Curt Doolittle

Theme: Coercion

  • Platonism: fairy tales for young adults. Fact: Rights must be brought into exist

    Platonism: fairy tales for young adults. Fact: Rights must be brought into existence by applied violence. Property rights exists because men make them. Might makes all rights. As such rights are established and maintained only by those able to use organized violence to do so.

    Source date (UTC): 2020-05-22 00:06:12 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1263622150172352513

    Reply addressees: @PaulDesmoParker @TheRealFMCH @Maroeladalx10DB @laurenboebert @austere1717

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1263619133586862081

  • The State as A Monopoly on Violence Is Evidently False.

    Apr 24, 2020, 2:11 PM   The westphalian peace resulted in the demand between states that the state maintain a monopoly on violence. The muslims do the opposite and ended the westphalian peace. The state cannot in fact and never has had, a monopoly on violence. It still doesn’t. It just tries. What defines a state is not it’s monopoly on violence but it’s capacity to produce the incentives that produce order with violence among those incentives.

  • The State as A Monopoly on Violence Is Evidently False.

    Apr 24, 2020, 2:11 PM   The westphalian peace resulted in the demand between states that the state maintain a monopoly on violence. The muslims do the opposite and ended the westphalian peace. The state cannot in fact and never has had, a monopoly on violence. It still doesn’t. It just tries. What defines a state is not it’s monopoly on violence but it’s capacity to produce the incentives that produce order with violence among those incentives.

  • You own what others permit you to own. And men who give that permission create i

    You own what others permit you to own. And men who give that permission create institutions that insure that ownership with the threat of organized violence we call ‘the law’. So demonstrably no,you don’t ‘own’ your fetus,baby, or children. The law just no longer enforces murder.

    Source date (UTC): 2020-05-21 22:08:07 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1263592436636413955

    Reply addressees: @TheRealFMCH @Maroeladalx10DB @laurenboebert @austere1717

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1263570844166602778

  • Other countries use groups of police at all times but they are smaller countries

    Other countries use groups of police at all times but they are smaller countries with more dense population with fewer drivers, because those countries were not organized for cars like the USA. So either triple the cost of officers or submit to investigation to keep costs down.

    Source date (UTC): 2020-05-20 12:33:25 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1263085417542410240

    Reply addressees: @connpost

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1263085022527045634

    IN REPLY TO:

    Unknown author

    @connpost The Trooper verbally escalated so that he did not have to Physically escalate to violence in order to force the driver into submitting to investigation, or to throw the driver ‘into the system’ for failing to submit to investigation.

    Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/1263085022527045634

  • The Trooper verbally escalated so that he did not have to Physically escalate to

    The Trooper verbally escalated so that he did not have to Physically escalate to violence in order to force the driver into submitting to investigation, or to throw the driver ‘into the system’ for failing to submit to investigation.

    Source date (UTC): 2020-05-20 12:31:51 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1263085022527045634

    Reply addressees: @connpost

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1263084453976555522

    IN REPLY TO:

    Unknown author

    @connpost BACKGROUND: The driver had been ‘stalking’ the Trooper while in pursuit of a speeding car. This put the Trooper in a position of being threatened. When stopped,the driver antagonized the officer. Single Troopers are dependent upon our submission to investigation for their safety.

    Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/1263084453976555522

  • BACKGROUND: The driver had been ‘stalking’ the Trooper while in pursuit of a spe

    BACKGROUND: The driver had been ‘stalking’ the Trooper while in pursuit of a speeding car. This put the Trooper in a position of being threatened. When stopped,the driver antagonized the officer. Single Troopers are dependent upon our submission to investigation for their safety.

