions
Your plan is one of conquest and defense, and if you are successful enough to propagandize then your plan of maneuver, conquest, defense, and exit was successful. There are no discounts in war that do not cause loss of capability of soldiers, other than defeating your enemy completely by use of concentration of power, deception, and surprise.
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There Are No Non-military Activities In The Conduct Of Revolutions
Your plan is one of conquest and defense, and if you are successful enough to propagandize then your plan of maneuver, conquest, defense, and exit was successful. There are no discounts in war that do not cause loss of capability of soldiers, other than defeating your enemy completely by use of concentration of power, deception, and surprise.
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The Virtuous Cycle Of Western Civilization
Martial Risk Produces Reward. Opportunity for Reward produces Heroism. Martial Heroism produces Meritocracy. Meritocracy produces Sovereignty. Sovereignty produces Natural Law. Natural law produces markets. Markets produce Prosperity. Prosperity increases competitiveness. Competitiveness decreases martial risk.
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The Virtuous Cycle Of Western Civilization
Martial Risk Produces Reward. Opportunity for Reward produces Heroism. Martial Heroism produces Meritocracy. Meritocracy produces Sovereignty. Sovereignty produces Natural Law. Natural law produces markets. Markets produce Prosperity. Prosperity increases competitiveness. Competitiveness decreases martial risk.
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Power And Voice
Laconic speech is a luxury of power. The spartans could speak as such because they mastered and made universal, martial epistemology. Most speech is either political or deceptive. The spartans needed neither. Seek power for the freedom to speak laconically. Laconic speech requires deep knowledge of the subject, extraordinary honesty, extraordinary insight, and an audience of nearly equal ability, whose experience and sentiments mirror the speaker’s. It’s wisdom is lost on the idiots. Seek the wise, so you have others to speak to. I think the modern version of laconic speech is the aphorism – which nietzsche mastered (and I try to). It allows us to speak of that which others may not yet comprehend, where the laconic merely cuts through dishonesty and posturing. It is *extremely difficult* to speak in laconic voice or aphoristic prose and it is probably, other than poetic rhyme, and poetic song, our greatest intellectual art.
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Power And Voice
Laconic speech is a luxury of power. The spartans could speak as such because they mastered and made universal, martial epistemology. Most speech is either political or deceptive. The spartans needed neither. Seek power for the freedom to speak laconically. Laconic speech requires deep knowledge of the subject, extraordinary honesty, extraordinary insight, and an audience of nearly equal ability, whose experience and sentiments mirror the speaker’s. It’s wisdom is lost on the idiots. Seek the wise, so you have others to speak to. I think the modern version of laconic speech is the aphorism – which nietzsche mastered (and I try to). It allows us to speak of that which others may not yet comprehend, where the laconic merely cuts through dishonesty and posturing. It is *extremely difficult* to speak in laconic voice or aphoristic prose and it is probably, other than poetic rhyme, and poetic song, our greatest intellectual art.
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We Filter, We Do Not Train
As far as I know, Universities filter but don’t educate. Fraternities like universities filter further on sociability. Sports like Fraternities select you further on teamwork. Charities like fraternities select you further on service. Universities are meaningful for selecting you. Fraternities are meaningful for selecting you. Sports are meaningful for selecting you. IQ, Industriousness, manners(class), sociability, loyalty, attractiveness are meaningful. Degrees, grades, are not.
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We Filter, We Do Not Train
As far as I know, Universities filter but don’t educate. Fraternities like universities filter further on sociability. Sports like Fraternities select you further on teamwork. Charities like fraternities select you further on service. Universities are meaningful for selecting you. Fraternities are meaningful for selecting you. Sports are meaningful for selecting you. IQ, Industriousness, manners(class), sociability, loyalty, attractiveness are meaningful. Degrees, grades, are not.
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Nationalism is a Test.
Nationalism: If you cannot hold a territory (country) and form a state( monopoly) then the market for territorial monopoly has spoken: you are a failed people. A Country, meaning a State, either serves nation, tribe, clan, and family, or it destroys nation, tribe, clan and family. It’s not that a state is a bad thing. It’s that commercial revenue interests evolve to trump the interests of nation, tribe, clan and family.