Curt Doolittle

Form: Mini Essay

  • Why Do We Live in Different Mental Experiences?

    —“My working understanding of Truth is that which stands as a spiritual Reality, iterations of which show up in the manifest world as the vast array of imperfections with which we live in our daily lives.”—Marguerite McKenna @Nalo_Nei

    Spiritual combines (conflates) intuition and emotion. Human Cognitive Process: perceive stimuli … disambiguate, … … integrate(obj,space,scene), … … … auto-associate, … … … … auto-predict, … … … … … intuit relations, … … … … … … intuit valuations(emotion), … … … … … … … devote attention, … … … … … … … … Imagine(predict,model) … … … … … … … … … reason(permute), … … … … … … … … … … calculation(plan), … … … … … … … … … … … computation. Male bias Think / Female bias Feel. That’s what the brain does. Period. And all of us ‘live in’ some dominant experience between variation of the auto associative free-associative, imaginary-emotional(Aesthetic), and the (like me) completely Predictive-Analytical(Decidable). Division of labor cognitive so to speak.

    —“And which part is observing the interplay you speak of?”—Can’t Stump the Trump @DeplorableDJDJ

    Well, the question is, where do each of us specialize in performing auto association, prediction, valuation, focus, planning, and action? In other words, are we practicing consumption, exchange or production? Dorsal Sequence (hierarchy) of Labor: … Sensory, S-M, … … Motor(physical), M-E, … … … Executive, E-S, … … … … Social, S-F, … … … … … Focus, P-F, … … … … … … Plan, … … … … … … … Release Action … … … … … … … … > Recurse. Lateral: Prey(Perception-integration) vs Predator (Action-analysis). Diff Auto-Association … ->Diff in Prediction(imagination) … … -> Diff in Activity(value detection) … … … ->Diff in Attention … … … … -> Subjective(experience, conflate) … … … … vs … … … … -> Executive (Plan Act Recuse Disambiguate). Female and Male cognitive stereotypes (as always) are correct at the general and at the extreme. However, w/ heavily overlapping, so we find a few males with female cog bias, and opposite. And no it’s not a social construction. (a) brain structures vary (sometimes greatly) by gender (b) brain functions vary (sometimes greatly) by gender (c) in utero development failure produces ‘failures’. (d) early development, social development, trauma produce ‘failures’. So all of us can experience some or all of the spectrum but some of us bias the degree of agency (submission-experience(imagination)) vs (dominance-action) according one way or the other. As in all things we are very good at single dimension comprehension, and bad at multi. So for simple reduction: TABLE OF DIMENSIONS

    1.Self ....................vs Others ....vs World;..........
2.Sensory(aesthetes) ......vs Empathy ...vs Motor(athletes);
3.Internal(experience) ....vs Others ....vs External(action);
4.Consumption(Recreation,..vs.Trade .....vs Production......
..............Submission)..(Interaction,....(Agency.........
...........................collaboration)....Dominance);.... 
5.Short Term ..............vs Medium ..vs Long Term.........

    In other words, we’re not only different, we evolved to specialize in collecting information across reproductive, productive, knowledge, and perception spectrums and cooperating and communicating to produce a market the equilibrium serving all Power, Pareto and Nash distributions. This means we not only parallel process vast amounts of information internally, but collectively through display word and deed. And as in ANY MARKET, the velocity of transformation (‘prosperity’) is determined by the degree of expression of various wants in competition with the degree of suppression of ignorance, error, bias, wishful thinking, suggestion, obscurantism, fictions, fraud and deceit. The Issue (Different Grammars of Expression) isn’t ‘just semantics’, but of our specializations, and the market of cooperation. My work requires greater suppression of falsehood, most people’s requires greater seizure of opportunity (with hope of no-falsehood) Because increases in precision placing increased burden on executive function, are cognitively and informational expensive.

  • Why Do We Live in Different Mental Experiences?

    —“My working understanding of Truth is that which stands as a spiritual Reality, iterations of which show up in the manifest world as the vast array of imperfections with which we live in our daily lives.”—Marguerite McKenna @Nalo_Nei

    Spiritual combines (conflates) intuition and emotion. Human Cognitive Process: perceive stimuli … disambiguate, … … integrate(obj,space,scene), … … … auto-associate, … … … … auto-predict, … … … … … intuit relations, … … … … … … intuit valuations(emotion), … … … … … … … devote attention, … … … … … … … … Imagine(predict,model) … … … … … … … … … reason(permute), … … … … … … … … … … calculation(plan), … … … … … … … … … … … computation. Male bias Think / Female bias Feel. That’s what the brain does. Period. And all of us ‘live in’ some dominant experience between variation of the auto associative free-associative, imaginary-emotional(Aesthetic), and the (like me) completely Predictive-Analytical(Decidable). Division of labor cognitive so to speak.

