How can man die better,
than facing fearful odds,
for the labors of his fathers,
and the glory of his gods.
Source date (UTC): 2016-06-09 11:21:00 UTC
Form: Quote Commentary
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How can man die better, than facing fearful odds, for the labors of his fathers,
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CONTENT MERGED WITH BLOCKCHAIN – INTERNET REFORMATION
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/technology/the-webs-creator-looks-to-reinvent-it.html?_r=0WEB CONTENT MERGED WITH BLOCKCHAIN – INTERNET REFORMATION.
Source date (UTC): 2016-06-08 01:09:00 UTC
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“People talk about reactionaries as if they’re the pest, rather than the pest co
“People talk about reactionaries as if they’re the pest, rather than the pest control.”–Carlos Clark #nrx #altright
Source date (UTC): 2016-06-07 16:23:36 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/740217657228562432
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“People talk about reactionaries as if they’re the pest, rather than the pest co
“People talk about reactionaries as if they’re the pest, rather than the pest control.”–Carlos Clark #nrx #altright
Source date (UTC): 2016-06-07 12:23:00 UTC
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I SAID
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/cyber-threat-cybercom-trains-infrastructure-attack-power-companies-play-threat-grid/LIKE I SAID…
Source date (UTC): 2016-06-07 08:34:00 UTC
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“NATO as a whole – and Europe in particular – face various and complex security
—“NATO as a whole – and Europe in particular – face various and complex security challenges, which are often ignored by European societies. It is a false perception that if we live in peace then our security will not be challenged. The world is going through intensive changes, which come together with serious challenges. If we take a look at the neighbourhood of Europe we can see conflicts and wars almost everywhere: in Ukraine, in the Middle East, in North-Africa. And we can add some areas of the Western-Balkans to the list, where the situation is still fragile. At the same time we have to cope with new challenges, like cyber threat, too. Money is essential to address these challenges properly.”—Hungarian Defense Minister
Source date (UTC): 2016-06-03 05:51:00 UTC
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WORTH REPEATING (read this as a lament that the anglos foolishly truncated the g
WORTH REPEATING
(read this as a lament that the anglos foolishly truncated the german evolution into empire and the full maturity of german thought.)
***It’s that as intellectual work, excuse-making (the german rationalist model) and social engineering (the anglo legal model) are for different purposes: reinforcing the existing behaviors (germans) as a means of territorial defense, and colonizing new people (anglos) as a means of expanding commercial empires. Anglos and Romans dominated the world with Law and accounting, insured by arms. Germany never got to her empire phase because the Anglos and Russians (foolishly) stopped her. But if it had happened, then germans would have had to make the same transition from a philosophy of justification (how we should be) to a philosophy of law (we can be anything but what we must not be).
Once you understand this difference between justificationary reinforcement of existing ideas and operational transformation to new ideas, you’ll understand the difference between german domestic philosophy and anglo roman imperial philosophy and why germans use new-Christianity rationalism and anglos use rule of law.***
Source date (UTC): 2016-06-02 06:02:00 UTC
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ELEGANTLY STATED —“The great pull of the German justificationary arts & letter
ELEGANTLY STATED
—“The great pull of the German justificationary arts & letters is evident, perhaps most so on Germans ourselves. They have thus achieved their aspired historical function (in Curt’s terms, Nietzsche/Wagner etc. are not pushing objective arguments, but aim to inspire/rally around ideals).
And yet our ascendancy to empire was cut short, therefore no corresponding corpus filosofico in terms of running the thing, resolving legal disputes, governance etc. There’s no Confucius to our Yüe Fei, no Shogun to our Emperor, no workout scheme to our pre-session pump-up video.
But there are traces of what might eventually have spawned a German empirico-legalistic school: the medieval town codes, or the historical beginnings of what would become Austrian economics come to mind; Hanseatic statutes, possibly.
Thing is, those solely romantically inclined have little need for that missing corpus, while those naturally duty-bound, quiet (unheroic) and industrious (the vast majority of Germans in my estimation) don’t even have the vocabulary to begin to articulate what they’re missing. Cheers mates”— Benjamin Lange
Source date (UTC): 2016-06-02 06:00:00 UTC
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“Corruption by journalists, the indulgence of wishful thinking, bias, etc. are t
—“Corruption by journalists, the indulgence of wishful thinking, bias, etc. are the major cause of the decline of the West since 1965. As Moldbug pointed out they’re the new clerisy, as intent on all the privilege and none of the responsibility as any fat corrupt abbot in 1788 France. You will warranty your words and give a full account of your proposals, or we will hang you. It’s that simple.”—Con Eli Khan
Source date (UTC): 2016-06-01 23:49:00 UTC
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“The peculiarity of philosophy in Italy is, with minor exceptions, an endless ta
—“The peculiarity of philosophy in Italy is, with minor exceptions, an endless target practice with the object of refining some aspects of German classical idealism, or else the re-hashing of themes from the philosophy of the ‘schools’ in quasi Thomistic ways.‘”—
interesting positioning. I tend to read only the aristocratic italian writers and I see them as only sligthly sentimental empiricists. So perhaps I read only the scientific wing (those that descend from machhieavelli). But it occurs to me that while french love deceit and subtlety, and germans abstract obfuscation, the italians are less trusting and their philosophy more skeptical, if beautiful.
Source date (UTC): 2016-06-01 01:46:00 UTC