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False Realism and Utopianism
Conservatism is a defense of the existing order or past existing orders as "natural". Any potential alternative to the existing order or to the romantisized past order is immediately brushed aside as "unnatural" and "utopian"...
Posted 25 June 2008 10:26 PM by Brainpolice | 7 comment(s)
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Does Social Evolution Necessitate Decentralization?
Social evolution can be thought of in terms of increased complexity . Simple forms of organization are uniliteral and homogenous, while more complexity in an organizational structure implies pluralism . Increased plurality, combined with a finite number...
Posted 21 May 2008 05:36 PM by Brainpolice | with no comments
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Organization and Conflict: Free Association vs. Politics
Free association and competition resolves conflict while politics, especially democratic politics, enables and ultimately depends on conflict. All disagreements between people about how to organize can theoretically be resolved through free association...
Posted 30 April 2008 11:00 PM by Brainpolice | 2 comment(s)
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Two Philosophies of History
Political philosophies often involve views of history. There seems to be two fundamental views of history, as I have touched on in " Traditionalism as Stagnation " and " Radicalism and Moderation ". These two views are what I would...
Posted 12 April 2008 04:02 PM by Brainpolice | with no comments
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Traditionalism As Stagnation
In my understanding, appealing to tradition (particularly for its own sake) causes the stagnation of society. All human progress has resulted from deviation from prior "norms" or "traditions". In my view, a conservative view of history...
Posted 09 March 2008 02:58 AM by Brainpolice | 3 comment(s)
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How The State Thrives, How The State Falls
Foreward note: inspired in part by "The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude" by Eteinne De La Boetie . How the State Thrives How does the state maintain itself? It is true that to some extent all states initially derive...
Posted 15 December 2007 09:08 PM by Brainpolice | with no comments
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