The purpose of our position on civil war is to remind both sides that the unthinkable is not only thinkable, but possible, if not probable – and that’s why we need to take positive action to resolve our differences. And that we recommend peaceful separation.
— John and Curt
The purpose of our position on civil war is to remind both sides that the unthinkable is not only thinkable, but possible, if not probable – and that’s why we need to take positive action to resolve our differences. And that we recommend peaceful separation.
— John and Curt
THE LAW OF GOD IF THERE IS ONE IS ‘WIN’. [I]f there is a god, his only law was entropy (dissipation) The only law of biochemistry is accumulation of information to defeat entropy (memory) The only law of life is accumulation of information to defeat of entropy and reproduce (reproduction) The only law of organisms is accumulation of information to defeat entropy and compete with other organisms (evolution) The only law of sentient organisms is accumulating enough information to defeat entropy and other organisms by cooperation (reciprocity). The only law of conscious organisms is accumulating enough information to defeat entropy, organisms, and their production, by calculation (instrumentation). The only law of calculating organisms is accumulation of enough information to defeat evolution (eugenics) The only law of eugenic organisms is accumulation of enough information to defeat entropy and transcend into gods. Defeat of entropy but accumulating information until transcendence into gods.
THE LAW OF GOD IF THERE IS ONE IS ‘WIN’. [I]f there is a god, his only law was entropy (dissipation) The only law of biochemistry is accumulation of information to defeat entropy (memory) The only law of life is accumulation of information to defeat of entropy and reproduce (reproduction) The only law of organisms is accumulation of information to defeat entropy and compete with other organisms (evolution) The only law of sentient organisms is accumulating enough information to defeat entropy and other organisms by cooperation (reciprocity). The only law of conscious organisms is accumulating enough information to defeat entropy, organisms, and their production, by calculation (instrumentation). The only law of calculating organisms is accumulation of enough information to defeat evolution (eugenics) The only law of eugenic organisms is accumulation of enough information to defeat entropy and transcend into gods. Defeat of entropy but accumulating information until transcendence into gods.
Feb 11, 2020, 9:11 PM by John Mark [I]n any nation there will be capable and incapable people, wealthy and poor, etc – all across the spectrum. There is a huge difference between giving less capable people (who often tend to vote for free stuff stolen from others) “via-negativa” power thru P-law (the power to STOP violations of reciprocity) and giving them “via-positiva” power thru voting (the power to INITIATE violations of reciprocity). The Propertarian system does NOT allow less capable (often parasite-minded) people the ability to INITIATE violations of reciprocity, and at the same time it DOES allow everyone to stop violations of reciprocity. So you can see it solves 2 problems at once: It TAKES AWAY via-positiva initiating power from a demographic that has a majority of parasite-instinct people, and GIVES via-negativa power to STOP violations of reciprocity, to everyone. And under P-Law the average person WILL have MUCH more power to counter the well-heeled than today. First, keep in mind that poor people even today often have no trouble getting legal representation when the lawyers believe there is strong chance of a big financial reward. P-Law would provide significant $ rewards – violators of reciprocity will have to pay damages, and the richer the violator, the greater the financial reward for taking them to court will be in many cases. Second, under P-Law there will be very few if any frivolous lawsuits because loser has to pay extra damages. This reduces/eliminates the ability of rich people to use their wealth to “play the lawsuit game” as a tool of control over the poor. Everyone regardless of wealth level will be much more careful about their actions and words in general (so as not to end up in court by violating reciprocity), and careful about going to court (poor people if they have a good case will have no trouble finding a good lawyer, rich people will not be able to use frivolous lawsuits to intimidate & wear out opposition). (Curt has thought this through very thoroughly. People just need to stick around long enough to find out that the multiple changes outlined in the propertarian system fix multiple problems as well as they can be fixed, keeping in mind that no fix will be 100% perfect.)
