tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post3661830184696314505..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: The Problem With Equalitybionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-91741338205643142402018-08-21T17:06:26.411-07:002018-08-21T17:06:26.411-07:00A long dead thread, but a funny story. I keep hear...A long dead thread, but a funny story. I keep hearing Alex Jones reference the "Jacobite" this and the "Jacobite" that. I finally started searching for what he meant by that since he kept saying "look it up."<br /><br />So every search kept coming up with the Jacobites of Great Britain and Ireland, and none of it talked about their political philosophy. Furthermore, the information about modern Jacobites referred to them a crazies.<br /><br />Then I searched for “what does alex jones mean by Jacobite” and about 13 results down up pops “Jacobin”! Ah, I say. I click on it and discover that what I kept hearing as “Jacobite” (too much Outlander, I blame my wife) was actually “Jacobin”!<br /><br />Mystery solved. Too bad no one will ever read this comment and get a hearty chuckle out of it.BlueCat57https://www.blogger.com/profile/16319053769863788715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-75952665487675769332016-12-30T15:16:02.669-08:002016-12-30T15:16:02.669-08:00No, people are not equal, not in any physical fact...No, people are not equal, not in any physical fact.Tatiana Covingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09358926820167909042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-14161303419186233362016-12-26T12:59:03.974-08:002016-12-26T12:59:03.974-08:00James Madison warned in Federalist Paper No. 10, T...James Madison warned in Federalist Paper No. 10, The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection, “Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of government [pure democracy], have erroneously supposed that by reducing mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights, they would, at the same time, be perfectly equalized and assimilated in their possessions, their opinions, and their passions.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-61431274579702686652016-12-26T09:55:27.070-08:002016-12-26T09:55:27.070-08:00Separation of church and state in theory has meant...Separation of church and state in theory has meant union of aggressive secularism and state in practice. While Christians objecting to the moral relativism of the government schools are free to send their kids elsewhere, they may not forego tribute to the government schools. Secular democrats blandly embrace this arrangement, even as they affect consternation at the jizya imposed by Muslim rulers on their dhimmis. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242683448708605585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-86340678231573134042016-12-26T09:11:10.906-08:002016-12-26T09:11:10.906-08:00I should add that the mathematical notion of equal...I should add that the mathematical notion of equality is about "is", not "ought". When people adapted that to the political arena, they implicitly changed the "is" to "ought"; quite a fundamental difference (and one that makes me think it was a mistake to adopt a mathematical notion in the political sphere at all). When we note that the Declaration's "all men are created equal" is nonsensical on its face, what we are really saying is that it should instead say, "all men should be equal before the law". I suppose Jefferson wanted to make a stronger-sounding statement, but by choosing "is" language over "ought" language and by leaving out the qualification "before the law", he simply entered the realm of error.Paul Bonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279129269584372919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-33322290340570994062016-12-26T08:17:09.408-08:002016-12-26T08:17:09.408-08:00Equality is a mathematical notion. The thing on th...Equality is a mathematical notion. The thing on the left side of the equal sign is in some way the same as the thing on the right side.<br /><br />I suspect what Jefferson et. al. were talking about with respect to equality, was not that peon should be equal before the law to another peon, but that peon should be equal before the law to the ruler. A nice sentiment, but not very well connected to reality.<br /><br />I'm a bit doubtful that this kind of equality drives centralization of power very much. After all, nobody really cares much if an Oregon peon is legally equal to a California peon; in fact any politician who promised to make Oregon peons legally equal to California peons would be very unpopular. Power is very centralized now, but local rulers or even just cops in Oregon are still not equal to Oregon peons; and in fact there is less equality between Oregon peons and those rulers in federal government, than there was when little power resided in the federal government. Almost the whole point of getting power is to be unequal.<br /><br />I suppose you could say that, for example, the Americans with Disabilities Act was a way of making California peons legally equal to Oregon peons, but it wasn't really sold that way. It was sold as a way of making life better for the disabled. What drove centralization in that case was the old notion of everybody living at the expense of everybody else, not that everybody should be equal.<br /><br />I suppose there are several causes to the centralization of power, but if legal equality is one, it doesn't seem a very strong one.Paul Bonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279129269584372919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-25438294855080516672016-12-25T16:52:30.086-08:002016-12-25T16:52:30.086-08:00 Wow!!!Extra stocking stuffer for you!!
Th... Wow!!!Extra stocking stuffer for you!!<br />Thanks for introduction to de Jouvenel.<br /><br />Owhyee CowboyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-13258029852761629962016-12-24T16:43:17.926-08:002016-12-24T16:43:17.926-08:00And the only real Progress for all mankind in a se...And the only real Progress for all mankind in a secular sense is the discovery and tolerance of unfettered markets coupled with a sound understanding of property rights. Not the perverted twisted rights borne of the French Revolution and permeated into the West by Democratic Socialism/Progressivism. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09731498839869076790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-69769229318568473552016-12-23T16:50:52.855-08:002016-12-23T16:50:52.855-08:00Thanks for discussing de Jouvenel. The man is an i...Thanks for discussing de Jouvenel. The man is an intellectual titan of the highest order and his ideas are profoundly important. <br /><br />I was introducted to him via Moldbug, who is an entertaining and insightful writer in his own right and makes his own attempt at a solution to the societal & politica dilemmas de Jouvenel outlines.Aesopnoreply@blogger.com