Curt Doolittle

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  • YOU’RE EMPIRICALLY INCAPABLE OF SELF RULE IF YOUR PEOPLE ARE RUNNING TO THE WEST

    YOU’RE EMPIRICALLY INCAPABLE OF SELF RULE IF YOUR PEOPLE ARE RUNNING TO THE WEST.

    Either fix your problem at home, hire us to fix it for you (it’s quite easy if your honest to fix a society). And if you do neither, out of defense, we must start a new program of colonization and modernization out of our own self defense.

    It is not our burden. Its our defense.

    You have no right to externalize your failures.

    We have no right to externalize our failures (democracy and equality)

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-24 08:00:00 UTC

  • EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION (learning propertarianism)

    http://www.propertarianism.com/2014/09/28/the-evolution-of-cooperation/THE EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION

    (learning propertarianism)

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-24 07:28:00 UTC

  • SHORT COURSE IN SUPPRESSION OF PARASITISM (learning propertarianism) MORAL OBJEC

    http://www.propertarianism.com/2015/07/02/propertarianism-vs-rothbardiansm/A SHORT COURSE IN SUPPRESSION OF PARASITISM

    (learning propertarianism)

    MORAL OBJECTIVITY

    http://www.propertarianism.com/2015/06/17/moral-objectivity-or-relativity/

    THE BASIS OF SOCIAL ORDER: PROPERTY OR PROHIBITION ON FREE RIDING?

    http://www.propertarianism.com/2014/05/15/which-is-the-basis-of-social-order-the-prohibition-on-free-riding-vs-the-promotion-of-private-property/

    PROPERTY-EN-TOTO (DEMONSTRATED PROPERTY)

    http://www.propertarianism.com/demonstrated-property/

    THE PROBLEM OF A SUFFICIENT BASIS OF LAW

    http://www.propertarianism.com/2015/07/02/propertarianism-vs-rothbardiansm/

    STRICT CONSTRUCTION OF LAW IN PROPERTARIANISM

    http://www.propertarianism.com/2015/06/13/strict-construction-under-propertarianism/

    THE EVOLUTION OF PARASITISM AND SUPPRESSION

    http://www.propertarianism.com/2015/07/20/law-exists-but-must-be-found-government-cannot-construct-it/

    THE EVOLUTION OF SUPPRESSION OF FREE RIDING

    http://www.propertarianism.com/2015/05/10/the-evolution-of-suppression/

    THE EFFECT OF INCREMENTAL SUPPRESSION

    http://www.propertarianism.com/2015/06/23/the-meaning-of-incremental-suppression/

    THE SHIFT IN PARASITISM TO DECEIT

    http://www.propertarianism.com/2015/05/19/to-nassim-taleb-re-decline-in-violence-is-not-decline-in-parasitism/

    THE ONLY MEANS OF ELIMINATING A PARASITIC STATE IS ELIMINATING DEMAND FOR IT

    http://www.propertarianism.com/2015/04/23/the-only-means-of-eliminating-the-state-and-constructing-liberty/

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-24 07:27:00 UTC

  • HIERARCHY OF ARGUMENT STRUCTURE (useful) (learning propertarianism) The next ten

    HIERARCHY OF ARGUMENT STRUCTURE

    (useful) (learning propertarianism)

    The next ten arguments you make, try to determine which form of argument the person is relying upon. (Not with me. I have enough to do. Test your cunning elsewhere.) If you do this a few times you will begin to intuit it in every argument.

    1) EXPRESSIVE (emotional): a type of argument where a person expresses a positive or negative opinion based upon his emotional response to the subject.

    2) SENTIMENTAL (biological): a type of argument that relies upon one of the five (or six) human sentiments, and their artifacts as captured in human traditions, morals, or other unarticulated, but nevertheless consistently and universally demonstrated preferences and behaviors.

    3) MORAL (normative) : a type of argument that relies upon a set of assumedly normative rules of whose origin is either (a)socially contractual, (b)biologically natural, (c) economically necessary, or even (d)divine. (Also: RELIGIOUS)

    4) RATIONAL (logical) – Most philosophical arguments rely upon contradiction and internal consistency rather than external correspondence.