    Source date (UTC): 2020-05-20 12:29:35 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1263084453976555522

    Reply addressees: @connpost

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1262799119040512002

  • Man – Organization – Influence

    Influence

    Definition of the spectrum of influence.

    |INFLUENCE| Ignorance > Awareness > Influence (Speech) > Incentive (Exchange) > Coercion (Force) > Enserfment (Power)

    1. One can Influence
      Alter the probability of an individual or group’s decisions while preserving choice.
    2. One can Incentivize
      Alter the probability of an individual or group’s decisions while preserving some choice
    3. One can Coerce
      Alter the probability of an individual or group’s decisions while limiting choice.
    4. One can Exercise Power
      Power is defined as possessing any of the various means by which to influence the probability of outcomes in a group or polity while eliminating choice.

    Three Weapons of Influence

    There are three means of influencing groups of people with institutions. (Johnson) 1) Force, or the threat of force (Masculine Strategy) A person has a VIOLENCE INCENTIVE to behave in a particular way when it has been made known to him that failure to do so will result in some form of physical aggression being directed at him by other members of the collectivity in the form of inflicting pain or physical harm on him or his loved ones, depriving him of his freedom of movement, or perhaps confiscating or destroying his treasured possessions.

    FORCE: Tool: Physical Coercion Benefit: Avoidance Benefit Strategic use: Rapid but expensive. “Seize opportunities quickly with a concentrated effort.”

    POWER Procedural Power: Political, Judicial, and Military Power (Soldiers, Judges and Politicians)

    OPTIMUM FUNCTION Limits: Via-Negativa: Procedural Power: Political, Judicial, and Military Power (Soldiers, Judges, and Politicians)2) Remuneration or payment (Neutral or Market Strategy) A person has a REMUNERATIVE INCENTIVE to behave in a particular way if it has been made known to him that doing so will result in some form of material reward he will not otherwise receive. If he behaves as desired, he will receive some specified amount of a valuable good or service (or money with which he can purchase whatever he wishes) in exchange.

    PAYMENT, EXCHANGE: Tool: Remunerative Coercion Benefit: Material Strategic use: efficient in cost and time, only if you have the resources.

    POWER Economic Power (people with wealth either earned or gained through tax appropriation).

    OPTIMUM FUNCTION Possibilities: Via-Practica: Economic Power (people with wealth either earned or gained through tax appropriation)3) Moral claims (collective goods) – (Feminine Strategy) A person has a MORAL INCENTIVE to behave in a particular way when he has been taught to believe that it is the “right” or “proper” or “admirable” thing to do. If he behaves as others expect him to, he may expect the approval or even the admiration of the other members of the collectivity and enjoy an enhanced sense of acceptance or self-esteem. If he behaves improperly, he may expect verbal expressions of condemnation, scorn, ridicule or even ostracism from the collectivity, and he may experience unpleasant feelings of guilt, shame or self-condemnation.

    WORDS: Tool: Verbal, Moral Coercion Benefit: Ostracization/Inclusion, and Insurance benefit Strategic Use: slow, but inexpensive. “Wait for opportunity by accumulating consensus.”

    POWER Populist Power (Religion, Entertainment, Public Intellectuals)

    OPTIMUM FUNCTION Wants: Via-Positiva: Populist Power (Religion, Entertainment, Public Intellectuals)

    Evolution of Institutions of Coercion

    So given that there are only three methods of coercion available to us:

    1. UNDERMINING: feminine gossip, rallying, and shaming(exclusion from opportunity).
    2. REMUNERATION: libertarian trade, and
    3. FORCE: Masculine force

    There are only six interpersonal actions available to us:

    1. Predation(Force, Theft, Fraud) >
      1. Force (Coercion) >
    2. Remuneration (Trade) >
      1. Boycotting (Boycott/Ignore) >
    3. Undermining: Inclusion in opportunity (Ostracization) >
      1. Flight(Separation)

    Evolution of Social Orders

    There are three existing and one emerging method of institutional coercion:

    Religion (Inclusion / Exclusion) > Law (Protection / Punishment) > Credit (Consumption / Deprivation) > Surveillance – DigitalReputation (inclusion / exclusion from opportunity)

