WE ARE BOTH INFORMED AND DECEIVED BY SUGGESTION [W]e should not be surprised, if experience is transferred by the process of using names of properties by means of suggestion, that those who would master deception would do so by the same process of suggestion. Meaning, that one can seek to inform or to deceive by the same means. And that some of us should specialize in the suggestion of truth, some in the suggestion of honesty, some in the suggestion of error, and some in the suggestion of falsehood, should not surprise us. What should surprise us is how willingly susceptible to suggestion we humans are if suggestion confirms our natural cognitive or moral biases. Nor should it surprise us if others develop specialization in suggestions that invoke our moral biases.
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Democracy is a Luxury Good that’s the Product of Rule of Law.
[T]he luxury of democratic redistribution is the product of the prosperity that results from the long term application of rule of law, common law, natural law, and eugenic reproduction. Man is naturally parasitic and societies without rule of law, common law, natural law, and eugenic reproduction operate at the maximum corruption possible both at the political and personal level.
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Democracy is a Luxury Good that’s the Product of Rule of Law.
[T]he luxury of democratic redistribution is the product of the prosperity that results from the long term application of rule of law, common law, natural law, and eugenic reproduction. Man is naturally parasitic and societies without rule of law, common law, natural law, and eugenic reproduction operate at the maximum corruption possible both at the political and personal level.
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The Rifle Did It. Just As The Spear.
[T]he moment the professional warrior could be countered by the rifleman the domestication of the aristocracy was doomed, because it was the soldier protecting his leaders instead of the leaders protecting their workers. This mirrors the evolution of the spear which allowed the alpha to be controlled, reproduction to be distributed, and women to use gossip to incite the betas to contain or kill the alphas. The development of expensive metal armor, the wheel-chariot, and the horse, restored the alpha. The rifle restored the balance. If we are to rule, then how are we to gain asymmetry and restore eugenic reproduction, and the meritocratic society?
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The Rifle Did It. Just As The Spear.
[T]he moment the professional warrior could be countered by the rifleman the domestication of the aristocracy was doomed, because it was the soldier protecting his leaders instead of the leaders protecting their workers. This mirrors the evolution of the spear which allowed the alpha to be controlled, reproduction to be distributed, and women to use gossip to incite the betas to contain or kill the alphas. The development of expensive metal armor, the wheel-chariot, and the horse, restored the alpha. The rifle restored the balance. If we are to rule, then how are we to gain asymmetry and restore eugenic reproduction, and the meritocratic society?
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It Doesn’t Matter Who Rules – Only That We Deny People Rule.
[W]e always get it backwards. It doesn’t matter who rules. Only that we deny people the ability to rule. We deny them through rule of law. A king is but a judge of last resort. A government but an insurer of last resort. A parliament but a market for the production of commons: a market of last resort. All else from family to production is market activity alone.
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It Doesn’t Matter Who Rules – Only That We Deny People Rule.
[W]e always get it backwards. It doesn’t matter who rules. Only that we deny people the ability to rule. We deny them through rule of law. A king is but a judge of last resort. A government but an insurer of last resort. A parliament but a market for the production of commons: a market of last resort. All else from family to production is market activity alone.
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Modern Military Thought is Not Helpful In Revolutionary War
[A] friend brings up an important topic and that is that revolutionaries and soldiers, and revolution and combined arms warfare have little to do with each other. You already hold the territory Your objective is not to concentrate forces but to act randomly. Your cost of territorial possession is zero. Your timetable is long. Your strategy is attrition. Your preferred weapon is fire. Your targets are all soft. You need little command and control. You need no supply lines. Our military is terrible at fighting the new generation of civil warfare.
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Modern Military Thought is Not Helpful In Revolutionary War
[A] friend brings up an important topic and that is that revolutionaries and soldiers, and revolution and combined arms warfare have little to do with each other. You already hold the territory Your objective is not to concentrate forces but to act randomly. Your cost of territorial possession is zero. Your timetable is long. Your strategy is attrition. Your preferred weapon is fire. Your targets are all soft. You need little command and control. You need no supply lines. Our military is terrible at fighting the new generation of civil warfare.
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Render Unto Caesar …
God / Caesar. Pedagogy / Law. Experience / Truth. Creativity / Decidability. Wisdom / Criticism Preference / Necessity Cooperation / Conflict Ambition / Constraint Literature / Science