    5) HISTORICAL (analogical): A spectrum of analogical arguments – from Historical to Anecdotal — that rely upon a relationship between a historical sequence of events, and a present sequence events, in order to suggest that the current events will come to the same conclusion as did the past events, or can be used to invalidate or validate assumptions about the current period.

    6) SCIENTIFIC (directly empirical): The use of a set of measurements that produce data that can be used to prove or disprove an hypothesis, but which are subject to human cognitive biases and preferences. ie: ‘Bottom up analysis”

    7) ECONOMIC: (indirectly empirical): The use of a set of measures consisting of uncontrolled variables, for the purpose of circumventing the problems of direct human inquiry into human preferences, by the process of capturing demonstrated preferences, as expressed by human exchanges, usually in the form of money. ie: “Top Down Analysis”. The weakness of economic arguments is caused by the elimination of properties and causes that are necessary for the process of aggregation.

    8) RATIO-EMPIRICAL (Comprehensive: Using all above): A rationally articulated argument that makes use of economic, scientific, historical, normative and sentimental information to comprehensively prove that a position is defensible under all objections. NOTE: See “Styles of Argument” below.

    9) TRUTHFUL: categorically consistent, Internally consistent (logical), Externally Correspondent (Instrumentally observable), Operationally articulated (Possible), Fully Accounted, Moral (free of imposed costs).

    10) THE TAUTOLOGICAL TRUTH – Not so much an argument but the most parsimonious verbal statement is possible.

    Curt Doolittle’s “Degrees Of Political Argument”*1, from least to most substantive: *1[capitalismv3.com 2011]

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-24 05:32:00 UTC

  • A HIERARCHY of ARGUMENTATIVE TRUTH: (very useful) (learning propertarianism) So,

    A HIERARCHY of ARGUMENTATIVE TRUTH:

    (very useful) (learning propertarianism)

    So, just take the next ten arguments that you run into (not by me, I have enough work to do, demonstrate your cunning elsewhere) try to categorize which level of truth the individual is relying upon to make his or her arguments. Once you do this a few times it will become natural for you.

    1) MEANING (Awareness)

    ….True enough to imagine a conceptual relationship

    2) PREFERENCE

    ….True enough for me to feel good about.

    3) ACTIONABILITY

    ….True enough for me to take actions that produce positive results.

    4) MORALITY

    ….True enough for me to not cause others to react negatively to me.

    5) RATIONALITY

    ….True enough to resolve a conflict without subjective opinion among my fellow people with similar values.

    6) DECIDEABILITY

    ….True enough to resolve a conflict without subjective opinion across different peoples with different values.

    7) TRUTH

    ….True regardless of all opinions or perspectives.

    8) TAUTOLOGY

    ….Tautologically true: in that the two things are equal.

    Awareness, Preference, Actionability Morality, Rationality, Decidability, Truth(parsimony), Tautology.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-24 05:25:00 UTC

  • Gad, I was going to point out that it is possible to conduct racist statements t

    Gad,

    I was going to point out that it is possible to conduct racist statements through loading and framing for the purpose of rallying or shaming.

    The problem is that the kind of people who make empirical statements (us), tend not to make morally loaded and framed statements. Since those of our political persuasion do not, and we tend not to be influenced by them, we forget that most argument (if we call it that) is not empirical, even if it is, its correlative and subject to selection bias. Humans are moral creatures. Humans seeks status more so than anything but life.

    Racism + Morality *vs* Truth + Empiricism

    Whether an argument is moral or not is a reflection of the individual’s reproductive strategy. So in a sense, any moral argument that consists of rallying and shaming is in fact a truthful expression of one’s reproductive strategy. The problem is that our reproductive strategies differ. And moral arguments are incommensurable. As such moral arguments are meaningless. And they only necessary under political monopoly.

    Yet if we conduct exchanges rather than monopoly, and we force no costs upon others in the process, then we are acting cooperatively (morally) with those we disagree with (reproductively) but not sacrificing for them, and we cooperate with those we agree with (reproductively) and may choose whether or not to sacrifice for them.

    SO the problem we face is that while we have used monopoly government to construct a market for goods and services, we have not also used that monopoly to create a market for commons – leaving the only monopoly the rule of law.

