Curt Doolittle

Theme: Civilization

  • “What is often forgotten is Britain’s responsibility. Islam prior to 1918 was ce

    —“What is often forgotten is Britain’s responsibility. Islam prior to 1918 was centralized and centred in Istanbul – it was being codified there (and in Ottoman Cairo) and was modernizing. … When Britain backed the Arabs in 1915, they also backed the Saud family and, intententionally, the reactionary Islam of the Arab peninsular to use against the Ottomans – as a consequence we’ve seen the rise to prominence of Wahabbist Islam.”—Aaron Kahland

    Yes, I think it’s not understood that they Koran in use today was written in the 1920’s.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-04-04 09:28:00 UTC

  • My understanding of history is that the Chinese insularism, is absolutely the op

    My understanding of history is that the Chinese insularism, is absolutely the optimum strategy. The principle problem wth the chinese was that they failed to solve the problem of competing interests, and tort law to resolve them, which prevented them from solving the problems of (formal) reason, and science.

    If the romans had built the walls, (which they started) they would have given us ‘china’ in the same way that the mountains gave india, and the desert gave africa, and the oceans gave australia and the americas,

    the central problem has been the tribalism of the people of the desert and steppe: the middle east.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-04-04 09:18:00 UTC

  • anyway. its fun for all of us. I know the names of my ancestors for a thousand y

    anyway. its fun for all of us. I know the names of my ancestors for a thousand years. it makes history real. and our genes tell that story. and for most people it creates a sense of continuity and place. -cheers

    Source date (UTC): 2018-04-04 07:39:41 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981436126794788864

    Reply addressees: @Communism_Kills

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981435394775572480

    IN REPLY TO:

    Unknown author

    @Communism_Kills I dunno if the data shows that, but i think few groups have as much question or import. Jews practiced serial mating until fairly late just like the irish, and captured female genes from outgroups in every region of the migratory diaspora. Most peoples were more fixed ingroup.

    Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/981435394775572480

    IN REPLY TO:

    @curtdoolittle

    @Communism_Kills I dunno if the data shows that, but i think few groups have as much question or import. Jews practiced serial mating until fairly late just like the irish, and captured female genes from outgroups in every region of the migratory diaspora. Most peoples were more fixed ingroup.

    Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/981435394775572480

  • Ancient Family History Is Different from What Was Handed Down

    . (family history nonsense) Growing up we were told that our most distant ancestor had some crime or other that he apologized for, and gave money to Mont St Michelle. That wasn’t true at all. He merely gave witness to the legal proceedings. Fun with the “telephone game” of family history. The other was that one gave all his possession to a monastery. But of course, that’s what you did when you joined one. (Not that a am really sure of anything prior to 1350. Nor is anyone else for that matter. I’m still trying to get hold of something I can trust between the time the family disappears from the south of england, and … it sure looks like, moves north and then west. Always have property. Seems they were always literate. My ‘intuition’ tells me there was a little fortune seeking military nonsense going on in scotland and that this maybe didn’t turn out as they’d hoped, and resettled in the west.) This is the other axis I want to check. But I don’t think we can distinguish that clearly yet: THE HUSMERAE The Husmerae were a tribe or clan in Anglo-Saxon England, possibly forming an early settlement of the Hwicce subkingdom. The Husmerae settled on the banks of the River Stour, prior to 736.[1] They probably took their name from Usmere, a pool on the boundary of Wolverley whose name in preserved in Ismere House in Churchill, Worcestershire.[2] The tribe is mentioned only in the Ismere Diploma of 734, and subsequent charters relating to the same property until 964, when Usmere occurs on the boundary of Cookley in Wolverley.[1][3] This charter was for the foundation of a coenubium (minster). That minster was probably at Kidderminster, quite probably occupying the site of the parish church there.[4] Although the Husmerae may have been of West Saxon origin, settling into the area some time after the West Saxon defeat of the Britons at the Battle of Dyrham in 577, the Ismere Diploma suggests that Husmerae is the ancient name for area, although uncertainty over its provenance leave the origins of the name open to question [5] —- HWICCE Hwicce (Old English: /ʍi:kt͡ʃe/ [hw-eek-chay]) was a tribal kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the kingdom was established in 577, after the Battle of Deorham. After 628, the kingdom became a client or sub-kingdom of Mercia as a result of the Battle of Cirencester. The Tribal Hidage assessed Hwicce at 7000 hides, which would give it a similar sized economy to the kingdoms of Essex and Sussex. The exact boundaries of the kingdom remain uncertain, though it is likely that they coincided with those of the old Diocese of Worcester, founded in 679–80, the early bishops of which bore the title Episcopus Hwicciorum. The kingdom would therefore have included Worcestershire except the northwestern tip, Gloucestershire except the Forest of Dean, the southwestern half of Warwickshire, the neighbourhood of Bath north of the Avon, plus small parts of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and north-west Wiltshire.[1][2] —- ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL, FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS, IN THE DIOCESE OF AVRANCHES. [Original Charters in Archives of La Manche, (fn. 1) and in private hands; Cartulary in Public Library of Avranches, No. 210. (fn. 2) ] [? 1085–1087.] (Original in archives. (fn. 46) Trans. Vol. II. fo. 247.) 718. Charter of William (Wilgelmus) son of Hugh de Silliaco. For forgiveness of all the misdeeds of himself, his predecessors and his successors, he grants in the time of William (Wilgelmi) king of the English, of Hoel bishop of Le Mans, of Ubert the vicomte and of Geoffrey de Mayenne (Mahena), to the monks of St. Michael, for the brotherhood and the prayers of St. Michael and the monks his servants, all the dues on his land of the monks’ demesne [to be enjoyed] as their own in peace, Ralf the monk and Andrew receiving them, on behalf of that house with a green branch of thorn (cum spine viridi ramo), Oldeburga (sic) allowing the gift on behalf of (loco) his other sons and accepting the benefits [of brotherhood] for them. Testimonio Willelmi de Vernico, et Amelini forestarii, et Berardi de Silliaco; Warini filii Rogeri; Radulfi de Dolieta; Erberti de Orca; Thebaldi capellani; Droconi[s] de Sancto Christoforo; Fulconi[s] Droardi, etc.
    Apr 02, 2018 9:50pm