    —“And which part is observing the interplay you speak of?”—Can’t Stump the Trump @DeplorableDJDJ

    Well, the question is, where do each of us specialize in performing auto association, prediction, valuation, focus, planning, and action? In other words, are we practicing consumption, exchange or production? Dorsal Sequence (hierarchy) of Labor: … Sensory, S-M, … … Motor(physical), M-E, … … … Executive, E-S, … … … … Social, S-F, … … … … … Focus, P-F, … … … … … … Plan, … … … … … … … Release Action … … … … … … … … > Recurse. Lateral: Prey(Perception-integration) vs Predator (Action-analysis). Diff Auto-Association … ->Diff in Prediction(imagination) … … -> Diff in Activity(value detection) … … … ->Diff in Attention … … … … -> Subjective(experience, conflate) … … … … vs … … … … -> Executive (Plan Act Recuse Disambiguate). Female and Male cognitive stereotypes (as always) are correct at the general and at the extreme. However, w/ heavily overlapping, so we find a few males with female cog bias, and opposite. And no it’s not a social construction. (a) brain structures vary (sometimes greatly) by gender (b) brain functions vary (sometimes greatly) by gender (c) in utero development failure produces ‘failures’. (d) early development, social development, trauma produce ‘failures’. So all of us can experience some or all of the spectrum but some of us bias the degree of agency (submission-experience(imagination)) vs (dominance-action) according one way or the other. As in all things we are very good at single dimension comprehension, and bad at multi. So for simple reduction: TABLE OF DIMENSIONS

    1.Self ....................vs Others ....vs World;..........
2.Sensory(aesthetes) ......vs Empathy ...vs Motor(athletes);
3.Internal(experience) ....vs Others ....vs External(action);
4.Consumption(Recreation,..vs.Trade .....vs Production......
..............Submission)..(Interaction,....(Agency.........
...........................collaboration)....Dominance);.... 
5.Short Term ..............vs Medium ..vs Long Term.........

    In other words, we’re not only different, we evolved to specialize in collecting information across reproductive, productive, knowledge, and perception spectrums and cooperating and communicating to produce a market the equilibrium serving all Power, Pareto and Nash distributions. This means we not only parallel process vast amounts of information internally, but collectively through display word and deed. And as in ANY MARKET, the velocity of transformation (‘prosperity’) is determined by the degree of expression of various wants in competition with the degree of suppression of ignorance, error, bias, wishful thinking, suggestion, obscurantism, fictions, fraud and deceit. The Issue (Different Grammars of Expression) isn’t ‘just semantics’, but of our specializations, and the market of cooperation. My work requires greater suppression of falsehood, most people’s requires greater seizure of opportunity (with hope of no-falsehood) Because increases in precision placing increased burden on executive function, are cognitively and informational expensive.

  • Why Orthodoxy Is Superior to Catholicism

    NET: Orthodoxy Remained A Faith, limited to the ambitions of faith. Catholicism Tried to reconcile science and reason, in order to govern europe. Orthodoxy makes no false promise. Catholic: 293M Total: 205M Europe, 75M USA, 13M Canada (The rest, almost all, are in non-european countries: ~.9B. IOW, the catholic church is a third world organization with third world interests, having abandoned europeans.) Orthodox: 250M Total Protestant 307M Total: 117M Europe 190M North America The Rest are in the developing world. 850M Total Europeans DIFFERENCES

    1. Catholics believe that human reason can prove the existence of God, while the Orthodox believe that God’s knowledge is planted in human nature.

    2. Catholicism employs human reason in explaining the concept of faith. -vs- Orthodoxy doesn’t reconcile human reason with faith.

    3. The Catholic doctrine evolves with change in time, and needs to fit in with prevailing circumstances. -vs- Orthodoxy does not change it’s doctrine to fit with situational needs.