    1. RELIGION
      Religion evolved to provide understanding of the word, virtues to imitate, and general prohibitions, across clans, tribes, and conquered nations, so that people could cooperate more easily and retaliate (feud) less frequently.
      Weapon: Ostracization (death sentence)
      Records: memory of locals.
      Institutions: Church, Academy, School, Family, Individual
    2. LAW
      Law evolved to standardize punishments across clans, tribes, and conquered nations, to keep the peace, preserve productivity, preserve taxation, and legitimize (provide value by) rule.
      Weapon: violence, deprivation
      Records: written ledgers of crimes and punishments.
      Institutions: Military, Judiciary, Sheriff/Esquires, Militia, Men
    3. CREDIT
      Credit rule evolved to increase productivity by the promise of consumption in the present, such that the primary form of social punishment was loss of consumption, status, and signaling.
      Weapon: deprivation of consumption, status, and signaling.
      Records: written and electronic records of creditworthiness.
      Institutions: Government, Treasury, Banking, Business, Technology, Labor
    4. SURVEILLANCE (Inclusion / Exclusion)
      (emergent)
      Weapon: deprivation of opportunities for cooperation.
      Records: digital record and scores of your ‘desirability’ for cooperation.
      Institutions: Combining all of the above plus surveillance.

  • Man – Organization – Influence

    Influence

    Definition of the spectrum of influence.

    |INFLUENCE| Ignorance > Awareness > Influence (Speech) > Incentive (Exchange) > Coercion (Force) > Enserfment (Power)

    1. One can Influence
      Alter the probability of an individual or group’s decisions while preserving choice.
    2. One can Incentivize
      Alter the probability of an individual or group’s decisions while preserving some choice
    3. One can Coerce
      Alter the probability of an individual or group’s decisions while limiting choice.
    4. One can Exercise Power
      Power is defined as possessing any of the various means by which to influence the probability of outcomes in a group or polity while eliminating choice.

    Three Weapons of Influence

    There are three means of influencing groups of people with institutions. (Johnson) 1) Force, or the threat of force (Masculine Strategy) A person has a VIOLENCE INCENTIVE to behave in a particular way when it has been made known to him that failure to do so will result in some form of physical aggression being directed at him by other members of the collectivity in the form of inflicting pain or physical harm on him or his loved ones, depriving him of his freedom of movement, or perhaps confiscating or destroying his treasured possessions.

    FORCE: Tool: Physical Coercion Benefit: Avoidance Benefit Strategic use: Rapid but expensive. “Seize opportunities quickly with a concentrated effort.”

    POWER Procedural Power: Political, Judicial, and Military Power (Soldiers, Judges and Politicians)

    OPTIMUM FUNCTION Limits: Via-Negativa: Procedural Power: Political, Judicial, and Military Power (Soldiers, Judges, and Politicians)2) Remuneration or payment (Neutral or Market Strategy) A person has a REMUNERATIVE INCENTIVE to behave in a particular way if it has been made known to him that doing so will result in some form of material reward he will not otherwise receive. If he behaves as desired, he will receive some specified amount of a valuable good or service (or money with which he can purchase whatever he wishes) in exchange.

    PAYMENT, EXCHANGE: Tool: Remunerative Coercion Benefit: Material Strategic use: efficient in cost and time, only if you have the resources.

    POWER Economic Power (people with wealth either earned or gained through tax appropriation).

    OPTIMUM FUNCTION Possibilities: Via-Practica: Economic Power (people with wealth either earned or gained through tax appropriation)3) Moral claims (collective goods) – (Feminine Strategy) A person has a MORAL INCENTIVE to behave in a particular way when he has been taught to believe that it is the “right” or “proper” or “admirable” thing to do. If he behaves as others expect him to, he may expect the approval or even the admiration of the other members of the collectivity and enjoy an enhanced sense of acceptance or self-esteem. If he behaves improperly, he may expect verbal expressions of condemnation, scorn, ridicule or even ostracism from the collectivity, and he may experience unpleasant feelings of guilt, shame or self-condemnation.