  • Ancient Family History Is Different from What Was Handed Down

    . (family history nonsense) Growing up we were told that our most distant ancestor had some crime or other that he apologized for, and gave money to Mont St Michelle. That wasn’t true at all. He merely gave witness to the legal proceedings. Fun with the “telephone game” of family history. The other was that one gave all his possession to a monastery. But of course, that’s what you did when you joined one. (Not that a am really sure of anything prior to 1350. Nor is anyone else for that matter. I’m still trying to get hold of something I can trust between the time the family disappears from the south of england, and … it sure looks like, moves north and then west. Always have property. Seems they were always literate. My ‘intuition’ tells me there was a little fortune seeking military nonsense going on in scotland and that this maybe didn’t turn out as they’d hoped, and resettled in the west.) This is the other axis I want to check. But I don’t think we can distinguish that clearly yet: THE HUSMERAE The Husmerae were a tribe or clan in Anglo-Saxon England, possibly forming an early settlement of the Hwicce subkingdom. The Husmerae settled on the banks of the River Stour, prior to 736.[1] They probably took their name from Usmere, a pool on the boundary of Wolverley whose name in preserved in Ismere House in Churchill, Worcestershire.[2] The tribe is mentioned only in the Ismere Diploma of 734, and subsequent charters relating to the same property until 964, when Usmere occurs on the boundary of Cookley in Wolverley.[1][3] This charter was for the foundation of a coenubium (minster). That minster was probably at Kidderminster, quite probably occupying the site of the parish church there.[4] Although the Husmerae may have been of West Saxon origin, settling into the area some time after the West Saxon defeat of the Britons at the Battle of Dyrham in 577, the Ismere Diploma suggests that Husmerae is the ancient name for area, although uncertainty over its provenance leave the origins of the name open to question [5] —- HWICCE Hwicce (Old English: /ʍi:kt͡ʃe/ [hw-eek-chay]) was a tribal kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the kingdom was established in 577, after the Battle of Deorham. After 628, the kingdom became a client or sub-kingdom of Mercia as a result of the Battle of Cirencester. The Tribal Hidage assessed Hwicce at 7000 hides, which would give it a similar sized economy to the kingdoms of Essex and Sussex. The exact boundaries of the kingdom remain uncertain, though it is likely that they coincided with those of the old Diocese of Worcester, founded in 679–80, the early bishops of which bore the title Episcopus Hwicciorum. The kingdom would therefore have included Worcestershire except the northwestern tip, Gloucestershire except the Forest of Dean, the southwestern half of Warwickshire, the neighbourhood of Bath north of the Avon, plus small parts of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and north-west Wiltshire.[1][2] —- ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL, FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS, IN THE DIOCESE OF AVRANCHES. [Original Charters in Archives of La Manche, (fn. 1) and in private hands; Cartulary in Public Library of Avranches, No. 210. (fn. 2) ] [? 1085–1087.] (Original in archives. (fn. 46) Trans. Vol. II. fo. 247.) 718. Charter of William (Wilgelmus) son of Hugh de Silliaco. For forgiveness of all the misdeeds of himself, his predecessors and his successors, he grants in the time of William (Wilgelmi) king of the English, of Hoel bishop of Le Mans, of Ubert the vicomte and of Geoffrey de Mayenne (Mahena), to the monks of St. Michael, for the brotherhood and the prayers of St. Michael and the monks his servants, all the dues on his land of the monks’ demesne [to be enjoyed] as their own in peace, Ralf the monk and Andrew receiving them, on behalf of that house with a green branch of thorn (cum spine viridi ramo), Oldeburga (sic) allowing the gift on behalf of (loco) his other sons and accepting the benefits [of brotherhood] for them. Testimonio Willelmi de Vernico, et Amelini forestarii, et Berardi de Silliaco; Warini filii Rogeri; Radulfi de Dolieta; Erberti de Orca; Thebaldi capellani; Droconi[s] de Sancto Christoforo; Fulconi[s] Droardi, etc.
    Apr 02, 2018 9:50pm

