Curt Doolittle

Theme: Governance

  • I Don’t Hate. Just Accept Some of Us Must Separate

    I don’t hate on any group. The fact that it is in some our our interests to separate and some of our interests to mix, is simply an expression of the affordability of that option. Wealth allows expression of preferences. Some of us prefer separatism (because we have superior group traits that provide us premiums) and some of us prefer integration (because we can gain from superior groups or inferior group discounts). So it is in the interest of people from inferior groups and often with inferior traits to seek the benefits of superior groups. The question is only whether it is of benefit (profit) to the host, or harm (loss) to the host. And in general transfer of professionals that reduces the price of professional services is of benefit, while transfer of labor which reduces the price of labor is of harm. The simple reason being that lowering professional costs and raising labor costs is in the group’s interest. My argument is that groups must pay the cost of domesticating their own, and if they cannot domesticate their own, and worse, if they export their own – causing externalities by doing so – they lose the reciprocal obligation to permit sovereignty (self rule). This is a terribly simple problem: Pay for your own costs – one way or another.

  • I Don’t Hate. Just Accept Some of Us Must Separate

    I don’t hate on any group. The fact that it is in some our our interests to separate and some of our interests to mix, is simply an expression of the affordability of that option. Wealth allows expression of preferences. Some of us prefer separatism (because we have superior group traits that provide us premiums) and some of us prefer integration (because we can gain from superior groups or inferior group discounts). So it is in the interest of people from inferior groups and often with inferior traits to seek the benefits of superior groups. The question is only whether it is of benefit (profit) to the host, or harm (loss) to the host. And in general transfer of professionals that reduces the price of professional services is of benefit, while transfer of labor which reduces the price of labor is of harm. The simple reason being that lowering professional costs and raising labor costs is in the group’s interest. My argument is that groups must pay the cost of domesticating their own, and if they cannot domesticate their own, and worse, if they export their own – causing externalities by doing so – they lose the reciprocal obligation to permit sovereignty (self rule). This is a terribly simple problem: Pay for your own costs – one way or another.

  • Nuclear Weapons Are a Bit Like Monuments.

    They are terribly expensive, but produce extraordinary returns. Now, think about this for a second. Russia invested overly in military and in particular nuclear weapons. Of all the investments in sovereignty Russia made, the only durable one has been those nuclear weapons. Any polity with a few nuclear weapons and an armed populace, with stores of RPG’s, Man portable Missile Launchers, and enough artillery to protect lines of invasion, is relatively safe from conquest. So a relatively small number of professional warriors, a sufficiently trained militia, and the cost of military can be below the 3-4% Switzerland, which arguably benefits from the ‘mountainous terrain discount’, only spends 0.8% per year. The additional benefit of being a small nuclear state operating on international markets is that it is very hard for you to create sufficiently international dependencies that you need war to protect them.

  • Nuclear Weapons Are a Bit Like Monuments.

    They are terribly expensive, but produce extraordinary returns. Now, think about this for a second. Russia invested overly in military and in particular nuclear weapons. Of all the investments in sovereignty Russia made, the only durable one has been those nuclear weapons. Any polity with a few nuclear weapons and an armed populace, with stores of RPG’s, Man portable Missile Launchers, and enough artillery to protect lines of invasion, is relatively safe from conquest. So a relatively small number of professional warriors, a sufficiently trained militia, and the cost of military can be below the 3-4% Switzerland, which arguably benefits from the ‘mountainous terrain discount’, only spends 0.8% per year. The additional benefit of being a small nuclear state operating on international markets is that it is very hard for you to create sufficiently international dependencies that you need war to protect them.

  • National socialism for example, is actually and “Authoritarian, Nationalist, Aut

    National socialism for example, is actually and “Authoritarian, Nationalist, Autarkic, Commons-biased, Mixed economy”

    Classical liberalism for example is actually a “Rule of Law, Nationalist, Private Property-biased, Free Trade, Mixed Economy, with houses for the classes to negotiate commons.”

