Curt Doolittle

Theme: Governance

  • THE AMBITIONS OF CATTLE —“Curt, what are your thoughts on metamodernism?”— N

    THE AMBITIONS OF CATTLE

    —“Curt, what are your thoughts on metamodernism?”—

    No matter how you slice it, activists on the left are nothing more than human cattle seeking the monopoly of a cattle herd, the indifference (equality) of cattle in a herd, and the safety of cattle in the herd, in order to obtain a sense of ‘not being left behind’, and ‘a sense of control over a world” in which the continuous production of differences and hierarchies is constantly equilibrated by markets that are by definition out of our control, but entirely in our service.

    People who obtain their direction from the movement of the herd, their information from the herd, and color their decisions from the herd, display the cognitive biases of the herd: the sentiments of women.

    Meanwhile the conservative says “if we simply raise good families, and produce good commons the markets will provide by externality all that we can want or imagine”. These are the cognitive biases of the pack. The sentiments of men. It was men who made markets, property, families, marriage, continuous innovation, and the worship of the sun and stars, against the will of women, who at all times and all places seek to return us to the primitivism that is not in their interest but ours.

    The left are to be sated, comforted, and disciplined, but like women, never permitted to fulfill their ambitions and return us to primitivism.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-02 21:45:00 UTC

  • “WE CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE RADICAL LEFT” (PARIS IS BURNING) —“…he defended

    “WE CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE RADICAL LEFT”

    (PARIS IS BURNING)

    —“…he defended the way police had handled the violence, saying little could be done to stop trouble-makers from infiltrating the crowds.

    “We can only detain a certain number of people who turn up like you or I in civilian clothing and then suddenly are dressed in black bloc outfits in the middle of the crowd,” he said.

    “We cannot keep up, even with 21 police units mobilised against movements which all of a sudden appear on a scale we’ve never seen before.”

    Radical leftist groups had issued a call on social media — both in French and English — for people to take part in a “revolutionary May 1″ on the 50th anniversary of the 1968 student and worker protests which nearly brought down the government of the day.”—-

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-02 20:46:00 UTC

  • There has never been a civilization more fragile, and a government so weak.

    You see, they swarm through an urban area, shoot out the transformers or short the wires with chain, turn on then break the hydrants eliminating water pressure, start interior fires in every building they pass. Hammer open the cash machines, load up on food from the markets, and entrap and decimate first responders, and then just keep moving. Amidst the chaos they empty the banks, and with sufficient numbers take the armories. It’s when they’re dramatic rather than practical that they lose. Now, they had a minimum of 30k men, and possibly a maximum of 200k men. What do you think would happen with one, two, or five million men? There are four hours of power, maybe three days of water, five to seven days of food, and without electronic transfers and distributions, millions of malcontents with pent up anger and ready violence to exacerbate the chaos. If men spread out into a small number of large groups in a series of cities it will take less than three weeks. Revolutions are always suspect in prospect but deterministic in retrospect. And those are just the revolutions that are unplanned. The era of state warfare is over. They have proven it. There has never been a civilization more fragile, and a government so weak. (Let a thousand nations bloom.)

  • There has never been a civilization more fragile, and a government so weak.

    You see, they swarm through an urban area, shoot out the transformers or short the wires with chain, turn on then break the hydrants eliminating water pressure, start interior fires in every building they pass. Hammer open the cash machines, load up on food from the markets, and entrap and decimate first responders, and then just keep moving. Amidst the chaos they empty the banks, and with sufficient numbers take the armories. It’s when they’re dramatic rather than practical that they lose. Now, they had a minimum of 30k men, and possibly a maximum of 200k men. What do you think would happen with one, two, or five million men? There are four hours of power, maybe three days of water, five to seven days of food, and without electronic transfers and distributions, millions of malcontents with pent up anger and ready violence to exacerbate the chaos. If men spread out into a small number of large groups in a series of cities it will take less than three weeks. Revolutions are always suspect in prospect but deterministic in retrospect. And those are just the revolutions that are unplanned. The era of state warfare is over. They have proven it. There has never been a civilization more fragile, and a government so weak. (Let a thousand nations bloom.)