    4. Protestants Believe in all prophets of the Books from the Holy Bible -vs- Orthodox ????? -vs- Protestants Believe in all prophets of the Books from the Holy Bible, and that Muhammad is a false prophet.

    5. Other Religions: Christianity is the true religion. Judaism is a true religion, but they do not believe Jesus is the Messiah. Islam is a false religion, pagan religions are also false. -vs- Orthodox ?????????? -vs- Protestants: Judaism is a true religion, but they do not believe Jesus is the Messiah. Islam is a false religion. Pagan religions are also false.

    6. ALL: “Yeah, you gotta believe” (oops…)

    GOVERNANCE

    1. Catholic Church – The Church regards the Pope, seated on the Apostolic Throne of St. Peter, as the head of the church, -vs- The Orthodox Church believes that the head of the universal Church is Jesus Christ.

    2. The Catholic Churches are subservient to the Pope who is the one supreme authority. – vs – The various Orthodox churches are autocephalous, which means, they are independent of each other and their head bishops don’t report to any higher bishop.

    3. The other bishops are subordinates to the Pope, who is also called the Supreme Pontiff. – vs- the Patriarch of each church presides over its Synod. The Patriarch is the administrative head but is at par with the rest of the bishops in spiritual terms

    RELEVANT PRACTICES

    1. In matrimony, for Catholics, divorce is not permitted under any circumstances, while for Orthodox, it may be permitted when adultery is committed. -vs-protestant where divorce is permitted for adultery or abandonment.

    THE CROOKED CATHOLIC CHURCH

    1. Papal claims of Supremacy
    2. Papal Claims of Infallibility
    3. Claims of purgatory
    4. The Sale of Indulgences

    EUROPEAN………………………………..LOOSE COMPARISON Epicureanism ……………………………..(buddhism) … Heathenism………………………….(hinduism – yes, really) … … Paganism ………………………(zoroastrianism ) … … … Protestantism……………(judaism) … … … … Orthodoxy………….(islam) … … … … … Christianity….(none)

  • Why Orthodoxy Is Superior to Catholicism

    NET: Orthodoxy Remained A Faith, limited to the ambitions of faith. Catholicism Tried to reconcile science and reason, in order to govern europe. Orthodoxy makes no false promise. Catholic: 293M Total: 205M Europe, 75M USA, 13M Canada (The rest, almost all, are in non-european countries: ~.9B. IOW, the catholic church is a third world organization with third world interests, having abandoned europeans.) Orthodox: 250M Total Protestant 307M Total: 117M Europe 190M North America The Rest are in the developing world. 850M Total Europeans DIFFERENCES

    1. Catholics believe that human reason can prove the existence of God, while the Orthodox believe that God’s knowledge is planted in human nature.

    2. Catholicism employs human reason in explaining the concept of faith. -vs- Orthodoxy doesn’t reconcile human reason with faith.

    3. The Catholic doctrine evolves with change in time, and needs to fit in with prevailing circumstances. -vs- Orthodoxy does not change it’s doctrine to fit with situational needs.

    4. Protestants Believe in all prophets of the Books from the Holy Bible -vs- Orthodox ????? -vs- Protestants Believe in all prophets of the Books from the Holy Bible, and that Muhammad is a false prophet.

    5. Other Religions: Christianity is the true religion. Judaism is a true religion, but they do not believe Jesus is the Messiah. Islam is a false religion, pagan religions are also false. -vs- Orthodox ?????????? -vs- Protestants: Judaism is a true religion, but they do not believe Jesus is the Messiah. Islam is a false religion. Pagan religions are also false.

    6. ALL: “Yeah, you gotta believe” (oops…)

    GOVERNANCE

    1. Catholic Church – The Church regards the Pope, seated on the Apostolic Throne of St. Peter, as the head of the church, -vs- The Orthodox Church believes that the head of the universal Church is Jesus Christ.

    2. The Catholic Churches are subservient to the Pope who is the one supreme authority. – vs – The various Orthodox churches are autocephalous, which means, they are independent of each other and their head bishops don’t report to any higher bishop.

    3. The other bishops are subordinates to the Pope, who is also called the Supreme Pontiff. – vs- the Patriarch of each church presides over its Synod. The Patriarch is the administrative head but is at par with the rest of the bishops in spiritual terms

    RELEVANT PRACTICES

    1. In matrimony, for Catholics, divorce is not permitted under any circumstances, while for Orthodox, it may be permitted when adultery is committed. -vs-protestant where divorce is permitted for adultery or abandonment.