    (repost)

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-08 12:30:00 UTC

  • Two Meanings of Absolutism: One Good, One Bad.

    1) The form of government must be flexible enough to account for ordinary times ( rule of law, judicial monarchy, and markets), endure warfare (fascism), and distribute windfalls ( participatory commons selection ) – although the latter is always questionably necessary unless sufficient to shift classes. 2) When one says “Absolutism” in government, one can refer to total discretion in the administration of state and production of commons but remaining under rule of law. Otherwise it just means ‘dictatorship’. 3) When one says “absolutism” in rule of law, and therefore morality and ethics, this is my position on the natural law of reciprocity. In that it is an exceptionless rule. And therefore a case of “Absolutism”. In other words “Natural Law of Reciprocity = White Sharia = Absolutism”. For reasons that are strange if you think about it, westerners have no concept of absolutism because in the west, truth is always beyond our grasp and markets are our means of decision making between sovereigns. (Assuming you’re from the martial/craftsman/property owner rather than priestly or peasant classes).

  • Two Meanings of Absolutism: One Good, One Bad.

    1) The form of government must be flexible enough to account for ordinary times ( rule of law, judicial monarchy, and markets), endure warfare (fascism), and distribute windfalls ( participatory commons selection ) – although the latter is always questionably necessary unless sufficient to shift classes. 2) When one says “Absolutism” in government, one can refer to total discretion in the administration of state and production of commons but remaining under rule of law. Otherwise it just means ‘dictatorship’. 3) When one says “absolutism” in rule of law, and therefore morality and ethics, this is my position on the natural law of reciprocity. In that it is an exceptionless rule. And therefore a case of “Absolutism”. In other words “Natural Law of Reciprocity = White Sharia = Absolutism”. For reasons that are strange if you think about it, westerners have no concept of absolutism because in the west, truth is always beyond our grasp and markets are our means of decision making between sovereigns. (Assuming you’re from the martial/craftsman/property owner rather than priestly or peasant classes).

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    photos_and_videos/your_posts/34875704_10156410197572264_3572214279648051200_o_10156410197567264.jpg TIME PUBLISHES COVER WITH GOD EMPEROR TRUMP!!!! ;)Tab WolframIf only he were the fascist they decry him as …Jun 07, 2018 1:22pmCharles H BrennanMeme magic is realJun 07, 2018 1:27pmCurtus MaximusIs this real?Jun 07, 2018 1:33pmBrian McQuiston🤞Jun 07, 2018 1:35pmGilberto CarlosThis but unironically;Jun 07, 2018 1:37pmTab Wolframhttps://youtu.be/_9Ww3yVcCi8 If you’ve never seen this you’re in for a real treatJun 07, 2018 1:42pmJim LeisMore constitutional than we’ve seen for some time.Jun 07, 2018 1:42pmOliver Westcottis it just me or is this a pretty bad illustration? the crown doesn’t seem to sit right on his head, or really even look right as a crown on it’s own. Trump seems to have his head pointing down, but in the reflexion it’s pointing up. his face in the reflexion looks almost photograhic, but otherwise the whole thing looks less so.Jun 07, 2018 1:43pmJason MurphyCrap, might have to actually buy an issue to frame thatJun 07, 2018 1:53pmGilberto CarlosIt’s real in my dreams.Jun 07, 2018 1:54pmCurtus MaximusWe’re livin the dream.

    https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/5303844/donald-trump-king-coverJun 07, 2018 2:05pmBjorn MoritzYeah it’s a crappy photoshop. I could do betterJun 07, 2018 2:05pmJames BoweryMeatspace clickbait.Jun 07, 2018 2:36pmKevin CoxFor all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.