  • The Best Revolutions Are Those that Are Resolved out Of Fear of Fighting, Not Those that Are Fought.

    The best way to prevent a violent revolution is to submit an equitable proposal for the resolution of conflicts, and to create the absolute certainty that the status quo will end violently otherwise. The best revolutions are those that are resolved out of fear of fighting, not those that are fought.

  • The Best Revolutions Are Those that Are Resolved out Of Fear of Fighting, Not Those that Are Fought.

    The best way to prevent a violent revolution is to submit an equitable proposal for the resolution of conflicts, and to create the absolute certainty that the status quo will end violently otherwise. The best revolutions are those that are resolved out of fear of fighting, not those that are fought.

  • The best way to prevent a violent revolution is to submit an equitable solution

    The best way to prevent a violent revolution is to submit an equitable solution and create the absolute certainty that the status quo will end. THe best revolutions are those that are resolved, not fought.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-02 16:06:50 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/991710617512837122

  • The best way to prevent a violent revolution is to submit an equitable proposal

    The best way to prevent a violent revolution is to submit an equitable proposal for the resolution of conflicts, and to create the absolute certainty that the status quo will end violently otherwise. The best revolutions are those that are resolved out of fear of fighting, not those that are fought.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-02 12:06:00 UTC

  • A NOTE FOR REVOLUTIONARIES ON AMMO —“Basic combat load is 7, 30 round magazine

    A NOTE FOR REVOLUTIONARIES ON AMMO

    —“Basic combat load is 7, 30 round magazines. It has been for a very long time. “—

    But when you state it as “200 rounds” people get a better idea of how few rounds that is. And Americans still too frequently run down on ammunition in a defensive firefight.

    —“Ignoring the basic correct answer is 210 rounds for the M4, here is a real combat load after 18 months before, during and after the surge in Iraq. I was a combat medic in an infantry unit deployed to a high tempo battlezone. We rolled outside the wire at least 5 days a week and often multiple times a day. About 1/4 of those would see some degree of combat. I carried a 30lb lite aid bag in addition to 10 magazines on my rack and drop pouches. Additionally my hot mag was a double and my main aid bag stayed on our vehicle with another 4 mags along with 65 lbs of medical gear. Long range patrols and extended ops were a bitch for me but after running out of ammo in one fight everything changed. I started dropping other gear from my load and replacing everything I could with composite material. I carried more than anyone but the squad gunner but it came in handy for others as well.I can function for 2 days without water. I can survive almost a week without food. My life expectancy in a firefight while out of ammo isn’t shit. In combat every bullet is a chance to save a life.”— Anon.

    In other words, he carried, 60 round hot mag, 10 30 round mags and 4 spare 30 round mags. 60 + 300 + 120 = 480. (My estimate of defensive ammo reserve from everything I’ve read is 600 rounds per man), and also from what I’ve read, no less than double that for a light machine gunner.

    Patrol is very dangerous. It’s searching for the enemy by presenting yourself as a target (bullet magnet). I prefer the Russian method: saturate the ground with artillery, roll in with equipment, destroy anything standing, kill everything that moves, and mop up the remainder on foot. The best way to hold territory is when everything other than you is pebbles, soot, splinters, or dead.

    –“Seven (7) mags was your “naked walking around load” and at no time was I more than a short distance away from an additional 10 mags. Point being, historically, I’m sure there was a prescribed basic load for the Italian military of the time but nobody ever says they had too much ammo in a firefight.”– Will Harm

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-02 09:58:00 UTC

  • Now, I’m all for regime change in iran and the gradual rescue of our persian cou

    Now, I’m all for regime change in iran and the gradual rescue of our persian cousins from the arab conquest. And a non-nuclear, and militarily limited iran as the center of the northern states is ok. A nuclear and armed iran as that center isn’t tolerable.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-04-30 22:35:39 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/991083688040509443