“Does Man exist, or is he just an abstraction that exists as a universal category concocted in the heads of enlightenment philosophers?”
October 21st, 2018 2:26 PM —“I am questioning the existence of Man (with a great M), and whether or not this history you speak of is in actuality histories (plural) of (particular – not universal) men (with a lower M). Does Man exist, or is he just an abstraction that exists as a universal category…
The Rationality of Man
October 21st, 2018 12:52 PM THE RATIONALITY OF MAN (important concept) –“If man was logical, and could be moved to action by empirical evidence, then libertarianism would have caught on much more than it did.”— Jesse Schultz [W]ell. You know, man is terribly logical given his perpetual dependence on fragmentary information in a kaleidic universe,…
It’s a Bit Like Studying for A STEM+L Degree
October 21st, 2018 12:35 PM UNDERSTANDING PROPERTARIANISM IS A BIT LIKE STUDYING FOR A STEM+L DEGREE. THAT’S WHY IT TAKES TIME. IT’S NON-TRIVIAL. —“I’m having a hard time understanding propertarianism tbh. I’m reading your articles on the website but still….what should I do?:— Ayham Nedal [O]ur Reading List helps with general knowledge so that you…
The Opportunity Cost of Defending Our Commons
October 21st, 2018 11:19 AM THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF DEFENDING OUR COMMONS by Bill Joslin (perfect example of economics and law of the commons) “When deciding upon defense of the social commons, We must continuously calculate “should I bear an opportunity cost (to crush the other) to maintain peace, trust, and cooperation, and therefore to…
“THE SYNDICATE” by Olavo de Carvalho
October 21st, 2018 1:32 AM “THE SYNDICATE” by Olavo de Carvalho (h/t: Giego Caleiro) The best bit of history. Force > Religion > Law > Credit. § 3. The Syndicate The globalist elite is not only a vague social class of capitalists and bankers. It is an organized entity, with continuous existence for over a…
Olavo De Carvalho
October 21st, 2018 12:00 AM (ht: @[100002214207885:2048:Giego Caleiro] for pointer) RE: https://debateolavodugin.blogspot.com/2011/03/olavo-de-carvalho-introduction.html [O]lavo is wonderful. Really. And that particular essay, in eloquent rose, positions the conflict of civilizations (at least as of the late 00’s) correctly. I came to the same analysis except I state that there are only three weapons of coercion (force/law/government, trade/gain/reciprocity,…
Hoppe’s Getting Libertarianism Right
October 21st, 2018 2:38 PM HOPPE’S GETTING LIBERTARIANISM RIGHT (Free Download from Mises) Please read the section starting page 75 on the Alt-Right as continuation of the Paleo-Conservative movement. mises.org/system/tdf/Getting%20Libertarianism%20Right%20August%2027.pdf
Man: Known as In Self Deceptions or Known as In Demonstrated Actions (truth)?
October 21st, 2018 1:36 PM MAN: KNOWN AS IN SELF DECEPTIONS OR KNOWN AS IN DEMONSTRATED ACTIONS (TRUTH)? —“If Propertarianism is grounded solely on science and not religion, then on what basis is Man (with a great M) known?”—Josef Kalinin Joseph : I can’t decompose that question. Man ‘is’, (exists as) that which he has…
Answering Criticisms
Curt’s Rules of Discourse “The Teaching Law on Social Media Is Like Teaching in A Locker Room” Rules of Discourse Are You Acting In Good Faith? The Intellectually Honest Skeptic Asks… (… and the Intellectually Dishonest Overconfident Demands.) Dear Overconfident Young Men Blocking Policy The New Standard on Social Media Criticisms of Curt Well, you…
Left Archetype Is Simple Really – Like the Herd
October 20th, 2018 12:29 PM LEFT ARCHETYPE IS SIMPLE REALLY – LIKE THE HERD —“I wish I could think of an archetype or character in a classic tale of the useful idiot, then I could better describe the left.”–@SPQRIUS I have worked on this. The Archetype for the left is a combination of (a) The…
The Virtue Spiral of Left Falsehood Into Psychosis
October 20th, 2018 11:55 AM THE VIRTUE SPIRAL OF LEFT FALSEHOOD INTO PSYCHOSIS —“The Left seems to utter so divorced from reality that they just can react effectively at all. I mean, look at Elizabeth Warren!”—Daniel Roland Anderson Combining: (a)The Parable of 17 Lies, and (b) bias to double down on malinvestments, (c) Female/herd need…
More on The Fraud of Tolerance and The Payment of Forbearance
October 20th, 2018 11:49 AM MORE ON THE FRAUD OF TOLERANCE AND THE PAYMENT OF FORBEARANCE —“The centre holds onto tolerance because tolerance is passive. Those lacking agency can participate in tolerance while ignoring limits, because they don’t have the agency to enforce limits, and by ignoring limits they can stay in denial of their…
The left is a herd (monopoly)
October 20th, 2018 11:25 AM NPC’S AND THE RIGHT [L]ook, the left is a herd (monopoly), the right a collection of packs (market). We can’t script like NPC’s do because we have no herds. We have a thousand packs. Each pack uses its own language. That’s why NPC’s are so hysterical to us: we debate…
Masculinity – The Book Collection For Gentlemen.