    WORDS: Tool: Verbal, Moral Coercion Benefit: Ostracization/Inclusion, and Insurance benefit Strategic Use: slow, but inexpensive. “Wait for opportunity by accumulating consensus.”

    POWER Populist Power (Religion, Entertainment, Public Intellectuals)

    OPTIMUM FUNCTION Wants: Via-Positiva: Populist Power (Religion, Entertainment, Public Intellectuals)

    Evolution of Institutions of Coercion

    So given that there are only three methods of coercion available to us:

    1. UNDERMINING: feminine gossip, rallying, and shaming(exclusion from opportunity).
    2. REMUNERATION: libertarian trade, and
    3. FORCE: Masculine force

    There are only six interpersonal actions available to us:

    1. Predation(Force, Theft, Fraud) >
      1. Force (Coercion) >
    2. Remuneration (Trade) >
      1. Boycotting (Boycott/Ignore) >
    3. Undermining: Inclusion in opportunity (Ostracization) >
      1. Flight(Separation)

    Evolution of Social Orders

    There are three existing and one emerging method of institutional coercion:

    Religion (Inclusion / Exclusion) > Law (Protection / Punishment) > Credit (Consumption / Deprivation) > Surveillance – DigitalReputation (inclusion / exclusion from opportunity)

    1. RELIGION
      Religion evolved to provide understanding of the word, virtues to imitate, and general prohibitions, across clans, tribes, and conquered nations, so that people could cooperate more easily and retaliate (feud) less frequently.
      Weapon: Ostracization (death sentence)
      Records: memory of locals.
      Institutions: Church, Academy, School, Family, Individual
    2. LAW
      Law evolved to standardize punishments across clans, tribes, and conquered nations, to keep the peace, preserve productivity, preserve taxation, and legitimize (provide value by) rule.
      Weapon: violence, deprivation
      Records: written ledgers of crimes and punishments.
      Institutions: Military, Judiciary, Sheriff/Esquires, Militia, Men
    3. CREDIT
      Credit rule evolved to increase productivity by the promise of consumption in the present, such that the primary form of social punishment was loss of consumption, status, and signaling.
      Weapon: deprivation of consumption, status, and signaling.
      Records: written and electronic records of creditworthiness.
      Institutions: Government, Treasury, Banking, Business, Technology, Labor
    4. SURVEILLANCE (Inclusion / Exclusion)
      (emergent)
      Weapon: deprivation of opportunities for cooperation.
      Records: digital record and scores of your ‘desirability’ for cooperation.
      Institutions: Combining all of the above plus surveillance.

  • Man – Organization – War

    Conflict (AND WAR)

    ( …. ) Three choices THE THIRD QUESTION OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHYThe question isn’t how we get along, it’s Genghis Khan’s question: “Why should the strong refrain from decimation, enslavement, enserfment, or rule for maximum profit?” The only incentive for the strong is whether cooperation is preferable to conquest. It is only preferable for conquest if it is sufficiently preferable to conquest to refrain from conquest. So, as the Great Khan said: “Given that cooperation is not preferable or possible, and serfdom and slavery are costly, that leaves decimation, or rule for the maximization of profit.”“We might prefer the former or the latter. However the enemy would undoubtedly prefer separation to decimation or rule under out maximization of profit. And this is the wise choice. Since we can still cooperate indirectly by trade while having no influence over one another within the same polity.” The problem the Khan faced is that he lacked the ability to produce institutions capable of sustained rule, just as expansionary aryans lacked the ability to produce institutions of sustained rule for maximum profit. The Indo-Aryans succeeded only under decimation and replacement in europe, not by any other means. The europeans killed the males and kept the females. The Persians stayed insular but were invaded by the Arabs, the indo-iranian’s are gone. The Anatolians are gone. The Caucasians are all but gone. So the Khan was wrong. Decimation was the right answer.