Raise The Cost Of Tyranny Through Violence
[T]he only way to obtain liberty is to raise the cost of tyranny, just as the only means of constructing property is to raise the cost of parasitism. We can raise costs by a) gossip – meaning shaming, b) economic ostracization – meaning boycott, and c) violence. a) does not work for obvious reasons –…
If We Punish Lying As Aggression Then That is Enough
—“We have to punish liars. Suppressing lying the way we suppress aggression is probably enough.”— Roman Skaskiw
Race Is A Problem Of Distributions
[I] hate discussion of race really, but since my position is somewhat novel, I feel the need to vent my frustration at what I see as a the result of a series of mainstream errors that attempt to justify democracy by criticizing the natural and unavoidable behavior of man. Instead of truthfully addressing the…
On Marriage
[I] won’t go into the full analytical treatment of it here, but under Propertarian analysis, marriage is a name for a corporation for the purposes of: (a) reciprocal insurance of participant; and in modernity;(b) power of attorney over one another, in the case of the incapacity of the other; (c) a political requirement that one…
What Dictionary Does Os X’s Built In Dictionary Get Words From, And How Can I Report Errors In It?
Quick Tip: Bulk Add Words to Your Mac’s Spell Check Dictionary – Tuts+ Computer Skills Tutorial https://www.quora.com/What-dictionary-does-OS-Xs-built-in-dictionary-get-words-from-and-how-can-I-report-errors-in-it
Operationalism as Criticism: Repairing The Errors of 20th Century Philosophy
[I] have chosen the term ‘Operationalism’ over Praxeology, Actions, Intuitionism, and Operationism because it seems most intuitive given our language’s use of ‘Mathematical operations”, and “Human Actions”. Ray (who is very helpful) does the logical thing which is treat critics of critical rationalism’s early errors as behind-the-times or ignorant, while himself making the same mistake.…
Sophisticated People In The World Are Not Necessarily Stupid or Selfish
[T]he USA’s budget consists roughly of 1/3 defense, 1/3 mandatory payments (Social Security and Medicaid) and 1/3 discretionary payments (everything else). We finance 1/3 (the military), and inflate it away. The world pays for our military through indirect taxation on the price of oil bought in dollars. This was the invention that the Nixon administration…
My Criticism Of David Miller Is A Very Limited One
—“What, if i may ask, is your criticism of Miller? it would be interesting to see if it holds water”— Ayelam Valentine Agaliba(reposted for archival purposes) [V]al, I don’t disagree with Miller’s multiple “standards of justice”. I just would state it very differently, as necessities, demands, incentives, and evolutionary strategies. I mean, I say the…
Pinker’s Criticism of Group/Multi-level Selection
[F]irst, both Pinker and Haidt are making the enlightenment error of equality of individuals, and of individualism instead of a population of man as a division of intertemporal knowledge and labor. (See my video on the subject.) We evolve first under this inter-temporal distribution of biases, and second under cultural adaptation, and third under everything…
The Human Operating System
[S]omething I wrote yesterday helped me clarify my argument on human anti-equalitarianism. – First: with very slight hormonal variation, we are able to reproduce in a distribution (division) of inter-temporal perception, cognition, knowledge and labor. And, that the initial division of perception cognition knowledge and labor began as a reproductive division of labor. – Second,…
The Decline in the USA’s Military Power Is Not A Problem for Americans – Only For Bureaucrats
THE DECLINE IN USA’S MILITARY POWER IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR AMERICANS – ONLY FOR BUREAUCRATS(from elsewhere)http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/03/31/396604082/dozens-of-countries-join-china-backed-bank-opposed-by-washington [T]he USA pays for its military through the sale of petro-dollars and debt that it inflates away. It was this technique started under Nixon that allowed the USA to economically bankrupt the soviets via military competition. (Something easy…
Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman and Their Anti-Science Economics
RE: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/friedman-ideas-great-recession-by-j–bradford-delong-2015-03[B]rad, I would counter, as I have since 2009, that you and your intellectual kindred fail to grasp that politics is moral not merely empirical. That humans are tribalists not universalists. That universalism suits the interests of the academy’s revenues, but not the interests of all polities. The human morality is roughly translatable into a…
What Are The Pros And Cons Of Us Humans Building A Global Utopia?