    Curt Doolittle

    The Propertarian Institute

    Kiev, Ukraine

    (PS: when someone fights an empirical statement I usually just ask them why they’re liars. How can liars and lying be a moral action? How can they say they do good by lying? Is lying good then? etc, etc… But every response has to return to the central question: why are you a liar? )

    FWIW: I don’t do racism. try to fix our civilization, not blame others for pursuing their interests by taking advantage of our failures.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-24 05:11:00 UTC

  • THE MEDIA AS DRUG DEALER It doesn’t make financial sense to operate a newspaper.

    THE MEDIA AS DRUG DEALER

    It doesn’t make financial sense to operate a newspaper. The FT generates 35M of profit per year on over 500M in revenues. That’s what, 7%? The reason to own a newspaper is influence: gossip.

    Now the financial times is, like the Journal, a financial rather than political newspaper. So by definition it’s an empirical and heroic medium rather than one of complaining, for the purpose of rallying shaming, and power accumulation.

    I went through five daily issues of Canada’s main newspaper a few years ago, circling correspondent articles (what I consider truthful) and you could find about three small articles a day. The rest were entertainment, created by appealing to the anglosphere’s erroneous sense of moral superiority.

    In other words, the newspaper business sells advertising to marketers, and then consumers buy signaling: a form of conspicuous consumption, that carries signals.

    And quite the opposite of what we expected: people are not able to insulate themselves from the most influential drug after sex: signals of moral fitness.

    If we look at the evolutionary reasons why this all works, it’s obvious: moral fitness makes us generous, and moral violation makes us punish.

    But we should look at the non-financial media as what they are: drug dealers.

    They’re causing suicide through addiction.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-24 05:07:00 UTC

  • “MY BROTHER KEEPS A HUMAN HEAD IN HIS CLOSET” I have this enormous hard drive, a

    “MY BROTHER KEEPS A HUMAN HEAD IN HIS CLOSET”

    I have this enormous hard drive, and use it to play movies at random in the background while I’m working. So I’m typing away and I hear a young boy’s voice say:

    “My brother keeps a human head in a bag in his closet.

    Every few days it’s a new head.

    Usually they’re women.

    One time he had a man’s head in there.

    I was going bowling with my friend David.

    And I needed the bag, to use the ball.

    So I took it with permission.”

    “Found” (2012) – Todd Rigney (novel), Scott Schirmer (screenwriter)

    Well, you know, as an attention getter, it beats “it was a dark and stormy night” by a long shot.

    lol

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-23 09:26:00 UTC

  • CAN’T COME BACK TO UKRAINE THIS WEEK!!!!! ARGH So check this out. I have to get

    CAN’T COME BACK TO UKRAINE THIS WEEK!!!!! ARGH

    So check this out. I have to get a special visa for Ukraine in order to open a business and be employed by it. So I come to London to get the visa, and they issue it promptly (’cause they have sort of special deal for americans – which is smart). And then I find out today that I actually can’t leave ukraine while they’re issuing the paperwork in Ukraine. So that means I wouldn’t be able to go to our conference (meeting) in Estonia!! So I have to go to Estonia first, then to Ukraine. ARGH.

    The problem of borders with low trust countries.

    On the other hand, have you noticed that London is trying to imitate Istanbul?

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-23 08:19:00 UTC

  • WHAT DOES THE GOSSIP CLASS ACTUALLY DO? (seriously) What organizing function doe

    WHAT DOES THE GOSSIP CLASS ACTUALLY DO?

    (seriously)

    What organizing function does the gossip class perform? Is it advocacy of what? Resistance to what?

    CLASSES

    1) VIOLENCE: The Organization of Dispute Resolution (limits, norms, law, war): Aristocracy. The Martial Class.

    2) GOSSIP: The (Prioritization of Commons? Consumption?): Priests, Public Intellectuals, Academics: the Priestly class.

    3) REMUNERATION: The Organization of Production: Entrepreneurs: The economic class.

    4) LABOR: The production of knowledge, good and services, and reproduction: Scientists, Engineers, Labor

    Source date (UTC): 2015-07-23 06:38:00 UTC