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(1) Much here is right. MM has a continental bias. Rejection of common law tradition in favor of the Napoleonic Code ...
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... is especially jaw-dropping. In general, he under-emphasizes the power of spontaneous order, and exalts programming. ...
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(2) But, he doesn't really understand his own ideas. NeoCam + Patchwork is the model for a competitive market in gov't ...
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... where, as in any other market, catallactic forces of spontaneous order will inevitably overwhelm and shape programming.
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... On a side note, it's intriguing that Peter Thiel's model of the business hero is Carlylean / Moldbuggian in style. ...
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... (3) Also essential to all this: MM is a
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... He's good at it. (Even persuaded me that there's kinda sorta a reading of Divine Right Sovereignty that's defensible.) .
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... But it's trolling. There's no case made for a sovereign monarch at UR (it's an idiot trap, and caught many idiots). ...
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... On another side-note, you know how many English pubs were called "The Prussian King" in late 18th century? ...
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... Frederick II was England's key ally during the Seven Years War (when the global Anglosphere was built). ...
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... The war laid the foundations of Anglobal Hegemony, cost in total less casualties than any one of Frederick's battles. ..
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... But still, you're entirely right, even if adopted as an honorary Anglo, Frederick II wasn't one. And ironically ...
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