Truth is Expensive, But The Returns Warrant It, and Morality Demands It
[I]t was very expensive to create settlements by prohibiting predation by the development of armies and professional warriors. But we obtained the ability to accumulate capital, and to create a division of labor. It was very expensive to create property rights by prohibiting parasitism through law and indoctrination. But we obtained the ability to create…
The New Right is Consistent in its Rejection of the Errors of the Enlightenment
Ethics and Morality are Proscriptive.
Q&A:What is Your Take on Von Kueneldt-Leddhin?
(thx skye stewart) [W]ell you know, this is one of those things that you are much better at than I: meaning. My problem is that while I can agree with that which he appreciates, (a) it is not reducible to law, and (b) it is not stated as science. So it’s somewhat like my criticism…
The West Like The East Practices A Hierarchy of ‘Religions’ Scientific, Legal, Philosophical, Christian and Pagan
(sketch) [C]hristianity consists of Germanic, Mediterranean, Jewish, Egyptian, and Babylonian ideas. If you were to reduce the western ethic to the jeffersonian bible, and natural law, you would have the germanic elements of it. Indo european aristocracy is what separates the west from the rest. Christianity takes much too much credit for the success of…
We Can Restore Western Civilization. It’s Not Difficult. It’s Just Done At The Point Of A Gun.
Having a ‘Systematizing’ mind (which is a nice sounding term for an autistic and compulsive need for order in everything whether useful or not) mostly helps you find similar patterns in what were to most people are disconnected subjects. You can however, take this method too far, as most philosophers have, by trying to carry…
When Is External Aggression Warranted?
[W]AR External aggression is warranted when a lower trust polity causes harm to a higher trust polity, and the result of aggression will be an increase in the level of non-parasitism. In other words, it tis always moral and warranted to export high trust against the will of lower trust peoples. The problem is, it…
A Monopoly of Law, A Monopoly of Commons, A Market of Everything Else
[T]he single necessity of monopoly organization is the holding of territory. The single necessity of objectively moral law is universal: prohibition on parasitism. The single necessity of objectively moral commons is universal: prohibition on privatization – also parasitism. The objective necessity of group survival is cooperation in the means of production. The objective necessity of…
Yes. Postwar Privilege Ended. That’s Why.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/when-america-was-great-taxes-were-high-unions-were-strong-and-government-was-big/407284/ [L]ets Look at History: 1) Americans conquered a new continent 2) They sold off this continent to immigrants 3) They sold consumer goods to these immigrants. 4) They caused a collapse in prices in Europe (like china does to americans today) 5) They created new fiat money to give credit to these immigrants. 6)…
Another Thought on Republics: Indecision.
[A] republic, or an oligarchy by any other name, even one ruled by law, is a notoriously indecisive form of organization. I do not see a better division of labor than the one we discovered by accident. A republic is an excellent means of producing commons. A monarchy an excellent means of conducting war. And…
Curt’s “WAR” Reading List
THE WAR OF STATES Sun Tzu: The Art Of War The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) Julius Ceasar: Caesar’s Commentaries: On the Gallic War And on the Civil War Julius Ceasar: The Conquest of Gaul Machiavelli: The Prince Machiavelli: The Art Of War Carl Van Clausewitz: On War (2G Second Generation…
Q&A: Answers from Ask Curt Anything (Reasonable) Day
FROM: Andy Curzon OK here is a seasonable (old legal word for reasonable) question, what is the current shell structure to the ‘Propertarianism and Formal Institutions’ tome (my tentative title) as it sits in your mind today? This should be a five minute one. Also, in response to ‘finish molyneux post’ what is your Molyneux…
Definitions: Capitalism, Mixed Economy, and Socialism: A Eugenic vs Dysgenic Game
RIGHT: Capitalism: the voluntary organization of production as a the result of the incentives that result from the anarchic evolution of money, prices, exchanges and contracts under the single principle, norm, regulation or law of the voluntary exchange of private property. This process is naturally meritocratic and eugenic and therefore scientific, which is the reason…
Notes on The Contents of Western Religion