    John Greenleaf WhittierJun 07, 2018 2:39pmThomas RambeauImagine having the mindset this is somehow negative and a “jab” at trump that will get people to look at him less. The left really cant memeJun 07, 2018 2:43pmAdam HamdanImagine a Trump monarchy 😍😍😍Jun 07, 2018 3:07pmJames HalladayI wishJun 07, 2018 3:11pmJeff UrizenIf onlyJun 07, 2018 5:21pmIra WaglerWho reads Time??Jun 07, 2018 6:03pmEthan Tricefunny, WaPo put something out like this a couple years back https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-role-fit-for-donald-trump-king-of-america/2016/04/11/e2b7b028-001d-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html?noredirect=onJun 07, 2018 7:50pmMichael PattinsonExactlyJun 08, 2018 5:00amCurt DoolittlePAGE COUNT. That’s all you need to know. Time is approaching comic book size.Jun 08, 2018 7:42amTom WattSorry Curt. I couldn’t not share this 4chan homage to the Kang.😉Jun 08, 2018 8:03amTIME PUBLISHES COVER WITH GOD EMPEROR TRUMP!!!! 😉

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-07 13:20:00 UTC

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    photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_43196237263/34875704_10156410197572264_3572214279648051200_o_10156410197567264.jpg TIME PUBLISHES COVER WITH GOD EMPEROR TRUMP!!!! ;)Tab WolframIf only he were the fascist they decry him as …Jun 07, 2018 1:22pmCharles H BrennanMeme magic is realJun 07, 2018 1:27pmCurtus MaximusIs this real?Jun 07, 2018 1:33pmBrian McQuiston🤞Jun 07, 2018 1:35pmGilberto CarlosThis but unironically;Jun 07, 2018 1:37pmTab Wolframhttps://youtu.be/_9Ww3yVcCi8 If you’ve never seen this you’re in for a real treatJun 07, 2018 1:42pmJim LeisMore constitutional than we’ve seen for some time.Jun 07, 2018 1:42pmOliver Westcottis it just me or is this a pretty bad illustration? the crown doesn’t seem to sit right on his head, or really even look right as a crown on it’s own. Trump seems to have his head pointing down, but in the reflexion it’s pointing up. his face in the reflexion looks almost photograhic, but otherwise the whole thing looks less so.Jun 07, 2018 1:43pmJason MurphyCrap, might have to actually buy an issue to frame thatJun 07, 2018 1:53pmGilberto CarlosIt’s real in my dreams.Jun 07, 2018 1:54pmCurtus MaximusWe’re livin the dream.

    https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/5303844/donald-trump-king-coverJun 07, 2018 2:05pmBjorn MoritzYeah it’s a crappy photoshop. I could do betterJun 07, 2018 2:05pmJames BoweryMeatspace clickbait.Jun 07, 2018 2:36pmKevin CoxFor all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.

    John Greenleaf WhittierJun 07, 2018 2:39pmThomas RambeauImagine having the mindset this is somehow negative and a “jab” at trump that will get people to look at him less. The left really cant memeJun 07, 2018 2:43pmAdam HamdanImagine a Trump monarchy 😍😍😍Jun 07, 2018 3:07pmJames HalladayI wishJun 07, 2018 3:11pmJeff UrizenIf onlyJun 07, 2018 5:21pmIra WaglerWho reads Time??Jun 07, 2018 6:03pmEthan Ethanfunny, WaPo put something out like this a couple years back https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-role-fit-for-donald-trump-king-of-america/2016/04/11/e2b7b028-001d-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html?noredirect=onJun 07, 2018 7:50pmTom WattJun 07, 2018 8:17pmMichael PattinsonExactlyJun 08, 2018 5:00amCurt DoolittlePAGE COUNT. That’s all you need to know. Time is approaching comic book size.Jun 08, 2018 7:42amTom WattSorry Curt. I couldn’t not share this 4chan homage to the Kang.😉Jun 08, 2018 8:03amTIME PUBLISHES COVER WITH GOD EMPEROR TRUMP!!!! 😉

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-07 13:20:00 UTC

  • except we have surpassed hunter gatherer and village scale, and have economic an

    except we have surpassed hunter gatherer and village scale, and have economic and political voice.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-07 12:21:29 UTC

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