October 20th, 2018 11:21 AM ONE OF MY ALBUMS: A COLLECTION I KEPT AT MY HOUSE. SECRET: Almost everything you read on manliness will teach you to be an officer and a gentleman in civilian clothes. That’s all it is. We tend to create soldiers of the state today, who are participants in the administration…
Understanding Mindfulness, Class, Costs
October 20th, 2018 10:58 AM UNDERSTANDING MINDFULNESS, CLASS, COSTS Wealthy Intergenerational Families Learn and Perpetuate Mindfulness. Etiquette and Habits are simply SIGNALS of MINDFULNESS. Meaning you are trustworthy. Because etiquette and Habits ARE COSTLY. It is the WILLINGNESS TO PAY COSTS that the signal communicates. It is the UNWILLINGNESS TO PAY COSTS that classlessness communicates.…
“How Can I Learn Why Psychology Is a Pseudoscience?”
October 20th, 2018 10:34 AM —“CURT: HOW CAN I LEARN WHY PSYCHOLOGY IS A PSEUDOSCIENCE?”— A Friend [H]mmm…. Well, psychology(Investigation/measurement) vs freudian psychology(projection/fictionalism). Start at the beginning with Karl Popper on Freud. The read about the “Operationist” movement in psychology. Then read about “The replication crisis”. Then take note of how hard it is to…
Property May Be Intangible but The Costs of It Are Not
October 20th, 2018 9:49 AM PROPERTY MAY BE INTANGIBLE BUT THE COSTS OF IT ARE NOT —“Intangible property exists inside the realms of both personal and group property. Intangible property exists in ideas or information which men are willing to defend, such as a man’s reputation, or the reputation of a man’s family or ancestors.…
Gender Differences in Nonsense-Speech
October 20th, 2018 9:08 AM GENDER DIFFERENCES IN NONSENSE-SPEECH (humor) —“Girls talk about stupid girl stuff, and guys talk about stupid guy stuff. We all do it. The difference is guys know it’s stupid stuff.”— A Friend It’s just that girls maintain the peace by not ADMITTING its stupid stuff (Defecting), where men preserve loyalty…
The Economics of Cannibalism?
October 20th, 2018 8:43 AM THE ECONOMICS OF CANNIBALISM? (humor) —“They still practice cannibalism there”—Andy Ujku [I] always wonder ‘what are the choice cuts‘ for cannibals? Because, humans have glutes and thighs and calves but we have evolved to trade muscle for heat dissipation and brain size – and that made us expensive life forms.…
Reaping the Extremist Fruits of The Middle’s Tolerance
October 20th, 2018 8:33 AM REAPING THE EXTREMIST FRUITS OF THE MIDDLE’S TOLERANCE by John Mark (cd: this is brilliant) [W]hat these “We can all come together” people don’t understand is that the most intolerant group (the group most willing to punish anyone who deviates from their agenda) wins. Thus the middle groups, continuing their…
“Did your views change at all when you had children?”
October 20th, 2018 8:27 AM —“Did your views on allocation of public funds change at all when you had children from when you didn’t?”— Dan Springhorn [N]o. It was just study of economics and history: data. And most importantly, when I understood the uniqueness of western civilization as commons. Now, there are no such thing…
Comparison of Male and Female Adults with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Conditions
October 20th, 2018 6:39 PM A Behavioral Comparison of Male and Female Adults with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Conditions Meng-Chuan Lai , Michael V. Lombardo, Greg Pasco, Amber N. V. Ruigrok, Sally J. Wheelwright, Susan A. Sadek, Bhismadev Chakrabarti, MRC AIMS Consortium , Simon Baron-Cohen Published: June 13, 2011 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020835 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0020835 Abstract Autism spectrum conditions…
Endocrinological vs Neurological Conservatives
October 20th, 2018 2:08 PM —“There is a distinction between endocrinological & neurological conservatives, driven mostly by disgust, which tend to be within a SD left of the mean, and market driven (agency) conservatives who recognize cost on longer time-horizons & are able to organize a body law which facilitates the cooperation & trust, necessary…
Keep Tryin’. Sigh.
(FB 1539965161 Timestamp) RESPONSE TO THOSE WHO PARADE IN CLOWN WORLD —“by John Dow: Curt is the archetypal Anglo bourgeois mind, he cannot comprehend living a life in pursuit of the Sublime, for him our Spirit is nothing but a libido. In a sense he is on our “team”, as he seems to respect the…
Simple But Deep: China
October 19th, 2018 10:34 AM SIMPLE BUT DEEP [C]hina is using Singapore as a micro model, and Singapore is the biggest advocate of state capitalism. Lee Kwan Yu once said there are two reasons for Asia’s economic success: state capitalism and the US Navy. Asia can’t go to war as long as the US Navy…