    THE CROOKED CATHOLIC CHURCH

    1. Papal claims of Supremacy
    2. Papal Claims of Infallibility
    3. Claims of purgatory
    4. The Sale of Indulgences

    EUROPEAN………………………………..LOOSE COMPARISON Epicureanism ……………………………..(buddhism) … Heathenism………………………….(hinduism – yes, really) … … Paganism ………………………(zoroastrianism ) … … … Protestantism……………(judaism) … … … … Orthodoxy………….(islam) … … … … … Christianity….(none)

  • The Perfect Religion? Government? Law? Aesthetics?

    THE PERFECT RELIGION? GOVERNMENT? LAW? AESTHETICS?

    —“You said Christianity was made to destroy Rome. What religion do you think we should embrace instead?”—

    Christianity was made for powerless dim ignorant desert tribes to provide a theology of obedience and inclusion for the underclass that imitated homer and aristotle for the upper classes, and stoicism-epicureanism for the middle classes, and Sol Invictus for the working classes. It was successful at creating obedience and inclusion by false promise and lies, and undermining the upper class’ truth, markets, familial meritocracy with a claim of oppression (rather than domestication) at cost of continuous stasis if not decline. So it was imposed by force by the eastern non-greco-roman empire on the roman empire, to achieve the middle eastern conquest of the west, just as alexander had conquered the east. In the end, both experiments failed. Eventually Semites(Lies) and Europeans(Truth) reverted.

    The perfect religion?

    1) The Stoic Method-Epicureanism: Mindfulness and Love of Life; 2) Heathenism: nature and ancestors; 3) Paganism: Masculine Heroes for the strong; 4) Scientists/Artists for the Able; 5) Jesus and the Saints: Feminine Heroes for the weak. And European Transcendence of Man. THE PERFECT GOVERNMENT

    –“You said Marxism, Postmodernism, Feminism, Denialism were made to destroy our civilization. So, what is the best government?”–

    We had the Best System of Government (Perfect Government) and we blew it: 1) Nomocracy (Rule of Law by Natural Law of Torts: Reciprocity, under Property-in-toto, and Transcendence of Man) 2) A Hereditary Monarchy as Judge of Last Resort, and custodian of territory, institutions, organizations, families, and individuals. …. A State(Foreign Relations) Organization, …. A Professional Military, …. A Professional Judiciary, and …. A Treasury of Last Resort. 3) A Market for Commons consisting of: …. Regional Nobility(Persistent Military Families) serving as a normative Supreme Court (Virtues) …. A House of Industry(Commons) for those with responsibilities. (prosperity) …. A House of Arts (Labor) …. A Church Serving as a House of family. (Family) 4) A Local (Democratic) Polity(private partnership) of Property Owners …. A Militia and Sheriffs …. Voluntary Civic Organizations 5) The Nuclear Family. And Family and Nation as subject of policy 6) The Individual and Property as the subject of law. Really. You can’t do much better than that for a ‘steady state’. Because under war or stress the organization can switch from market rule to military rule (Fascism), and under plenty the organization can switch from market rule to (contingent and temporary) redistribution. The central problem with all forms of government is nothing more complex than the demographics of the polity. The larger the demonstrated underclass, the less effective a government and the more risk involved and the more limited are one’s options. The smaller the demonstrated underclass, the more effective a government and the less risk involved and the more plentiful (variable) are one’s options. Market governments cause a natural eugenic change in the distribution, while creating the greatest adaptability, rate of innovation(competition) and highest standard of living. But they require a militia or at least a dedicated military to bring into being. PERFECT LAW Truth and Duty, Promise and Contract, Sovereignty, Reciprocity, Law of Tort, Jury, and the resulting competition in markets in all aspects of life; and the eugenic suppression of the underclasses by those markets, creating the continuous rapid evolution of european man as a result. THE PERFECT AESTHETIC Heroism and Competition, Cunning and Maneuver Excellence and Beauty, Plenty and Fertility, Masculine men and Feminine Women and the Transcendence of Man into Gods.

  • The Perfect Religion? Government? Law? Aesthetics?

    THE PERFECT RELIGION? GOVERNMENT? LAW? AESTHETICS?

