[E]xtreme wealth ruins a culture. Spain, France, Britain, America, in that order all suffer from creating elites during time of plenty that attempt to perpetuate and expand the institutions that they occupy even after the period of prosperity has ended. Worse, formerly hard working people are lifted up out of the peasant, working and middle classes, and protect their status as well – collapsing the culture of industry that made them able to afford the luxury and imprisoning them in perpetual maximization of rents. Leaving behind a vapid pretense of false signals. The average Brit spends his life trying to find a way to feel morally superior to someone else. The average american tries to find a way to feel economically and meritocratic-ally superior. Pretense reigns in the nation in decline.
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Britain and The Consequences of Wealth
[E]xtreme wealth ruins a culture. Spain, France, Britain, America, in that order all suffer from creating elites during time of plenty that attempt to perpetuate and expand the institutions that they occupy even after the period of prosperity has ended. Worse, formerly hard working people are lifted up out of the peasant, working and middle classes, and protect their status as well – collapsing the culture of industry that made them able to afford the luxury and imprisoning them in perpetual maximization of rents. Leaving behind a vapid pretense of false signals. The average Brit spends his life trying to find a way to feel morally superior to someone else. The average american tries to find a way to feel economically and meritocratic-ally superior. Pretense reigns in the nation in decline.
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Source date (UTC): 2015-11-12 07:39:00 UTC
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Gamification!!!!
Gamification!!!!
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-12 06:50:00 UTC
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Almost all of philosophy after Aristotle up until Hume consists of a few feather
Almost all of philosophy after Aristotle up until Hume consists of a few feathers of wisdom and a vast amount of hand waving. Justification, wishful thinking and cunning lies.
The the evolution of law is the only meaningful source of insight into western man’s mind. the evolution of art, the evolution of war, the evolution of money, banking, credit, interest and insurance; the evolution of mathematics. Of engineering. Of astronomy. Of our diets. Our dress. All add color.
But philosophy consists of convenient lies by the church, polite begging of the middle class. Wishful thinking of the proletarians. And nonsensical pseudo mysticism of the academy.
Liars all. Dreamers all.
We soldier onward.
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-11 19:31:00 UTC
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Happening”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44vzMNG2fZc&feature=youtu.be”Its Happening”
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-11 17:40:00 UTC
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(Americans have 1 fighter jet for every 130K people (2200)) Defense Budget: $577
(Americans have 1 fighter jet for every 130K people (2200))
Defense Budget: $577,100,000,000
External Debt: $15,680,000,000,000
Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold: $150,200,000,000
Purchasing Power Parity: $16,720,000,000,000
Total Population: 320,202,220
Available Manpower: 145,212,012
Fit for Service: 120,022,084
Reaching Military Age Annually: 4,217,412
Active Frontline Personnel: 1,400,000
Active Reserve Personnel: 1,100,000
Total Aircraft: 13,892
Fightersllnterceptors: 2,207
Fixed-Wing Attack Aircraft: 2,797
Transport Aircraft: 5,366
Trainer Aircraft: 2,809
Helicopters: 6,196
Attack Helicopters: 920
Tanks: 8,848
Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFVs): 41,062
Self-Propelled Guns (SPGs): 1,934
Towed-Artillery: 1,299
Multiple-Launch Rocket Systems (MLRSs): 1,331
Aircraft Carriers: 20
Frigates: 10
Destroyers: 62
Corvettes: 0
Submarines: 72
Coastal Defense Craft: 13
Mine Warfare: 11
(Germans have 1 fighter for every 760,000 people (105))
Defense Budget: $40,200,000,000
External Debt: $5,717,000,000,000
Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold: $248,900,000,000
Purchasing Power Parity: $3,227,000,000,000
Total Population: 80,996,685
Available Manpower: 36,417,842
Fit for Service: 29,538,413
Reaching Military Age Annually: 790,368
Fightersllnterceptors: 105
Fixed-Wing Attack Aircraft: 192
Transport Aircraft: 322
Trainer Aircraft: 49
Helicopters: 355
Attack Helicopters: 34
Active Frontline Personnel: 179,046
Active Reserve Personnel: 145,000
Tanks:408
Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFVs): 5,869
Self-Propelled Guns (SPGs): 154
Towed-Artillery: 0
Multiple-Launch Rocket Systems (MLRSs): 50
Aircraft Carriers: 0
Frigates: 11
Destroyers: 0
Corvettes: 5
Submarines: 4
Coastal Defense Craft: 8
Mine Warfare: 15
No meaningful Air or Sea Power.
Insufficiently meaningful personnel.
Sufficient bombers.
Light but reasonable armor and helicopters.
Assuming sufficient missile defense of the airspace it’s a worthwhile territorial defense strategy.
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-11 13:51:00 UTC
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and Testimonialism provide the Wilsonian synthesis: merging science, philosophy
http://twitter.com/curtdoolittle/status/664505907292819456/photo/1/large?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=curtdoolittle&utm_content=664505907292819456Propertarianism and Testimonialism provide the Wilsonian synthesis: merging science, philosophy morality and law. https://t.co/7rYh6VKb3k
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-11 13:12:00 UTC
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#NRx #libertarianism #tcot
#NRx #libertarianism #tcot https://t.co/rBAO8yMOXO
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-10 14:13:20 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/664083420818087936
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#libertarianism #tcot
http://twitter.com/curtdoolittle/status/664083420818087936/photo/1/large?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=curtdoolittle&utm_content=664083420818087936#NRx #libertarianism #tcot https://t.co/rBAO8yMOXO
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-10 09:13:00 UTC