  • The nuclear family lets itself to a village where extended family is nearby and

    The nuclear family lets itself to a village where extended family is nearby and children move between households to provide labor rather than paying the cost of slaves. (really, that’s the answer).

    The nuclear family requires very cheap land. This is probably the most overlooked cost.

    The benefit of the nuclear household and shared labor, is that (a) it’s possible for family capital to be mobile, (b) it prevents dysgenia from slavery, (c) delays childbirth, and (d) prevents dysgenia from underclass reproduction.

    The nuclear family is also superior under early capitalism where we move people to capital. The problem is, it’s destructive.

    Move capital to people rather than people to capital.

    END IMMIGRATION OF LABOR.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-04-03 16:08:00 UTC

  • THE COLLAPSE MODEL OF HISTORY As far as I know the ‘Collapse’ model is correct:

    THE COLLAPSE MODEL OF HISTORY

    As far as I know the ‘Collapse’ model is correct: civilizations expand – like all human opportunities – until the underclasses, now enabled, conquer them.

    This is true for 3500 bc, 1200bc, 400ad, and 1900ad.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-04-03 16:04:00 UTC

  • SOLUTIONS TO EXCESS MALES The reason the religions all favored monogamy is for t

    SOLUTIONS TO EXCESS MALES

    The reason the religions all favored monogamy is for the simple reason that while we require a lot of males to fend off other males, (armies) we do not need many domestic males. The fact that the rather obvious solution to this problem is to create armies that produce not only war but commons, and let ‘prostitution’ run wild, and meanwhile the upper 30% of males ‘spread it around’, while we redistribute gains to women who produce offspring – which is how we evolved – is somehow lost on us.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-04-03 10:01:00 UTC

  • ANCIENT FAMILY HISTORY IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS HANDED DOWN. (family history n

    ANCIENT FAMILY HISTORY IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS HANDED DOWN.

    (family history nonsense)

    Growing up we were told that our most distant ancestor had some crime or other that he apologized for, and gave money to Mont St Michelle. That wasn’t true at all. He merely gave witness to the legal proceedings. Fun with the “telephone game” of family history.

    The other was that one gave all his possession to a monastery. But of course, that’s what you did when you joined one.

    (Not that a am really sure of anything prior to 1350. Nor is anyone else for that matter. I’m still trying to get hold of something I can trust between the time the family disappears from the south of england, and … it sure looks like, moves north and then west. Always have property. Seems they were always literate. My ‘intuition’ tells me there was a little fortune seeking military nonsense going on in scotland and that this maybe didn’t turn out as they’d hoped, and resettled in the west.)

    This is the other axis I want to check. But I don’t think we can distinguish that clearly yet:

    THE HUSMERAE

    The Husmerae were a tribe or clan in Anglo-Saxon England, possibly forming an early settlement of the Hwicce subkingdom. The Husmerae settled on the banks of the River Stour, prior to 736.[1] They probably took their name from Usmere, a pool on the boundary of Wolverley whose name in preserved in Ismere House in Churchill, Worcestershire.[2]

    The tribe is mentioned only in the Ismere Diploma of 734, and subsequent charters relating to the same property until 964, when Usmere occurs on the boundary of Cookley in Wolverley.[1][3] This charter was for the foundation of a coenubium (minster). That minster was probably at Kidderminster, quite probably occupying the site of the parish church there.[4]

    Although the Husmerae may have been of West Saxon origin, settling into the area some time after the West Saxon defeat of the Britons at the Battle of Dyrham in 577, the Ismere Diploma suggests that Husmerae is the ancient name for area, although uncertainty over its provenance leave the origins of the name open to question [5]

    —-

    HWICCE

    Hwicce (Old English: /ʍi:kt͡ʃe/ [hw-eek-chay]) was a tribal kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the kingdom was established in 577, after the Battle of Deorham. After 628, the kingdom became a client or sub-kingdom of Mercia as a result of the Battle of Cirencester.