—“The importance of voting is evidence the American experiment failed. The greater the importance, the greater the evidence, the greater the failure.”— Luke Weinhagen
Feb 11, 2020, 9:11 PM by John Mark [I]n any nation there will be capable and incapable people, wealthy and poor, etc – all across the spectrum. There is a huge difference between giving less capable people (who often tend to vote for free stuff stolen from others) “via-negativa” power thru P-law (the power to STOP violations of reciprocity) and giving them “via-positiva” power thru voting (the power to INITIATE violations of reciprocity). The Propertarian system does NOT allow less capable (often parasite-minded) people the ability to INITIATE violations of reciprocity, and at the same time it DOES allow everyone to stop violations of reciprocity. So you can see it solves 2 problems at once: It TAKES AWAY via-positiva initiating power from a demographic that has a majority of parasite-instinct people, and GIVES via-negativa power to STOP violations of reciprocity, to everyone. And under P-Law the average person WILL have MUCH more power to counter the well-heeled than today. First, keep in mind that poor people even today often have no trouble getting legal representation when the lawyers believe there is strong chance of a big financial reward. P-Law would provide significant $ rewards – violators of reciprocity will have to pay damages, and the richer the violator, the greater the financial reward for taking them to court will be in many cases. Second, under P-Law there will be very few if any frivolous lawsuits because loser has to pay extra damages. This reduces/eliminates the ability of rich people to use their wealth to “play the lawsuit game” as a tool of control over the poor. Everyone regardless of wealth level will be much more careful about their actions and words in general (so as not to end up in court by violating reciprocity), and careful about going to court (poor people if they have a good case will have no trouble finding a good lawyer, rich people will not be able to use frivolous lawsuits to intimidate & wear out opposition). (Curt has thought this through very thoroughly. People just need to stick around long enough to find out that the multiple changes outlined in the propertarian system fix multiple problems as well as they can be fixed, keeping in mind that no fix will be 100% perfect.)
—“The importance of voting is evidence the American experiment failed. The greater the importance, the greater the evidence, the greater the failure.”— Luke Weinhagen
Feb 12, 2020, 9:53 AM “IT’S HARD TO GET ON BOARD WITH MONARCHY” [I] wasn’t on board with it either. It’s just eventually I couldn’t deny it any longer. Constitutional monarchy with power of veto, termination of ministers, dissolution of parliament. That’s all. Monarchy = Kinship government, and Intergenerational Incentives, and capitalization rather than tragedy of the commons, and compensates for fashion, political, and procedural failure. The enemy wanted to end our monarchy to replace it with an organized crime family.
Feb 12, 2020, 9:53 AM “IT’S HARD TO GET ON BOARD WITH MONARCHY” [I] wasn’t on board with it either. It’s just eventually I couldn’t deny it any longer. Constitutional monarchy with power of veto, termination of ministers, dissolution of parliament. That’s all. Monarchy = Kinship government, and Intergenerational Incentives, and capitalization rather than tragedy of the commons, and compensates for fashion, political, and procedural failure. The enemy wanted to end our monarchy to replace it with an organized crime family.
Feb 12, 2020, 11:12 AM [T]he greatest mistakes our country made were not letting the south secede, expanding the franchise to those unproductive and lacking responsibility, and the Hart-Celler Act to open the gates to the underclasses – destroying the American experiment in a third way: middle-class civ. These are followed closely by tolerating the postwar suppression of the American eugenics movement, and not brutally crushing the communist movement, Marxist-postmodernist movements. We were tolerant in Greek, Roman, Germanic, and British civilizations. Tolerance is a weakness, not a virtue.
Feb 12, 2020, 11:12 AM [T]he greatest mistakes our country made were not letting the south secede, expanding the franchise to those unproductive and lacking responsibility, and the Hart-Celler Act to open the gates to the underclasses – destroying the American experiment in a third way: middle-class civ. These are followed closely by tolerating the postwar suppression of the American eugenics movement, and not brutally crushing the communist movement, Marxist-postmodernist movements. We were tolerant in Greek, Roman, Germanic, and British civilizations. Tolerance is a weakness, not a virtue.