    —“You said Christianity was made to destroy Rome. What religion do you think we should embrace instead?”—

    Christianity was made for powerless dim ignorant desert tribes to provide a theology of obedience and inclusion for the underclass that imitated homer and aristotle for the upper classes, and stoicism-epicureanism for the middle classes, and Sol Invictus for the working classes. It was successful at creating obedience and inclusion by false promise and lies, and undermining the upper class’ truth, markets, familial meritocracy with a claim of oppression (rather than domestication) at cost of continuous stasis if not decline. So it was imposed by force by the eastern non-greco-roman empire on the roman empire, to achieve the middle eastern conquest of the west, just as alexander had conquered the east. In the end, both experiments failed. Eventually Semites(Lies) and Europeans(Truth) reverted.

    The perfect religion?

    1) The Stoic Method-Epicureanism: Mindfulness and Love of Life; 2) Heathenism: nature and ancestors; 3) Paganism: Masculine Heroes for the strong; 4) Scientists/Artists for the Able; 5) Jesus and the Saints: Feminine Heroes for the weak. And European Transcendence of Man. THE PERFECT GOVERNMENT

    –“You said Marxism, Postmodernism, Feminism, Denialism were made to destroy our civilization. So, what is the best government?”–

    We had the Best System of Government (Perfect Government) and we blew it: 1) Nomocracy (Rule of Law by Natural Law of Torts: Reciprocity, under Property-in-toto, and Transcendence of Man) 2) A Hereditary Monarchy as Judge of Last Resort, and custodian of territory, institutions, organizations, families, and individuals. …. A State(Foreign Relations) Organization, …. A Professional Military, …. A Professional Judiciary, and …. A Treasury of Last Resort. 3) A Market for Commons consisting of: …. Regional Nobility(Persistent Military Families) serving as a normative Supreme Court (Virtues) …. A House of Industry(Commons) for those with responsibilities. (prosperity) …. A House of Arts (Labor) …. A Church Serving as a House of family. (Family) 4) A Local (Democratic) Polity(private partnership) of Property Owners …. A Militia and Sheriffs …. Voluntary Civic Organizations 5) The Nuclear Family. And Family and Nation as subject of policy 6) The Individual and Property as the subject of law. Really. You can’t do much better than that for a ‘steady state’. Because under war or stress the organization can switch from market rule to military rule (Fascism), and under plenty the organization can switch from market rule to (contingent and temporary) redistribution. The central problem with all forms of government is nothing more complex than the demographics of the polity. The larger the demonstrated underclass, the less effective a government and the more risk involved and the more limited are one’s options. The smaller the demonstrated underclass, the more effective a government and the less risk involved and the more plentiful (variable) are one’s options. Market governments cause a natural eugenic change in the distribution, while creating the greatest adaptability, rate of innovation(competition) and highest standard of living. But they require a militia or at least a dedicated military to bring into being. PERFECT LAW Truth and Duty, Promise and Contract, Sovereignty, Reciprocity, Law of Tort, Jury, and the resulting competition in markets in all aspects of life; and the eugenic suppression of the underclasses by those markets, creating the continuous rapid evolution of european man as a result. THE PERFECT AESTHETIC Heroism and Competition, Cunning and Maneuver Excellence and Beauty, Plenty and Fertility, Masculine men and Feminine Women and the Transcendence of Man into Gods.

  • The Need for Via-Negativa Authority

    Schmidt’s primary argument is reducible to the need for handling exceptions and the problem of time pressure. He is thinking of the problems facing germany because of the pace and problems of normal political processes. Authority can assist in those conditions where (a) folly and fashion of the people (b) political processes fail, (c) a people must catch up when behind, (d) attempted takeover of the pollity, (e) warfare. In all those cases the monarchy has the least bad incentives.(Hoppe) ( fyi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schmitt )

  • The Need for Via-Negativa Authority

    Schmidt’s primary argument is reducible to the need for handling exceptions and the problem of time pressure. He is thinking of the problems facing germany because of the pace and problems of normal political processes. Authority can assist in those conditions where (a) folly and fashion of the people (b) political processes fail, (c) a people must catch up when behind, (d) attempted takeover of the pollity, (e) warfare. In all those cases the monarchy has the least bad incentives.(Hoppe) ( fyi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schmitt )

  • Leaders Do Not Shy from The Truth when Their Group Strategy and Competitive Advantage Is the Truth.

