Curt Doolittle

Theme: Class

  • AN ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC ORDER … Athens (and Rome for that matter) was policed

    AN ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC ORDER …

    Athens (and Rome for that matter) was policed by young aristocratic males as part of their duty of service. Aristocrats had to rotate offices. Nobility performed ceremonies. Men earned the franchise (right to own land) through military service. Men who owned land were required to provide military service. When I was in Ukraine, during the revolution, groups of 100 young men would form a line and travel the streets. I never felt safer in my life unless I was hunting with other men with rifles. While the de-facto need for military service (preservation of the commons) requires a broader (or at least different) range of skills, the construction of infrastructure (engineers), and the increase in beauty (aesthetics, decoration, maintenance) is just as necessary a function for a polity. There is no reason we cannot shift from all this rent seeking, to employment of men in the service of the commons in exchange for the franchise. We would produce more socialized, stronger, healthier boys and men. Since the primary desire of the aristocracy from the rest is to behave in construction, preservation, and improvement of the commons – including their behavior, there is no reason why we cannot implement shareholder returns to citizens the same way we do so to common shareholders in corporations. This would radically restructure compensation since if we did so, people could just about survive on those dividends, and then work wages could free-float, and be used for entertainment not survival. As such the construction of commons can be produced at far lower costs – rivaling the rest of the world’s infrastructure costs – by the virtue of shifting the compensation methods from high rent to no rent.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-16 12:07:00 UTC

  • TRIBES OF THE RIGHT (high openness AND high orderliness) —“It seems to me that

    TRIBES OF THE RIGHT

    (high openness AND high orderliness)

    —“It seems to me that we high-openness right-wingers (like those of us attracted to Curt), who are a subset of the high-IQ right-wingers, are trying to drag the rest of the conservatives rightward kicking & screaming. We see “outside the box” truths more readily. Thus normie conservative: “No more illegal immigration” while high-openness high-IQ right-winger: “No more 3rd world immigration, period, no more women voting, etc”.—John Mark

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-16 11:24:00 UTC

  • The Post-Socialist Curse

    THE POST-SOCIALIST CURSE: SPRINGFIELD->HARTFORD(->MERIDEN-NORTH HAVEN ->NEW HAVEN(->BRIDGEPORT->WATERBURY->DANBURY) 28. Springfield, Mass. Population: 154,079 Median home value: $154,300 Poverty rate: 24.7% Pct. with at least a bachelor’s degree: 18.0% Springfield is the only city in Massachusetts, and one of only three in the broader New England region, to rank among the worst cities to live in. Springfield’s 6.9% unemployment rate is the highest of any Massachusetts city and well above the 4.9% U.S. unemployment rate. The high jobless rate exacerbates financial hardship in the city. About one in every four Springfield residents live below the poverty line, the highest poverty rate of any city in the state. As is the case with most cities on this list, real estate is relatively inexpensive in Springfield. The typical home is worth $154,300, the lowest median home value of any city in the state and less than half the median home value of $366,900 across Massachusetts. 11. Hartford, Conn. Population: 123,287 Median home value: $161,200 Poverty rate: 27.3% Pct. with at least a bachelor’s degree: 16.8% Hartford is the worst city to live in in both Connecticut and the broader New England region. The typical Hartford household earns $36,637 a year, less than half the median income in Connecticut of $73,433. Low-income individuals in the city are put under additional financial strain as goods and services are 17.3% more expensive in the city than they are on average nationwide. A bleak jobs picture in the city is partially to blame for the low median income. Some 9.4% of workers are out of a job, the largest share in New England and nearly double the 4.9% 2016 annual U.S. unemployment rate. The city’s poor economic conditions may be driving people out of Hartford. In the last five years, Hartford’s population shrank by 1.3% even as the national population increased by 3.7%. 39. New Haven, Conn. Population: 129,939 Median home value: $191,000 Poverty rate: 24.5% Pct. with at least a bachelor’s degree: 32.4% New Haven is one of two Connecticut cities to rank among the worst cities to live in nationwide. The city’s 6.6% unemployment rate is higher than both the state jobless rate of 5.1% and the national rate of 4.9%. The weak job market likely only increases financial hardship for some city residents as it is not a particularly inexpensive place to live. Goods and services in New Haven County are about 16.5% more expensive than they are on average nationwide. New Haven is not an especially safe city. There were 938 violent crimes for every 100,000 city residents in 2016, more than double the national violent crime rate of 386 per 100,000.

  • The Post-Socialist Curse

    THE POST-SOCIALIST CURSE: SPRINGFIELD->HARTFORD(->MERIDEN-NORTH HAVEN ->NEW HAVEN(->BRIDGEPORT->WATERBURY->DANBURY) 28. Springfield, Mass. Population: 154,079 Median home value: $154,300 Poverty rate: 24.7% Pct. with at least a bachelor’s degree: 18.0% Springfield is the only city in Massachusetts, and one of only three in the broader New England region, to rank among the worst cities to live in. Springfield’s 6.9% unemployment rate is the highest of any Massachusetts city and well above the 4.9% U.S. unemployment rate. The high jobless rate exacerbates financial hardship in the city. About one in every four Springfield residents live below the poverty line, the highest poverty rate of any city in the state. As is the case with most cities on this list, real estate is relatively inexpensive in Springfield. The typical home is worth $154,300, the lowest median home value of any city in the state and less than half the median home value of $366,900 across Massachusetts. 11. Hartford, Conn. Population: 123,287 Median home value: $161,200 Poverty rate: 27.3% Pct. with at least a bachelor’s degree: 16.8% Hartford is the worst city to live in in both Connecticut and the broader New England region. The typical Hartford household earns $36,637 a year, less than half the median income in Connecticut of $73,433. Low-income individuals in the city are put under additional financial strain as goods and services are 17.3% more expensive in the city than they are on average nationwide. A bleak jobs picture in the city is partially to blame for the low median income. Some 9.4% of workers are out of a job, the largest share in New England and nearly double the 4.9% 2016 annual U.S. unemployment rate. The city’s poor economic conditions may be driving people out of Hartford. In the last five years, Hartford’s population shrank by 1.3% even as the national population increased by 3.7%. 39. New Haven, Conn. Population: 129,939 Median home value: $191,000 Poverty rate: 24.5% Pct. with at least a bachelor’s degree: 32.4% New Haven is one of two Connecticut cities to rank among the worst cities to live in nationwide. The city’s 6.6% unemployment rate is higher than both the state jobless rate of 5.1% and the national rate of 4.9%. The weak job market likely only increases financial hardship for some city residents as it is not a particularly inexpensive place to live. Goods and services in New Haven County are about 16.5% more expensive than they are on average nationwide. New Haven is not an especially safe city. There were 938 violent crimes for every 100,000 city residents in 2016, more than double the national violent crime rate of 386 per 100,000.

