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Peace is an Idiot's Obsession
Peace is an idiot’s obsession. [T]he only rational pursuit is the positive expression in property rights of the negative prohibition on free riding. Violence toward that end is always rational and moral. Peace is an undesirable pursuit, since it simply justifies whatever level of immorality is currently extant. People who pursue peace for its own…
Peace is an Idiot’s Obsession
Peace is an idiot’s obsession. [T]he only rational pursuit is the positive expression in property rights of the negative prohibition on free riding. Violence toward that end is always rational and moral. Peace is an undesirable pursuit, since it simply justifies whatever level of immorality is currently extant. People who pursue peace for its own…
Aesthetics In Three Dimensions
THREE AXIS OF AESTHETIC CRITICISM: 1) CRAFT (Materials and Workmanship) 2) DESIGN (Aesthetic appeal and ‘beauty’) 3) CONTENT (Values, associations and narrative) The comparative quality of all art is objectively ascertainable by recursive triangulation.
Criticism is Truthful, and Critique is Deception
Critique != Criticism In Criticism the alternative choice must be defended. In critique the alternative choice must be obscured. The purpose of Criticism is to identify truth. The purpose of Critique is obscurantism: complex deception. Critique is deception. Control by deception using obscurantism. We forgo our opportunity for violence in exchange for pursuit of the truth.…
Weaponizing Reproduction
WEAPONIZING REPRODUCTION [Y]ou know, I had bought into the ‘equality’ thing pretty deeply. But yet again, I”m overturning my own biases. While patriarchy made possible by property helped to constrain female reproduction rates, and female reproductive parasitism, one of the northern european innovations was to further improve on the suppression of feminine reproductive parasitism, by…
Polymoralism And Commons
POLYMORALISM AND COMMONS [A]nd of course there are other options: Land can be owned by no one. Land can be owned by one person. Land can be owned by a group of contractual shareholders. Land can be owned by normative shareholders. The problem of a commons lies in determining use of a resource that CAN…
We Were Wrong And They're Killing Us For It
WE WERE WRONG AND MANKIND IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST US FOR OUR SINS. [Y]ou know, I’m chiseling away at correcting the enlightenment. I didn’t realize that’s what I was doing, but thats what, under the chisel, lies inside the stone, ready to emerge. – Fallacy of the Anglo Enlightenment – universalism and the aristocracy of…
We Were Wrong And They’re Killing Us For It
WE WERE WRONG AND MANKIND IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST US FOR OUR SINS. [Y]ou know, I’m chiseling away at correcting the enlightenment. I didn’t realize that’s what I was doing, but thats what, under the chisel, lies inside the stone, ready to emerge. – Fallacy of the Anglo Enlightenment – universalism and the aristocracy of…
Is Self Deception Possible?
IS SELF – DECEPTION POSSIBLE? YES. IT TURNS OUT IT IS. AND MOREOVER WE ARE SURROUNDED BY MASTERS OF IT.( Lesterians ) ( Austrians ) [O]ver the past better part of a year, Lee Waaks, a Lesterian who has taught me quite a bit about Jan Lester’s ideas, and to whom I am forever grateful,…
A Gap?
CAN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE PEOPLE WHO DEVELOPED SCIENCE HAVE A DANGEROUS GAP? (Yes) [I]f you had told me that western philosophy contained such a catastrophic hole that we could be nearly destroyed by ideas even worse than monotheism, I would have told you to write science fiction novellas. It turns out it’s true. We…
The Impact of Ordinary Man?
(Hampering the fantasies of ordinary people everywhere, but giving them a note of solace in return…. Can an ordinary person significantly change society?) [A]n important and interesting question, So I will do my best. Although you might not like the answer. 1) Well, a common man certainly can make a positive impact on society merely…
The Aristocratic Contract vs Patriotism
[I] don’t like the word patriot, because it suggests fealty to church or state. Instead: the obligation of every man who accepts the aristocratic contract is to deny power to any and all over any and all. In this sense patriotism is impossible for members of the aristocracy because it implies a moral choice rather…
The Truth: Making Honest Can't VS Should Arguments
If you’re making a “CAN’T” argument, then just admit it’s because you can’t. If you’re making a “SHOULD or SHOULDN’T” argument, then state why you should or shouldn’t. But if you’re making a can’t argument while saying it’s because you shouldn’t, then that’s not truth that’s deception. It’s true that you CAN’T hold Russia accountable…
The Truth: Making Honest Can’t VS Should Arguments
If you’re making a “CAN’T” argument, then just admit it’s because you can’t. If you’re making a “SHOULD or SHOULDN’T” argument, then state why you should or shouldn’t. But if you’re making a can’t argument while saying it’s because you shouldn’t, then that’s not truth that’s deception. It’s true that you CAN’T hold Russia accountable…
An Advancement On E-Prime?
… I THINK? CHANGING IT FROM PREFERENCE FOR MEANING TO NECESSITY FOR TESTIMONY? [I]’ve been reading more on General Semantics and their meme E-Prime, and it’s pretty interesting how they advocate GS/E’ for the purpose of clarity and meaning. Now, I advocate E’ and Operationalism because one cannot testify to the truth of a statement…
The Mere Mortal's Journey To Economic Literacy
1) -The Single Idea-Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt : Economic thought, unlike Moral thought, asks us to think about equilibrating consequences, and opportunity costs. If you understand the “one lesson” of the broken window fallacy, then that teaches you economic thinking in a nutshell. 2) –The Application of The Single Idea To The…
The Mere Mortal’s Journey To Economic Literacy
1) -The Single Idea-Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt : Economic thought, unlike Moral thought, asks us to think about equilibrating consequences, and opportunity costs. If you understand the “one lesson” of the broken window fallacy, then that teaches you economic thinking in a nutshell. 2) –The Application of The Single Idea To The…
An Interesting Path To A New Secular 'Religion'
(insight) [I] want to take you through an interesting line of thought, starting with creativity, and ending with something profound. Unfortunately for all of us, creativity is terribly time consuming. You cant sit down and say “I’m going to be creative now”, and cram through it like you can with calculations, or organizing or planning…
An Interesting Path To A New Secular ‘Religion’
(insight) [I] want to take you through an interesting line of thought, starting with creativity, and ending with something profound. Unfortunately for all of us, creativity is terribly time consuming. You cant sit down and say “I’m going to be creative now”, and cram through it like you can with calculations, or organizing or planning…