    Truth is what it is. Leaders do not shy from the truth when their group strategy and competitive advantage is The Truth. Restoring western civ requires restoring the constitutional monarchies for the purpose of judge of last resort. The fact that your head is full of as much bullshit about monarchies as the left is full of bullshit about white people, is because you’re just as much a victim of bullshit as they are. 1) Hoppe is right on incentives of “Renters” in government. 2) Michels is right about the iron law of oligarchy and the consequences of democracy. 3) Schmidt is right about the need for the law to handle exceptions. 4) Legions (exp Bagehot) are right that monarchies are the most successful form of government in history, and democracies always fail from hyperconsumption and competition over access to power, the violates the natural law, which is that we may have no power over one another other than denial of parasitism. 4) I am right that (a) monarchy is necessary for the denial of power, (b) denial of influence, (b) limiting the fashions of the people – and far better record than any president. Monarchs and Prime ministers and allocation to parties, have always defeated presidents, speakers of the house, and the first past the post two-party system in every possible case. QUOTES Because a ceremony of men, kin, nation is far better than a ceremony of false gods, ideology, politicians – or consumption. The best Governments of the World have been composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy. The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other. The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights – the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others. Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers. They that are discontented under monarchy, call it tyranny; and they that are displeased with aristocracy, call it oligarchy: so also, they which find themselves grieved under a democracy, call it anarchy, which signifies the want of government; and yet I think no man believes, that want of government, is any new kind of government. The British monarchy has the political and constitutional task of subtracting from the government and governors of Britain the papal and kingly airs that in America, because we have no such institution, unfortunately adhere to the president. I believe that the visit of the Queen to the United States is an admirable occasion to produce an historical, truthful, sincere, genuine analysis of how the British Monarchy evolved into its present situation. Americans also seem to believe that the monarchy is a kind of mediaeval hangover, encumbered by premodern notions of decorum; the reality is that the British monarchy, for good or ill, is a modern political institution perhaps the first modern political institution. What royal families are very good at doing is surviving and reinventing themselves. That’s true whether it’s a constitutional monarchy in Britain or an authoritarian monarchy. If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nations mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nations needs. Edit

  • Leaders Do Not Shy from The Truth when Their Group Strategy and Competitive Advantage Is the Truth.

    Truth is what it is. Leaders do not shy from the truth when their group strategy and competitive advantage is The Truth. Restoring western civ requires restoring the constitutional monarchies for the purpose of judge of last resort. The fact that your head is full of as much bullshit about monarchies as the left is full of bullshit about white people, is because you’re just as much a victim of bullshit as they are. 1) Hoppe is right on incentives of “Renters” in government. 2) Michels is right about the iron law of oligarchy and the consequences of democracy. 3) Schmidt is right about the need for the law to handle exceptions. 4) Legions (exp Bagehot) are right that monarchies are the most successful form of government in history, and democracies always fail from hyperconsumption and competition over access to power, the violates the natural law, which is that we may have no power over one another other than denial of parasitism. 4) I am right that (a) monarchy is necessary for the denial of power, (b) denial of influence, (b) limiting the fashions of the people – and far better record than any president. Monarchs and Prime ministers and allocation to parties, have always defeated presidents, speakers of the house, and the first past the post two-party system in every possible case. QUOTES Because a ceremony of men, kin, nation is far better than a ceremony of false gods, ideology, politicians – or consumption. The best Governments of the World have been composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy. The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other. The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights – the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others. Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers. They that are discontented under monarchy, call it tyranny; and they that are displeased with aristocracy, call it oligarchy: so also, they which find themselves grieved under a democracy, call it anarchy, which signifies the want of government; and yet I think no man believes, that want of government, is any new kind of government. The British monarchy has the political and constitutional task of subtracting from the government and governors of Britain the papal and kingly airs that in America, because we have no such institution, unfortunately adhere to the president. I believe that the visit of the Queen to the United States is an admirable occasion to produce an historical, truthful, sincere, genuine analysis of how the British Monarchy evolved into its present situation. Americans also seem to believe that the monarchy is a kind of mediaeval hangover, encumbered by premodern notions of decorum; the reality is that the British monarchy, for good or ill, is a modern political institution perhaps the first modern political institution. What royal families are very good at doing is surviving and reinventing themselves. That’s true whether it’s a constitutional monarchy in Britain or an authoritarian monarchy. If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nations mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nations needs. Edit