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(FB 1543511773 Timestamp) IMPERIALISM VS COLONIALISM (from elsewhere) I don’t make mistakes. It’s my job. It’s a dirty job policing sophists. But someone’s gotta do it. im·pe·ri·al·ism [imË?pirÄ?É?Ë?lizÉ?m] NOUN a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force. co·lo·ni·al·ism [kÉ?Ë?lōnÄ?É?Ë?lizÉ?m] NOUN the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial…

(FB 1543608359 Timestamp) STATUS FROM ELI

(FB 1543607997 Timestamp) Another nit: Great Men “Candidates” evolve (emerge) in batches, usually over three generations of incentives (really). In other words, the market for great men exists at all times (iron law of oligarchy so to speak). World Communism was such a threat (and it’s legacy still is) that it created demand for great…

(FB 1543605282 Timestamp) Your choice of grammar (paradigm) tells us how you understand yourself in relation to others.

(FB 1543603044 Timestamp) ARE HISTORIANS OR ECONOMISTS MORE RIGHT? Um…. Let me help you: OUTLIERS. Economists are better at explanation post hoc, and historians are better at prediction, for the simple reason that history consists of the analysis of outliers (opportunities in signal), and economics the analysis of regularities (opportunities in noise). At present it…

(FB 1543600878 Timestamp) —“Personally I think a semantically commensurable language creates a problem of cost, but alas we must bear costs.”—Micah Pezdirtz

(FB 1543600820 Timestamp) “LYING” IN THE WHITE LAW (PROPERTARIANISM) by Daniel Roland Anderson —â??I (we) require you to perform due diligence before making a truth claim. In other words, we have a higher standard of not lying. This prevents people (as we do in law) from claiming ignorance.â?—Curt Doolittle This is the first time Iâ??ve…

(FB 1543592915 Timestamp) THE COMMONS OF NOMOCRACY by Bill Joslin Nomocracy (Rule of Law) is a Commons. The forms of rule, outlined by Aristotle, describe the cycle of competition to gain a monopoly over the commons (to seize control of it). Nomocracy exists as a commons. [Nomocracy, under everyman a Sheriff (contract and criminal law…

(FB 1543591794 Timestamp) by Luan Raphael Via Positiva: Provide us with a precise description so that we can construct the experience you seek to communicate. Via Negativa: Provide us with a description so that we can constrain our imagination to that which you seek to communicate. Identity allows us to constrain our imagination so that…

(FB 1543588907 Timestamp) —“If your speech does not satisfy the categories necessary to demonstrate due diligence or establish warrantee against fraud, bias, or error, why on earth would I take you seriously?”—Micah Pezdirtz

(FB 1543588356 Timestamp) —“Metaphor: low resolution vs. E-prime: high resolution”—Micah Pezdirtz

(FB 1543587328 Timestamp) INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND CIVILIZATIONS FILL EVERY NICHE |FEED|: Herd > Pack > Solitary Hunter > Scavenger > Kleptoparasite > Parasite. Mammals cover the full range. Humans cover the full range. Civilizations cover the full range.

(FB 1543586504 Timestamp) —â??One of my philosophy professors said, itâ??s not that you canâ??t use analogy and metaphor to express some difficult ideas, but eventually you have to actually tell us what you MEAN. We will insist on that point.â?—Daniel Roland Anderson

(FB 1543551240 Timestamp) LIVE STREAM INTERVIEW WITH PRAGCULTURE —“Great livestream with @curtdoolittle hosted by @PragCulture just ended. Nice dialogue, fleshed out some of the more abstract aspects of Propertarianism for me.”— NothingTheGreat —“Goy rights advocate // INTP pluviophile misfit, socially disinterested indoor enthusiast. Ethnonationalist, but I love ya. Light-dusting-of-autism master race.”—

(FB 1543539018 Timestamp) —“During my commute I’ve been listening to various interviews you’ve done. Really really well done. You’re best mode is conversation by far. And holy fuck, you’re a smarter guy than i realized. I’m embarrassed I didn’t notice the depth of it before. Hahahah”— A Friend So in person I’m kind and charming,…

(FB 1543537043 Timestamp) ON THE VALUE OF ART TO THE ARTIST AND CONSUMER by Tim Beckley-Spillane As Curt has pointed out, metaphor and allegory are adopted for their economy. Artists use them as a means of conveying subjective experiences that are much too complex and intricate to communicate in toto. The mystifying element of art…

(FB 1543761176 Timestamp) THERE ARE ONLY THREE MEANS OF COERCION All groups govern one another and compete with others, using a combination of those three means of coercion. And with those means of coercion they put them to good or ill use. For example, force can be used for predation or law, remuneration for bribery…

(FB 1543761156 Timestamp) THESE STRATEGIES MAP TO THE THREE ROLES 1 – Ascendant-Male (Libertarian Productive), 2 – In-Demand-Male (Conservative), and; 3 – Female-and-Female-Allied-Male (Consumptive). Physics and Economics in Everything.

(FB 1543761020 Timestamp) MORAL INTUITIONS MAP TO GROUP EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES OF ASCENDANT, DOMINANT, FEMALE-ALLIED, and FEMALE STRATEGIES We ride the elephant of our genes.

(FB 1543759047 Timestamp) ART ISN”T THAT HARD TO PRICE – IT’S HARD TO LIQUIDATE QUICKLY —“…Value of art varies….”— Hmmmm…. One can objectively compare art, particularly by triangulation. One can, with some skill, estimate its current market value by RANGE – dealers are relatively good at it. But doing so requires a rather great deal…