We are all competing. Economic competition merely allows us to compete toward mutually productive ends, instead of randomly destructive ends. A utopia is only desirable by the losers. https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-us-humans-building-a-global-Utopia
What Is Peak Capitalism?
A leftist dogma. A new name for regurgitated Marx. And just as fallacious as his. The entire world has adopted capitalism. Because innovation, adaptation, production, distribution and trade are not possible without it. The current argument is that low trust, traditional-family, and tribal-family polities, particularly those that practice cousin-marriage, cannot operate without a dominant state,…
Do Americans Wear Outdoor-shoes Inside Their Homes As Portrayed In Tellies/movies? Don’t They Maintain Indoor Slippers/shoes Like Asians Or Others?
Suburban America is an incredibly CLEAN place to live. Especially because many people drive a LOT and walk very little. So, for many Americans, depending upon where you live, it can be seen as ‘village’ behavior – meaning that you’re used to being dirty. Or City behavior (meaning the same). And it can be pretentious…
Could Feudalism Be Recreated As A System More Beneficial To The Working Classes Than Capitalism?
We may be wealthier in all respects, but there is little difference between mandatory labor and mandatory taxation. Mandatory taxation is more efficient than mandatory labor. The Feudal holding today (USA) may be larger than the feudal holding in the medieval era, but just try to leave America for another country and see what the…
The Mirror View of Feminism: The Destruction of the Compromise
[A]nd women have successfully voted to destroy western property rights in every election after the first generation of women voters. Today almost all elections are decided by women, and principally by unmarried women and single mothers (see Pew). Without women voters we would never have moved to the left, destroyed the constitution, destroyed the family…
Feminists: Be Careful What You Wish For
[T]he first problem for any society is to find positive incentives for men. Feminism seeks to position men as oppressors – instead of our traditional roles as a compromise. But it is a compromise for both genders. For most of us, Islamic paternal domination, and daily tribal warfare, or African enslavement of women is a…
Does The United States Subtly Prevent Canada From Becoming More Powerful?
Contrary to Canadian religious practice of self-congratulation, Canada is not powerful. It is merely wealthy. And it is wealthy because it benefits from the following accidents:1) a border with an empire nearly unequalled in human history. Oceans on all other borders.2) enormous natural resources it does not need to defend, build a culture of defense,…
Austrian Economics Studies Facilitating Voluntary Exchanges Rather than Forced Transfers
[W]hen we attempt to promote Austrian Economics, we could, if we were intelligent, state that our interests are merely in developing institutions that facilitate voluntary exchanges, rather than mainstream economics, which attempts to maximize involuntary transfers. In other words, we practice moral economics, and mainstream practices immoral economics. It does no good whatsoever for advocates…
The Monty Hall Problem
How Does A Country Get A Good Balance Between Socialism And Capitalism?
I’ll back up TJ Claridge’s post and say that you’re misusing the terms. I think you mean to say, how much interference in the economy by the government produces a Pareto Optimum? We call this a mixed economy. That is, a capitalist economy (which is the only economy possible long term), with social democratic redistribution…
When Did The Us Become Such A Litigious Country?
THIS IS A GOOD BUT MISUNDERSTOOD QUESTION America practices the common law of anglo saxon origin, in which all things are permitted except that which is extant in law. This is different from the rest of the world’s model – especially the Napoleonic – in which only that which is in law, is permitted. So…
North America: Why Is The Dominant Racial/ethnic Narrative Between ‘white’ America And ‘black’ America When The State Of ‘native’ America Ought To Be Addressed First?
There is no ‘ought’ in politics between groups. Politics consists of: is, can, cannot between groups. Oughts are an in-group question. The reason being that while we may sacrifice for our kin (kin selection), we only cooperate with our non-kin (utilitarian). If non-kin cause us sacrifice, then that is parasitism, not cooperation, and certainly not…
Does The U.s. Really Have Good Friends?
States do not have friends. They have allies with similar interest. A friend bears a sacrifice on your behalf. An ally provides assistance in times of mutual interest. So no. No country has ‘friends’. Even asking the question is a naive application of interpersonal relationships to international relations. https://www.quora.com/Does-the-U-S-really-have-good-friends