Curt Doolittle

Theme: Governance

  • correct answer for the many well intentioned f—-ls)** Trump always and everywher

    https://www.quora.com/Will-the-meeting-between-Putin-and-Trump-actually-accomplish-anything/answer/Curt-Doolittle?share=0abbd1cd&srid=u4Qv**(The correct answer for the many well intentioned f—-ls)**

    Trump always and everywhere **negotiates**. Great negotiators are not afraid of opponents, they are thrilled by the competition. Trump is a ruthless negotiator who has made an industry out of baiting opponents, entrapping them, and then controlling them. He creates opportunity for greedy people to act greedy, traps them and the exploits them for their greediness. This is why the bankruptcies are merely a tactic he uses to entrap greedy people, and corrupt bureaucrats. Where the ignorant person sees failure, the sophisticated person sees strategy.

    Trump is a competitor in the Nietzschean mold. He sees a meeting with Putin as an opportunity to learn how to win just as he sees a meeting with Kim as an opportunity to learn how to win. The worst that happens is that nothing happens. The best that happens is that he finds (as did Regan) an opportunity. He does not care about ‘face’ or your approval. He only cares about opportunities to win.

    Putin is terribly rational and very simple: russians never want to repeat the 1990’s and they respect strength. He saved them from chaos and has given them self respect back. All his stunts that cause us to react are just image building. We are just a tool for him to show his people he is strong. Just as we are just a tool for Kim to demand cash when he is bankrupt. Putin is actually very weak because he is under the control of his dependence upon the export of petroleum. The difference is that Kim can starve his people and retain power, and Putin can’t. Stalin would have starved them. Putin isn’t that strong.

    Trump’s point of view, and it is not false, is that Americans are weak negotiators trying to win friends and make their jobs easy at the expense of the middle american work force. His opinion (and he’s right) is that china is rising to replace us by stealing our technology and undermining our markets. It does not take skill to negotiate an agreement that is favorable to your opponents.

    How do I know this. I do exactly the same thing. Why? Because Kings, Generals, and Entrepreneurs, unlike corporate heads, bureaucrats, and politicians have a constituency of one. Themselves. Some people go public to make a windfall. some of us stay private so that we remain our masters. Trump stays private to remain his own master. The only place a man can still be king is in commerce.

    Very few people in contemporary life actually participate in the market economy at personal financial risk. Kings, Generals, Investors, and Entrepreneurs of every scale, do it every day.

    Trump acts like a king, general, and entrepreneur because he has always been an entrepreneur, and he was trained in a military school.

    He’s not looking for your approval. He’s just always testing himself to see if he can out compete. Because that is the only test that the Nietzschean man cares about: the test of the markets.Updated Mar 21, 2018, 10:13 PM

    Source date (UTC): 2018-03-21 22:13:00 UTC

  • So, the Austin Bomber was caught because (a) he sent two packages at the same ti

    So, the Austin Bomber was caught because (a) he sent two packages at the same time from the same location, and (b) that got the authorities his name and address, and (c) he didn’t use a burner phone, so they tracked his gps to the hotel.

    The reason a Kaczynski was durable is patience, and discipline.

    Never buy multiple parts from the same location or at the same time.

    Buy from small shops not big box stores with lots of data collection.

    Always pay cash.

    You only exist when you leave a digital record.

    Without digital technology you are a ghost.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-03-21 09:25:00 UTC

  • My answer to Are “digital states” real? Do they enjoy any sovereignty like real

    My answer to Are “digital states” real? Do they enjoy any sovereignty like real countries? Where does the European U… https://www.quora.com/Are-digital-states-real-Do-they-enjoy-any-sovereignty-like-real-countries-Where-does-the-European-Union-GDPR-come-in/answer/Curt-Doolittle?srid=u4Qv

    Source date (UTC): 2018-03-21 01:53:23 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/976275547885064197

  • Will The Meeting Between Putin And Trump Actually Accomplish Anything?

    (The correct answer for the many well intentioned f—-ls)

    Trump always and everywhere negotiates. Great negotiators are not afraid of opponents, they are thrilled by the competition. Trump is a ruthless negotiator who has made an industry out of baiting opponents, entrapping them, and then controlling them. He creates opportunity for greedy people to act greedy, traps them and the exploits them for their greediness. This is why the bankruptcies are merely a tactic he uses to entrap greedy people, and corrupt bureaucrats. Where the ignorant person sees failure, the sophisticated person sees strategy.

