Category Archives: Macroblog

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A Quick Lesson on Dimensions and Eternalism

Difficulty     1 . A simple point, shown as the shadow of a one-dimensional line segment, is    dimensionless. The line segment, however, extending between two points gives us a single dimension. A line segment, shown as the shadow of a … Continue reading

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Anarchism, Synarchism, and Ambiarchy

Difficulty     In order to understand Ambiarchy, it helps to understand synarchy. In a way, Ambiarchy is the synthesis of the thesis, anarchism, and its antithesis, synarchism. Anarchism is, of course, a philosophy that advocates the elimination of external government … Continue reading

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Science, Scientism, and Credentialism

Difficulty     “Scientist” is not a class of people, but an adherent to the ideology of scientism. But not everyone who does science need be a scientist, but, merely, adhere to the scientific method, preferably pressing a “null hypothesis.” No … Continue reading

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Paleoradicalism

Difficulty     “Paleoconservatism” and “paleolibertarianism” are watchwords from the political Right. But I want to introduce a new term from the political Center, the “Far Center,” as I call it. This term is “paleoradical.” Conservatives and radicals are often pitted … Continue reading

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Anarchy: More or Less Government?

Difficulty     Compared to monarchy, is democracy more or less government? It seems to depend on who is asked. Some will suggest that democracy is less government than monarchy is, because people have the ability to participate directly in the … Continue reading

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Direct-Democracy or Philosopher Kings?

Difficulty     The Masonic Philosophical Society recently posted a poll on Facebook, asking whether direct-democracy or philosopher kings were preferable. The results, when I saw them last, were about 60/40 with philosopher kings in the lead. Plato had famously posed … Continue reading

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Proudhon on Economic Rent

Difficulty     This was originally composed for part of a “Mutual Exchange” by C4SS, the Center for a Stateless Society. It has subsequently been removed, with a notice that they are no longer affiliating with me. Because I think the … Continue reading

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The Wider Mutualist Movement

Difficulty     Mutualism is often spoken of in terms of a philosophical camp, as if mutualism were a philosophical potential that remains unrealized, and which has had a certain impact. But mutualism is better regarded as a social movement, as … Continue reading

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Ambiarchy: Just a Matter of Time

Difficulty     Ambiarchy answers the question of why we live in a Universe that seems to contradict itself. In particular, how a single, shared Universe can produce various opposing results. This interests the Ambiarchist, because the Ambiarchist is interested in … Continue reading

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Ambiarchy and Hierarchical Authority

Difficulty     To understand why Ambiarchy prefers a meritocratic organization, as opposed to a flat or majoritarian one, it may be best to look at the characteristics of cooperatives and collectives, and how they fair in the economy. The tendency … Continue reading

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Mutualism, the Politics of the Illuminated

Difficulty level not set for this PostMutualism and the Illuminati Both pantheism and mutualism– the most influential of views upon Ambiarchy– can be traced to the views of the Illuminati. No, not the Bavarian Illuminati of Adam Weishaupt, but to … Continue reading

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Ambiarchy and ‘The News’

Difficulty     In today’s society, reading, listening to, and/or watching the news is largely an empty act. Rarely are important matters actually covered by the mainstream media. In an Ambiarchist society, the news would be of utmost importance. In such … Continue reading

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Ambiarchy: From Whence Rights Commence

Difficulty     Ambiarchy is an interesting worldview, because it is simultaneously anarchy and statism. Many would think this an impossibility. To understand how Ambiarchy is simultaneously anarchy and statism, one must understand the Ambiarchist conceptions of anarchy and statism. These … Continue reading

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Ambiarchy Defined

Difficulty     Ambiarchy comes from the Latin, ambi, meaning “both,” and archia, meaning “rule.” Ambiarchy, then, means “both rule.” The “both” in question can refer to a number of concepts. In the past– though it doesn’t seem to have been … Continue reading

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Ambiarchy, What It Looks Like

Difficulty     An Ambiarchy is confederalist, consent-oriented, and voluntary. It is anarchist, panarchist, and voluntaryist. It is mutualist, Georgist, and distributist. It is communalist, agorist, syndicalist, and platformist. It is meritocratic, democratic, republican, constitutional, and parliamentary. It is Austrian, Marxist, … Continue reading

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Ambitheism, the Metaphysical Premise of Ambiarchy

Difficulty     The metaphysical premise of Ambitheism poses the existence of an eternal Monad. This Monad can be understood in secular terms, as the Universe, multiverse, Omniverse, or related concepts, or it can be understood in religious or spiritual terms, … Continue reading

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To Create Ambiarchy, Start with Perfection

Difficulty     Ambiarchy and Perfection Ambiarchy starts with perfection. That is, the political economy of Ambiarchy rests upon and exists within the larger perfection of the Universe, as described in Ambitheism. According to Ambitheism– the metaphysical premise of Ambiarchy–, the … Continue reading

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Ambiarchy: What We Want

Difficulty     Government Inalienable Rights – One cannot transfer legal ownership of one’s self Free Contract – Unhindered right to enter into contracts Meritocratic Leadership – Demonstrated ability Consensus Democracy – Agreement of the people, with principle objections Weighted Voting … Continue reading

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Ambiarchy with Chinese Characteristics

Difficulty     The basis of Ambiarchist philosophy is the metaphysics of Ambitheism, which suggests that the material-physical world is governed by entropic processes, while spiritual-psychical processes are syntropic in nature. In other words, while the natural material world of dead … Continue reading

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Pedagogy and Ambiarchy

Difficulty     The approach of Ambiarchy Academy is to meet people where they are at. People have been raised in an authoritarian society, in which they are expected to do as they are told, and to seek authority out for … Continue reading

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