Curt Doolittle

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  • Propertarianism is Radical not Reactionary

    Josh Jeppson said something smart last night: that Propertarianism isn’t conservative (reactionary) but innovative. That’s true.

    But then, how do I position it? —“You don’t want to go back to something (maybe some things but not all), so you’re not a reactionary, you don’t want to conserve what we have so you aren’t a conservative, and you don’t want to take what we have further, so you aren’t a progressive. You are (gasp) a revolutionary”—Adam Felix

    Source: Curt Doolittle

  • Mainstream Econ is the Study of Deception

    [M]ainstream Economics is not a practiced as a science of cooperation man but as a science of the deception of man. Not how to improve cooperation by reducing transaction costs and uncertainties but how to force consumption for the purpose of increasing employment. Of course the simplest method of  achieving the same result is to stop distorting the labor economy and directly redistribute liquidity to consumers such that employment makes less of an impact on the unemployed. That would also have the side effect of impoverishing the financial sector. Which is a good thing.

  • Mainstream Econ is the Study of Deception

    [M]ainstream Economics is not a practiced as a science of cooperation man but as a science of the deception of man. Not how to improve cooperation by reducing transaction costs and uncertainties but how to force consumption for the purpose of increasing employment. Of course the simplest method of  achieving the same result is to stop distorting the labor economy and directly redistribute liquidity to consumers such that employment makes less of an impact on the unemployed. That would also have the side effect of impoverishing the financial sector. Which is a good thing.

  • What Is A Unique Characteristic Of Capitalism As An Economic System?

    The voluntary organization of production.

    https://www.quora.com/unanswered/What-is-a-unique-characteristic-of-capitalism-as-an-economic-system

  • What Is The Significance Of Jean Baudrillardâ´s For A Critique Of The Political Economy Of The Sign?

    As an activist philosopher engaged in restoring modernism I see Baudrillard’s work as one of the death rattles of postmodernism.  

    But that does not mean that it is not possible to restate some of his ideas in ratio-scientific terms.  And that is, that as we grow in prosperity, our patterns of consumption changes from survival, to risk reduction, to fulfillment, to purely signaling.  And that much of the consumer economy consists of little more than signaling. 

    Unfortunately, by couching his thought in postmodern pseudoscience, empty verbalism,  and pretense of reason, he doomed his contributions to the dustbin of history along with all of marxism.

    The more interesting question is when does such signaling become lying?  When are signals of falsehoods occurring at the expense of material improvement of life?

    That’s a problem I haven’t spent much time on, but I think it’s the scientific means of exploring his ideas.

    https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-significance-of-Jean-Baudrillard´s-For-a-Critique-of-the-Political-Economy-of-the-Sign

  • What Is A Unique Characteristic Of Capitalism As An Economic System?

    The voluntary organization of production.

    https://www.quora.com/unanswered/What-is-a-unique-characteristic-of-capitalism-as-an-economic-system

  • What Is The Significance Of Jean Baudrillardâ´s For A Critique Of The Political Economy Of The Sign?

    As an activist philosopher engaged in restoring modernism I see Baudrillard’s work as one of the death rattles of postmodernism.  

    But that does not mean that it is not possible to restate some of his ideas in ratio-scientific terms.  And that is, that as we grow in prosperity, our patterns of consumption changes from survival, to risk reduction, to fulfillment, to purely signaling.  And that much of the consumer economy consists of little more than signaling. 

    Unfortunately, by couching his thought in postmodern pseudoscience, empty verbalism,  and pretense of reason, he doomed his contributions to the dustbin of history along with all of marxism.

    The more interesting question is when does such signaling become lying?  When are signals of falsehoods occurring at the expense of material improvement of life?

    That’s a problem I haven’t spent much time on, but I think it’s the scientific means of exploring his ideas.

    https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-significance-of-Jean-Baudrillard´s-For-a-Critique-of-the-Political-Economy-of-the-Sign

  • Choice Words on Cooperation

    —“[C]ooperation in a division of knowledge and labor is a disproportionately rewarding action – so much so, that without it, it’s nearly impossible to survive, and with it, and increasing amounts of it, we prosper. And instead of income being the result of action, it is the result of action to acquire, and the most valuable things one can acquire are opportunity for cooperation, acts of cooperation, and debts of cooperation that can be inventoried for future use. Which is precisely what mankind demonstrates daily by his actions in every walk of life.”—

    Source: (1) Curt Doolittle – COOPERATION: CHOICE WORDS FROM MY CURRENT PAPER…

  • Choice Words on Cooperation

    —“[C]ooperation in a division of knowledge and labor is a disproportionately rewarding action – so much so, that without it, it’s nearly impossible to survive, and with it, and increasing amounts of it, we prosper. And instead of income being the result of action, it is the result of action to acquire, and the most valuable things one can acquire are opportunity for cooperation, acts of cooperation, and debts of cooperation that can be inventoried for future use. Which is precisely what mankind demonstrates daily by his actions in every walk of life.”—

    Source: (1) Curt Doolittle – COOPERATION: CHOICE WORDS FROM MY CURRENT PAPER…

  • Definition: Capitalism Refers to a Bias within Government, Not a System of Government.

    [A] couple of thoughts for you:
    GOVERNMENT Is an organization for the purpose of producing commons. In practice that may mean Commons for a few. In practice that may mean Commons for some. In practice that may mean Commons for all. 
    PRODUCTION
    Capitalism isn’t a form of government.
    It’s often inarticulately referred to as an economic system (god knows what that means).
    But operationally, it’s a means of voluntarily organizing production using private property, contract, money, prices, and interest.  
    ORGANIZATION
    We can organize production voluntarily(market capitalism),
    We can organize production semi-voluntarily(mixed economy),
    or We can organize production involuntarily(socialism/slavery).
    DIVIDENDS
    We can leave individuals with all of the proceeds (no commons).
    We can leave the individuals with most of the proceeds (some provision for commons).
    We can leave individuals the minimum proceeds necessary to preserve the incentives required to voluntarily organize production. We can never let the individuals see the proceeds of their production (socialism, slavery).
    In practice all economies are mixed. Out of necessity.  The current attempt at ‘maximizing taxation’ is an attempt to determine the maximum takings that can be appropriated by the government before the incentive to cooperate fails to allow for the rational formation of the voluntary organization of production.  (In other words, they are looking to reproduce slavery.)
    A BIAS
    When we say ‘capitalism’ we are referring to a bias in favor of either the voluntary means of organization, the voluntary means of distributing dividends, or both.AXIS (A Better Nolan Chart):   Organization: capitalism<—->mixed<—->slavery
    vs Distribution: meritocratic (liberty)<—->utilitarian<—>equalitarian(communism) vs Decision: authoritarian<——->republican<——->democratic

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