    Trump is a competitor in the Nietzschean mold. He sees a meeting with Putin as an opportunity to learn how to win just as he sees a meeting with Kim as an opportunity to learn how to win. The worst that happens is that nothing happens. The best that happens is that he finds (as did Regan) an opportunity. He does not care about ‘face’ or your approval. He only cares about opportunities to win.

    Putin is terribly rational and very simple: russians never want to repeat the 1990’s and they respect strength. He saved them from chaos and has given them self respect back. All his stunts that cause us to react are just image building. We are just a tool for him to show his people he is strong. Just as we are just a tool for Kim to demand cash when he is bankrupt. Putin is actually very weak because he is under the control of his dependence upon the export of petroleum. The difference is that Kim can starve his people and retain power, and Putin can’t. Stalin would have starved them. Putin isn’t that strong.

    Trump’s point of view, and it is not false, is that Americans are weak negotiators trying to win friends and make their jobs easy at the expense of the middle american work force. His opinion (and he’s right) is that china is rising to replace us by stealing our technology and undermining our markets. It does not take skill to negotiate an agreement that is favorable to your opponents.

    How do I know this. I do exactly the same thing. Why? Because Kings, Generals, and Entrepreneurs, unlike corporate heads, bureaucrats, and politicians have a constituency of one. Themselves. Some people go public to make a windfall. some of us stay private so that we remain our masters. Trump stays private to remain his own master. The only place a man can still be king is in commerce.

    Very few people in contemporary life actually participate in the market economy at personal financial risk. Kings, Generals, Investors, and Entrepreneurs of every scale, do it every day.

    Trump acts like a king, general, and entrepreneur because he has always been an entrepreneur, and he was trained in a military school.

    He’s not looking for your approval. He’s just always testing himself to see if he can out compete. Because that is the only test that the Nietzschean man cares about: the test of the markets.

    https://www.quora.com/Will-the-meeting-between-Putin-and-Trump-actually-accomplish-anything

  • What Are The Plausible Scenarios For A New Civil War In The U.s.? How Does It Start? How Is It Waged? What Are The Results?

    We are very close now. Very. At this level of agitation it will take a single spark that drives one side or the other to march. And I am pretty sure it will be the next election cycle.

    https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-plausible-scenarios-for-a-new-civil-war-in-the-U-S-How-does-it-start-How-is-it-waged-What-are-the-results

  • Will The Meeting Between Putin And Trump Actually Accomplish Anything?

    (The correct answer for the many well intentioned f—-ls)

    Trump always and everywhere negotiates. Great negotiators are not afraid of opponents, they are thrilled by the competition. Trump is a ruthless negotiator who has made an industry out of baiting opponents, entrapping them, and then controlling them. He creates opportunity for greedy people to act greedy, traps them and the exploits them for their greediness. This is why the bankruptcies are merely a tactic he uses to entrap greedy people, and corrupt bureaucrats. Where the ignorant person sees failure, the sophisticated person sees strategy.

    Trump is a competitor in the Nietzschean mold. He sees a meeting with Putin as an opportunity to learn how to win just as he sees a meeting with Kim as an opportunity to learn how to win. The worst that happens is that nothing happens. The best that happens is that he finds (as did Regan) an opportunity. He does not care about ‘face’ or your approval. He only cares about opportunities to win.

    Putin is terribly rational and very simple: russians never want to repeat the 1990’s and they respect strength. He saved them from chaos and has given them self respect back. All his stunts that cause us to react are just image building. We are just a tool for him to show his people he is strong. Just as we are just a tool for Kim to demand cash when he is bankrupt. Putin is actually very weak because he is under the control of his dependence upon the export of petroleum. The difference is that Kim can starve his people and retain power, and Putin can’t. Stalin would have starved them. Putin isn’t that strong.

    Trump’s point of view, and it is not false, is that Americans are weak negotiators trying to win friends and make their jobs easy at the expense of the middle american work force. His opinion (and he’s right) is that china is rising to replace us by stealing our technology and undermining our markets. It does not take skill to negotiate an agreement that is favorable to your opponents.

