Constitutional Monarchy And Aristocratic Philosophy Need An Ideology – A Rationally Competitive Economic Ideology

And that means institutions, a moral purpose, and a set of narratives that support the common good. (And chastise the current system.)
On March 12, 2011 By

An Ideology: Any reasonably coherent set of social, cultural, moral and political ideas that can be used to obtain and hold political power on the behalf of a part of a population that perceives it has similar interests.

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Copied here from http://judithcurry.com/2011/03/06/climate-story-telling-angst.

On Climate ETC: Judith Curry writes:

If climate scientists were to use their past accomplishments to bolster their current claims, there would be less controversy, as it’s more difficult to undermine the credibility of established achievements. [...]
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And one more thing that I just see too much of – arguments over definitions.

I. A definition is a contract between two or more people on the properties, causal relations and utility of those relations.
I.I A term [...]
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My rights are protected by my willingess to kill in order to defend them. Legal documents either require that many people are willing to kill to defend them, or that many people are willing to kill to enforce them, or [...]
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Humans unconsciously rely upon these social constructs in order to establish priorities in political decision making:

The Family The Cult The Tribe The Fraternity

In the west, we rely upon the fraternity. The remnants of our military social order.

Democracy [...]
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RE: Harmful illusions bedevil ideas about free markets and imprisonment: professor
By Sarah Galer

In which yet another left wing professor who hasn’t read Hayek, criticizes him (and advocates like myself) while relying upon ‘silly psychology’ to do so. [...]
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The Cult Of Silly People

On February 25, 2011 By

From FP Magazine:

“How Did Obama Lose Karzai?” … “Karzai now appears mistrusting of the West’s long-term commitment to his country. He considers the Americans to be hopelessly fickle, represented by multiple military and civilian envoys who carry contradictory messages, [...]
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Response To Posner On Guns

On February 20, 2011 By

(Note: I posted this as a comment on http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/ and am copying it here, as a I always do.)

Guns are for more than hunting and self defense. They’re also a political symbol, and a political institution. Arms have uses. [...]
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A Perfect Quote:

“Thirty years ago, the public saw teachers as underpaid and overworked professionals trying to prepare the next generation for leadership. These days, the teachers unions are doing their best to present an image of arrogant entitlement combined [...]
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Whence comes Property?

The answer is a strong army and navy, a strong diplomatic corps, a strong currency free of debasement

Trade rests on trade routes. Trade routes rest on the military.

THe purpose of militarily established order is to [...]
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