(sketch) Christianity consists of Germanic, Mediterranean, Jewish, Egyptian, and Babylonian ideas. If you were to reduce the western ethic to the jeffersonian bible, and natural law, you would have the germanic elements of it. Indo european aristocracy is what separates the west from the rest. Christianity takes much too much credit for the success of…
Propertarianism in Twelve Words
(fun) Guest Post from Carlos Clark Propertarianism in twelve words. “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” —Cadet Honor Code, West Point
The Third Way (the end of history) Is The Truthful Society – Not Democracy
[I] am not sure how Fukuyama missed it, other than it seems like all throughout his career he seeks to justify his theory of monopoly bureaucracy, and his admiration of Sinic civilization. He investigates the problems of bureaucracy under democracy – the failure to develop an independent professional bureaucracy first, and then democracy, such that…
Counter Intuitive Econ Solved By Operational Analysis: The Internet Increases Prices
—Economists have two standard very simple models of product competition: firms can compete on price or compete on quantity.— —“whether firms compete on price or quantity depends more on which of these they must commit to earliest, not which is easier to change at the last minute. Knowing this, once you heard that it would…
The Virtue Of Hanging (Frequently)
[U]nfortunately, the whole expansion of the franchised ruined our excellent ancient tradition of watching your words, through liberal use of the duel. Unfortunately, the whole expansion of the franchise ruined our excellent tradition of telling the truth, by the dilution of libel and slander. Unfortunately the whole post-slavery thing ruined our excellent ancient tradition of…
Differences in Criminal, Ethical, and Moral Rules
(Riffing off Michael Philip) [D]ifferences between Criminal, ethical, moral. CRIMINAL: The criminal spectrum consists of imposition of costs by manual means. ETHICAL: The ethical spectrum consists of imposition of costs by means of information asymmetry. MORAL: The moral spectrum consists of costs imposed by anonymous means. Norms may or many not be objectively moral. Laws…
Ashkenazi Colonialism: Eastern Europe Had Anarchism – And the People Suffered Under Despotism
[C]ontext: My objective is to falsify if not quash and destroy the Anglo, German, and Jewish Enlightenments, as deceptive, erroneous, and catastrophic failures to generalize group evolutionary strategies, so that I may explain the next step in our political evolution: to replace monopoly government (majority rule) with the combination of strictly constructed, objectively moral, universal,…
How Does The Republican Party Justify Its Desire To Legislate Morality, If The Core Of The Republican Belief Is In A Government That Should, When Possible, Not Interfere In The Lives Of Its Citizens?
Common false argument. The conservative position is indo-european, and is easily visible in Greece: It is possible to resolve conflicts rationally. But we pay the penalty for our hubris if we assume we are wiser than we have evidence to prove. The point is not that we should not change, but that we are not…
Do Rich People Ever Fly Coach?
I fly coach if I’m paying for it and if my performance won’t suffer, and business or first class if I’m stressed and my performance will suffer, or if I’m working and want to circumvent the lines. I don’t fly it to feel privileged. Generally speaking, if you want to avoid the unwashed masses, stick…
Criticism as Justification?
[C]RITICISM AS JUSTIFICATION 1 – We justify moral action ( dependence upon norm ) 2 – We justify legal contract ( explicit reference to law) 3- We are skeptical of perception and cognition. (Honesty of witness) 4 – We criticize truth propositions (theory) Because in each case we test for different properties all of which…
The Three Weapons of Influence and the Evolution of Laws
(Natural Law is an excuse that justifies indo-european / Hanseatic property rights) [T]here are only three means of coercion (weapons of influence), although they can be, and are frequently, used in concert: 1) Force (threatening, punishing, killing) 2) Remuneration (payment/opportunity – boycott/deprivation) 3) Gossip (rallying, shaming, ostracizing) We can engage in force to create property,…
Why The Anne Hathaway Effect? The Cold Hard Truth: Shaming Alphas
[W]e have overwhelming data, in all walks of life, that shows that ‘beta’ women and ‘beta’ males fear standards (other’s behavior) that they cannot themselves adhere to, and that are existential reminders of the inferiority of their social standing. The technique that they use to vent their self loathing is gossip. Or what we call…