    The Tribal Hidage assessed Hwicce at 7000 hides, which would give it a similar sized economy to the kingdoms of Essex and Sussex.

    The exact boundaries of the kingdom remain uncertain, though it is likely that they coincided with those of the old Diocese of Worcester, founded in 679–80, the early bishops of which bore the title Episcopus Hwicciorum. The kingdom would therefore have included Worcestershire except the northwestern tip, Gloucestershire except the Forest of Dean, the southwestern half of Warwickshire, the neighbourhood of Bath north of the Avon, plus small parts of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and north-west Wiltshire.[1][2]

    —-

    ABBEY OF MONT ST. MICHEL, FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS, IN THE DIOCESE OF AVRANCHES.

    [Original Charters in Archives of La Manche, (fn. 1) and in private hands; Cartulary in Public Library of Avranches, No. 210. (fn. 2) ]

    [? 1085–1087.]

    (Original in archives. (fn. 46)

    Trans. Vol. II.

    fo. 247.) 718. Charter of William (Wilgelmus) son of Hugh de Silliaco. For forgiveness of all the misdeeds of himself, his predecessors and his successors, he grants in the time of William (Wilgelmi) king of the English, of Hoel bishop of Le Mans, of Ubert the vicomte and of Geoffrey de Mayenne (Mahena), to the monks of St. Michael, for the brotherhood and the prayers of St. Michael and the monks his servants, all the dues on his land of the monks’ demesne [to be enjoyed] as their own in peace, Ralf the monk and Andrew receiving them, on behalf of that house with a green branch of thorn (cum spine viridi ramo), Oldeburga (sic) allowing the gift on behalf of (loco) his other sons and accepting the benefits [of brotherhood] for them.

    Testimonio Willelmi de Vernico, et Amelini forestarii, et Berardi de Silliaco; Warini filii Rogeri; Radulfi de Dolieta; Erberti de Orca; Thebaldi capellani; Droconi[s] de Sancto Christoforo; Fulconi[s] Droardi, etc.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-04-02 21:50:00 UTC

  • On the Future of The British Isles (if Not All Scandinavia)

    Economic consumption is, like drugs, or religion, a comforting method of personal, familial, cultural, and political suicide. Some people think about their near term experiences, some about their children’s, some of their peoples long term horizons. (ie: the left, the libertarian, the right.) That which is unique about anglo civilization is incompatible with the faustian bargain that the french-and-german have chosen. The united states will have a second civil war soon because we have resisted returning to the european model of different states, and tried to preserve our inherited british empire in a world where we no longer possess economic and technological asymmetry. Meanwhile Europe, following the USA, assumes that she will achieve american economic and military prowess through unity. This might be possible if divided into protestant, catholic, orthodox civilizations just as american continuity might be possible if divided into Germanic (central), Scotts Irish(southern), Anglo (new england), white “Coastal Islanders” (seattle, portland, san francisco), and Jewish (New york city, Los Angeles). The fact is that the Han, Korean, and Japanese have won the argument: Homogeneity wins over the long term. Ethnicity wins over diversity. Executive government wins over democracy. When I watch the japanese and koreans and now the chinese, I still remember when we were like that – rather than a house, a thousand times divided. The value is not scale but smallness. The only value to scale is war. Small polities produce political, economic, and social equality -because they can. Move capital to people not people to capital. Equilibrate differences in production through trade negotiation. MOST IMPORTANTLY In the coming technological era, when not only phiysical labor but clerical labor is no longer productive, political economic and social asymmetry will increase dramatically, and the returns on popllitical control even more exacerbated than modern medieval and ancient eras. Ergo *the greatest advantage any demographic possesses is homogeneity and a continuously shrinking under class, lower class, and laboring class.* Let each group pay the costs of continuous modernization rather than burdening others. Thi sis the only way to create cooperative rather competing politics and norms. The future is Switzerland or the Levant/India/Brazil/South America. The Anglo Peoples, during the period of expansion, produced a continuous civilization of our own. Britain can either return to her leadership of our people, or continue to decline into a client state of either germany or america. We are not capable of holding the flag any longer. We have been invaded by the third world. And we will now have a civil ar to separate from them.
    Apr 02, 2018 12:16pm