    How do I know this. I do exactly the same thing. Why? Because Kings, Generals, and Entrepreneurs, unlike corporate heads, bureaucrats, and politicians have a constituency of one. Themselves. Some people go public to make a windfall. some of us stay private so that we remain our masters. Trump stays private to remain his own master. The only place a man can still be king is in commerce.

    Very few people in contemporary life actually participate in the market economy at personal financial risk. Kings, Generals, Investors, and Entrepreneurs of every scale, do it every day.

    Trump acts like a king, general, and entrepreneur because he has always been an entrepreneur, and he was trained in a military school.

    He’s not looking for your approval. He’s just always testing himself to see if he can out compete. Because that is the only test that the Nietzschean man cares about: the test of the markets.

    https://www.quora.com/Will-the-meeting-between-Putin-and-Trump-actually-accomplish-anything

  • What Are The Plausible Scenarios For A New Civil War In The U.s.? How Does It Start? How Is It Waged? What Are The Results?

    We are very close now. Very. At this level of agitation it will take a single spark that drives one side or the other to march. And I am pretty sure it will be the next election cycle.

    https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-plausible-scenarios-for-a-new-civil-war-in-the-U-S-How-does-it-start-How-is-it-waged-What-are-the-results

  • Oh no. The base wants him to provoke such a crisis, so we can turn this cold civ

    Oh no. The base wants him to provoke such a crisis, so we can turn this cold civil war hot. It’s going to happen anyway. Let’s get to it.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-03-20 22:46:03 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/976228402716954624

    Reply addressees: @washingtonpost

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/976225245060304896

    IN REPLY TO:

    @washingtonpost

    Flake warns Trump of impeachment “remedy” if Mueller probe is halted https://t.co/Ri5pfemAzz

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/976225245060304896

  • Cycles. Generations. 2020-2025. War/Postwar era over. Technology and economic po

    Cycles. Generations. 2020-2025. War/Postwar era over. Technology and economic power equilibrated. Traditional great powers. Europe in power vacuum. American fractured and obviously weak via underclass immigration. Navy one battle from extermination. Cold Civil War Turns Hot.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-03-20 22:39:41 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/976226800580923394

    Reply addressees: @HbdNrx

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/976222127819862016

    IN REPLY TO:

    @HbdNrx

    Tensions in America keep rising, year after year. Compare today to 2006 or 1999. It’s not really a time of good feelings like previous good economic times.

    How will all these tensions be released, and when?

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/976222127819862016

  • is very hard for people raised in the current era of cultural, political, legal,

    https://www.quora.com/Are-digital-states-real-Do-they-enjoy-any-sovereignty-like-real-countries-Where-does-the-European-Union-GDPR-come-in/answer/Curt-Doolittle?share=1cfafa15&srid=u4QvIt is very hard for people raised in the current era of cultural, political, legal, and economic pseudoscience, to grasp the very simple reality that all forms of property from your body and mind, to your children and mates, to your home and assets, to your political rights, to your country’s territory, and all the patterns of behavior that you count on and benefit from every day, exist because of violence, and violence alone.

    **Violence and violence alone** determines control of yourself, your relations, and anything and everything else. All our organizations and institutions are but proxies for that violence. And only those capable of applying violence to preserve the order are ever in control of that order. And it takes very few people willing to use violence to end that order and replace it with another.

    So, a State exists as a State for two very simple reasons: some group of people possesses sufficient violence to prevent other people from having it. And other states prefer those people control that State rather than an alternative group of people.

    That’s it. In other words, States preserve other States – usually out of self interest: the preservation of the balance of powers in the region. During the agrarian era of the past, and during the current era where oil regions are so enabling of primitive peoples, we see Iraq->Kuwait and Iran->Syria, and Russia->Crimea (Black Sea deposits) ,and China->South China Sea.

    The same goes for digital anything: digital states, digital title registries, digital currency. They exist only so long as the states in which the servers exist, the people who manage them, the means of transforming the digital to the material, the people who use them, allow them to exist.

    I’ve written about this for years, but my understanding of history tells me that the digital currency experiment is merely performing private funding of research and development for the next era of state credit when the current postwar order deterministically fails.

    There is no escape from violence, or paying the cost of violence, in the form of the organization of violence, we call the State.Updated Mar 20, 2018, 9:53 PM

    Source date (UTC): 2018-03-20 21:53:00 UTC