e start with Zoroaster who is the first philosopher. —“Zoroaster sees the human condition as the mental struggle between aša (truth) and druj (lie). The cardinal concept of aša—which is …
he Technologies of Cooperation 1) Tribal Hunter Gatherer -> Steppe/Desert -> Agrarian -> Urban -> (Slum?) 2) Headman -> Chieftain -> King -> President/Prime Minister -> (Judge?) 3) Memory -> …
—“Q: I came to be aware [of] Julian Jaynes’ thesis materials. Seems to jive with your theme, Curt. You alluding to a similar theme when referencing the Pentateuch, or the …
(important piece) (I will write more on this later. But it will explain my emphasis on operationalism and strict construction) efore about 1830, when the British Empire adopted commercial universalism, …
—“I know that myself and others would be interested to read what you have to say about some big names on the alt right. I am assuming you are familiar …
REATING A MOAT AROUND RUSSIA: SIX POINTS EXPLAINING WHY PUTIN IS ACTING STRATEGICALLY SIX POINTS 1) The fall of Ukraine was unexpected and Putin feared a spread to Moscow. Rather …
OU SEE THE TEMPLARS HAD A GOOD DEAL: ROOM AND BOARD. And you see ISIS doing the same. And we see Ukrainian Volunteers dong the same. And you saw american …
(from elsewhere) I don’t understand Shaun. I think people who have been following me for a few years know why I use FB and why I run all these “tests”. …
VOLUTION OF METHODS OF REGULATION 1) RELIGION – threat of ostracization. (culture) 2) LAW – threat of punishment, loss of property or liberty. (state) 3) CREDIT – threat of loss …
(very important concepts) (important piece) eber was right, in that the evolution of civilization was achieved through improvements in various kinds of ‘calculation’ – a term which will not sufficiently …
(reframe the debate) WESTERN ‘CONSERVATISM’ = ‘ARISTOCRACY’ = ‘ARISTOCRATIC EGALITARIANISM’ e must reframe the debate, swapping the word ‘Conservative’ for ‘Aristocratic’, and ‘progressive’ for ‘Socialistic’. Aristocratic (paternal meritocratic) Egalitarian (open …
(important piece) e can finally piece together the west’s struggle to ‘transcend’ the human animal, and to become our gods. Truth is the common thread. THE SECRETS OF THE WEST’S …
Original article by Curt Doolittle : http://www.propertarianism.com/en_US/2014/12/11/the-transaction-cost-theory-of-government/ Translation by Alberto R. Zambrano U. a historia dice que sólo el desarrollo de un estado – una burocracia monopolista- transfiere los altos costos …
(the thrust of this argument is a conflation of good and preference, and my opponent’s presumption that because of that conflation there are no ‘goods’. This may be a bit …
’ll add a little context by way of political economy, and say that the world (a)first organized by household and slaves in the agrarian era by kinship relations, then (b) …
