Curt Doolittle

Theme: Governance

  • ARE SLOW AS SNAILS BUT THEY FINALLY GET THERE

    http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/ukrainians-form-militias-to-defend-nation-against-chaos-346813.htmlUKRAINIANS ARE SLOW AS SNAILS BUT THEY FINALLY GET THERE

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-07 16:18:00 UTC

  • LIBERTARIANS FIGHT THE LAST WAR, OR THE ONE BEFORE THAT MAYBE. I’M PLANNING FOR

    LIBERTARIANS FIGHT THE LAST WAR, OR THE ONE BEFORE THAT MAYBE. I’M PLANNING FOR THE NEXT ONE.

    (reposted and edited) (thanks to Juan Sebastian Ortiz for the inspiration.)

    Rather than make plans on how to manipulate democracies, I am more in line with global theorists who suggest that the nation state, which was invented in response to Napoleon’s combination of state credit and total war, will be brought down by the fragility of our modern systems (which are very fragile), the low cost of interrupting or damaging those systems, the enormous economic impact of those system disruptions, the small numbers (and value of small numbers) needed to conduct interruptions of systems, the universal availability of communications previously only available to governments, the inability of states to either control those insurrections, or to violently suppress them, and the demand of the populace for respite from system shocks, by giving into demands.

    It is this particular trend, not the polite democratic one, that I am constructing my logical arguments in support of. A moral code, a system of arguments, that gives moral authority to such actions, and the institutional model to replace the nation state with.

    I want to construct the program for the establishment and organization of private governments and the restitution of the militia and the aristocracy from whence our freedoms came. Because it is only that model under which we hold freedom of our choosing, rather than by the mere permissions of others.

    Libertarians like horsemen in an age of machines, are still fighting the war before the last war. I’m making plans for the next one.

    Sure, I’m working a little ahead of the curve, but my health is not in my favor.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-07 15:27:00 UTC

  • It’s sort of like we need a house of Limits for conservatives, a house of Commer

    It’s sort of like we need a house of Limits for conservatives, a house of Commerce for libertarians and a house of Charity for progressives. Commerce and Charity can make contracts with one another, and those contracts must observe strict construction, and under that strict construction limited to observable, demonstrable, voluntary exchanges. The house Limits has the right of veto without comment.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-07 08:01:00 UTC

  • IT. SAME IS FOR THE EAST. WE ARE SEEING 80% PREFERRING TO MAINTAIN UKRAINE

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/05/05/putins-human-rights-council-accidentally-posts-real-crimean-election-results-only-15-voted-for-annexation/KNEW IT. SAME IS FOR THE EAST. WE ARE SEEING 80% PREFERRING TO MAINTAIN UKRAINE.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-06 13:32:00 UTC

  • THE HIGH VALUE OF ATTACKING SYSTEMS –“an attack on systems can magnify the effe

    THE HIGH VALUE OF ATTACKING SYSTEMS

    –“an attack on systems can magnify the effect of a small attack into a major global economic event. … The extreme productivity enabled by systems disruption creates the potential for non-state forces to adopt the strategies of maneuver and attrition in addition to those of almost endless supply of attackers could generate hundreds of millions, potentially billions, in damage. The cumulative effect of these attacks could grind down even the strongest nation-state. “–

    –“We are staring at a future where defeat isn’t experienced all at once, but through an inevitable withering away of military, economic, and political power and through wasting conflicts with minor foes.”–

    Robb, John (2008-04-01). Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization (p. 32). Turner Publishing Company. Kindle Edition.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-06 11:00:00 UTC

  • PEOPLE NEED SOMETHING TO FIGHT IN FAVOR OF, NOT JUST AGAINST It’s all well and g

    PEOPLE NEED SOMETHING TO FIGHT IN FAVOR OF, NOT JUST AGAINST

    It’s all well and good to understand that a small guerilla movement can topple the greatest nation. It’s all well and good that we agree that a government is corrupt and predatory. It is another thing to know what to replace it with. And how to replace it. Once you know how to replace it, and you show people the opportunities that come from that replacement, telling them how to achieve it is trivial. It’s terribly easy to bring a government and an economy to its knees even without big symbolic events. And it is much easier if the people bringing it to its knees feel that they have a moral objective, a plan for achieving it, and a plan for sustaining it.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-06 10:40:00 UTC

  • A STATE THAT FIGHTS A GUERILLA MOVEMENT, WILL LOSE –“Creveld realized that when

    A STATE THAT FIGHTS A GUERILLA MOVEMENT, WILL LOSE

    –“Creveld realized that whenever a state takes on a guerrilla movement, it will lose. The reason is that when the strong are seen beating the weak (knocking down doors, roughing up people of interest, and shooting ragtag guerrillas), they are considered to be barbarians. This view, amplified by the media, will eventually eat away at the state’s ability to maintain moral cohesion and drastically damage its global image.”–

    Robb, John (2008-04-01). Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization (p. 28). Turner Publishing Company. Kindle Edition.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-06 10:35:00 UTC

  • WE HAVE THE MOST ARMED, MOST SKILLED POPULACE. WHY NOT USE IT? —“The global ad

    WE HAVE THE MOST ARMED, MOST SKILLED POPULACE. WHY NOT USE IT?

    —“The global adoption of proxy guerrilla and terrorist conflict led Lind et al. to develop a model for the next generation of interstate warfare. This fourth-generation warfare (4GW) codified the use of guerrilla and terrorist proxies as the primary means of warfare between states, large and small. In Lind et al.’ s view, 4GW was a method of warfare that allowed the weak forces to defeat the strong. Within the structure of a sponsored proxy conflict, 4GW was seen as a way to waste the strength of the strong— to bleed the target state dry morally and economically. The result is an eternal war that typically ends with the target state’s inevitable defeat.”—

    Robb, John (2008-04-01). Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization (p. 27). Turner Publishing Company. Kindle Edition.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-06 07:11:00 UTC

  • ALL WARS ARE CIVIL WARS. ALL GUERRILLA WARS ARE MORAL CONFLICTS. —“Unlike conv

    ALL WARS ARE CIVIL WARS. ALL GUERRILLA WARS ARE MORAL CONFLICTS.

    —“Unlike conventional wars of the first three generations, guerrilla wars are primarily moral conflicts.”—

    Robb, John (2008-04-01). Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization (p. 26). Turner Publishing Company. Kindle Edition.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-06 07:06:00 UTC

  • “A corrupt Nigeria won’t do much damage outside of its borders, but a corrupt St

    –“A corrupt Nigeria won’t do much damage outside of its borders, but a corrupt States or Great Britain is a terrifying reality.”–

    Don Finnegan

    Source date (UTC): 2014-05-06 05:17:00 UTC