http://www.propertarianism.com/?p=6032WE COMPETE WITH TRUTH, FAMILY STRUCTURE, RATES OF REPRODUCTION, AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
(reposted from march, 2013)
The lesson I am learning from this is that living in a prosperous society is not necessarily an evolutionary advantage – it appears to be a disadvantage.
Unless you wall out the rest of the world, that is.
Swiss do it mostly right.
Source date (UTC): 2014-11-11 06:44:00 UTC
LEGITIMACY PROBLEM I MUST DEAL WITH
a) the fact that I’m capturing western civilization’s dependence upon objective truth telling at high personal cost – heroism: sacrificial contribution to the commons in exchange for status and remembrance.
b) the fact that I’m doing this to demonstrate the basis for the scope of rights under rule of law necessary for liberty – despite that liberty is a minority desire.
c) that in doing so I have created a general rule for the analysis of all political systems, and construction of all political systems, under that universal rule of law.
d) that at the same time I am advocating for my ‘tribe’ – kin selection – or at least that all tribal aristocracies practice kin selection while cooperating, collaborating, working, and allying, with other aristocrats also engaging in kin selection.
And therefore that the work is suspect.
Well, of course al political theory is suspect. But that places no limits on Propertarianism, only on aristocratic egalitarianism that is constructed via Propertarianism. And even then, only whether you agree with kin selection (eugenic man) or whether you seek to defeat it (dysgenic man).
I will have to struggle with this problem a bit I think. Once I have the ability to conduct anti-liar arguments I think I will have done it. There is a general rule hidden in that work that I haven’t found, but I intuit that it’s there.
Source date (UTC): 2014-11-11 05:07:00 UTC
FACEBOOK: VALUE AND DECLINING VALUE
So, FB was of extraordinary value in:
– developing the anti-libertine arguments
– developing the truth arguments.
– solving the problem of critical rationalism’s rationalism.
– forcing me (always) to simplify my arguments.
But I need to (and I need others with me) to spend more time on the internet blogs soon where the more difficult arguments are conducted. I can’t do it yet, because the business is in too early a stage. But I will feel confident by the spring making that change in investment. Or rather, I will still sketch ideas here, but will spend a little more time writing for the blogs. Conservative and academic blogs are superior to libertarian blogs, whereas on FB libertarian arguments are superior to conservative arguments. This has to do with the distribution of our different talents in the biases.
Cheers.
Source date (UTC): 2014-11-10 10:02:00 UTC
http://www.rferl.org/content/treason-ukraine-bik-arrest-counterintelligence/26683395.htmlWE CAUGHT ONE – “HIGH TREASON”
Source date (UTC): 2014-11-10 07:52:00 UTC
CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS
One thing I love about my life here is having ‘servants’. Full time cook, housekeeper etc. I have no car, and it costs less than a cheap car payment. But they are never really comfortable around you. I just treat them like family. But they’re always nervous. Very strange culture here. In the states, it’s more like it was in our medieval history: you know, you send your kids to work for the cousins across town who need help with the kids or with the farm or something. And you’re sort of family who gets paid a bit plus room and board (mostly just you get fed). Not the same here. Serfdom.
Source date (UTC): 2014-11-10 07:35:00 UTC
(WordPress + Barley Editor [edit in place functionality] – my life is complete.)
Source date (UTC): 2014-11-10 07:24:00 UTC
(lost my computer glasses and that’s gotta get fixed ’cause I can’t see what I’m typing and so I can’t correct what I’m typing even more than usual… lol)
Source date (UTC): 2014-11-10 06:42:00 UTC
http://www.quizfreak.com/can-you-name-the-10-most-famous-paintings-in-history/index1.htmlyeah… um… I wold have been surprised if I didn’t, because I AM an art history major. But then, its about the easiest test you could assemble, ever.
Source date (UTC): 2014-11-09 15:40:00 UTC
DON’T CONFUSE CHEATING ON YOUR TAXES WITH TOLERANCE AND LOVE.
It is irrelevant what you think of other cultures, and the people in them – unless they ignore you, it is only relevant what they think of you. Thinking is no counter to competition. It is merely self-congratulatory discounting to confuse conviction with convenience, and tolerance with letting the boat sink because bailing is someone else’s job.
Tolerance and submission are no more intrinsic goods than violence and domination. The question is only whether one is suppressing parasitism and forcing each other into the market, or one is permitting parasitism and allowing others to escape the transformationary struggle to enter the market.
So before you congratulate yourself on your tolerance and morality you must determine if you are expanding parasitism or suppressing it.
Source date (UTC): 2014-11-09 08:08:00 UTC
Stick a fork in it and call it done.
Source date (UTC): 2014-11-08 10:46:00 UTC