  • THE POST-SOCIALIST CURSE: SPRINGFIELD->HARTFORD(->MERIDEN-NORTH HAVEN ->NEW HAVE

    THE POST-SOCIALIST CURSE: SPRINGFIELD->HARTFORD(->MERIDEN-NORTH HAVEN ->NEW HAVEN(->BRIDGEPORT->WATERBURY->DANBURY)

    28. Springfield, Mass.

    Population: 154,079

    Median home value: $154,300

    Poverty rate: 24.7%

    Pct. with at least a bachelor’s degree: 18.0%

    Springfield is the only city in Massachusetts, and one of only three in the broader New England region, to rank among the worst cities to live in. Springfield’s 6.9% unemployment rate is the highest of any Massachusetts city and well above the 4.9% U.S. unemployment rate. The high jobless rate exacerbates financial hardship in the city. About one in every four Springfield residents live below the poverty line, the highest poverty rate of any city in the state.

    As is the case with most cities on this list, real estate is relatively inexpensive in Springfield. The typical home is worth $154,300, the lowest median home value of any city in the state and less than half the median home value of $366,900 across Massachusetts.

    11. Hartford, Conn.

    Population: 123,287

    Median home value: $161,200

    Poverty rate: 27.3%

    Pct. with at least a bachelor’s degree: 16.8%

    Hartford is the worst city to live in in both Connecticut and the broader New England region. The typical Hartford household earns $36,637 a year, less than half the median income in Connecticut of $73,433. Low-income individuals in the city are put under additional financial strain as goods and services are 17.3% more expensive in the city than they are on average nationwide. A bleak jobs picture in the city is partially to blame for the low median income. Some 9.4% of workers are out of a job, the largest share in New England and nearly double the 4.9% 2016 annual U.S. unemployment rate.

    The city’s poor economic conditions may be driving people out of Hartford. In the last five years, Hartford’s population shrank by 1.3% even as the national population increased by 3.7%.

    39. New Haven, Conn.

    Population: 129,939

    Median home value: $191,000

    Poverty rate: 24.5%

    Pct. with at least a bachelor’s degree: 32.4%

    New Haven is one of two Connecticut cities to rank among the worst cities to live in nationwide. The city’s 6.6% unemployment rate is higher than both the state jobless rate of 5.1% and the national rate of 4.9%. The weak job market likely only increases financial hardship for some city residents as it is not a particularly inexpensive place to live. Goods and services in New Haven County are about 16.5% more expensive than they are on average nationwide.

    New Haven is not an especially safe city. There were 938 violent crimes for every 100,000 city residents in 2016, more than double the national violent crime rate of 386 per 100,000.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-13 15:44:00 UTC

  • *My Favorite Facebook Intro Statement (sarcastic humor) —“I am the evil white

    *My Favorite Facebook Intro Statement
    (sarcastic humor)

    —“I am the evil white male your trans-black feminist gender studies professor warned you about.”— Kelly Wilson

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-10 15:02:32 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1005827561484582914

  • *My Favorite Facebook Intro Statement (sarcastic humor) —“I am the evil white

    *My Favorite Facebook Intro Statement

    (sarcastic humor)

    —“I am the evil white male your trans-black feminist gender studies professor warned you about.”— Kelly Wilson

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-10 11:02:00 UTC

  • Dragging Others Down to Their Level

    —“Religion is a guilt economy. Look at the Left. They’ve even got Original Sin (white privilege). Contemporary politics is just a way for people to answer for the guilt they feel about their own flaws by shaming others into feeling guilty. Its just some religions say greed is a sin where others say being white is a sin.”— Dann Hopkins —“They even have their end of days prophecy in climate change.”–John Clayton (brilliant)

  • Dragging Others Down to Their Level

    —“Religion is a guilt economy. Look at the Left. They’ve even got Original Sin (white privilege). Contemporary politics is just a way for people to answer for the guilt they feel about their own flaws by shaming others into feeling guilty. Its just some religions say greed is a sin where others say being white is a sin.”— Dann Hopkins —“They even have their end of days prophecy in climate change.”–John Clayton (brilliant)

  • DRAGGING OTHERS DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL —“Religion is a guilt economy. Look at the

    DRAGGING OTHERS DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL

    —“Religion is a guilt economy. Look at the Left. They’ve even got Original Sin (white privilege). Contemporary politics is just a way for people to answer for the guilt they feel about their own flaws by shaming others into feeling guilty. Its just some religions say greed is a sin where others say being white is a sin.”— Dann Hopkins

    —“They even have their end of days prophecy in climate change.”–John Clayton

    (brilliant)

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-09 10:36:00 UTC