Comments on: Bloodless Instability

By: Scott Adams on Startup Countries « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom

Scott Adams on Startup Countries « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:44:16 +0000

[...] work, charter cities, free zones, or seasteading. It’s clear that he gets the power of bloodless instability, though, and even uses one of our favourite examples: Arguably, China accidentally performed a [...]

By: The Mitch Daniels Desert Island Book Set « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom

The Mitch Daniels Desert Island Book Set « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:38:41 +0000

[...] from clogging the line of progress. We’ve called this political creative destruction “Bloodless Instability“, but the idea is as old as David Hume: That nothing is more favourable to the rise of [...]

By: Stop Voting! Secession vs. Revolution « Locust blog

Stop Voting! Secession vs. Revolution « Locust blog — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:17:12 +0000

[...] Chamberlain writes a guest post about Bloodless Instability – why regime change is beneficial, and how we can accomplish it without [...]

By: Health Insurance Mandate Creep Show: Coverage for Prayer, Amen! « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:41:34 +0000

[...] highly distributed costs on the many–this is a feature, not a bug, in democratic governance. (Cue Mancur Olson.) The LA Times article worries about the separation of church and state. I worry about the [...]

By: Seasteading and Charter Cities « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom

Seasteading and Charter Cities « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:28:19 +0000

[...] which results in very slow improvement – especially now that there is no frontier for bloodless resets. In fact, the implementation of current government technology is actually getting worse, due to [...]

By: Aid, NGOs, and Entrepreneurship In Africa « This Too Shall Pass

Aid, NGOs, and Entrepreneurship In Africa « This Too Shall Pass — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:42:17 +0000

[...] is the reverse of bloodless instability – it Lets A Hundred Dictators Tighten Their Grips, strengthens existing corrupt institutions, [...]

By: Aid, NGOs, and Entrepreneurship In Africa « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom

Aid, NGOs, and Entrepreneurship In Africa « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:32:24 +0000

[...] is the reverse of bloodless instability – it Lets A Hundred Dictators Tighten Their Grips, strengthens existing corrupt [...]

By: Paul Romer and Competitive Government « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom

Paul Romer and Competitive Government « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:24:14 +0000

[...] clearly having been influenced by our ideas about bloodless instability, argues that we need to be able to create new countries, without the use of military force, in [...]

By: The Wire, Treme, and Civil Societarianism « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom

The Wire, Treme, and Civil Societarianism « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:40:23 +0000

[...] thing that comes to mind, is that post-Katrina New Orleans will offer a miniature test of sorts for Mancur Olson’s views on stability and the accumulation of interest group politics. Will the city get an institutional reset? In some [...]

By: sconzey

sconzey — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:53:42 +0000

It angers me. I'm twenty one years old. I've never voted for a Labour government, along with well over 30% of this country, and yet I'll be paying the price of their fuck-up for (probably) most of the rest of my life. I love this country -- I'm proud of the British people and most of British history, but as soon as I can afford it I'm emigrating. Certainly WWI and II did it for the old Liberal party (the closest to a mainstream Libertarian party this country's ever had) and saw the growth of the Labour movement, but I'm not sure you can trace a line of ideological suceession from then until now, because the abject statism was slightly interrupted by the infamous Thatcher in the 80s -- breaking the Unions, privatising the rail network and lowering taxes for everyone. The rail network isn't perfect thanks to muddled and misguided regulation, but there are those who hail the halcyon days when the rail network was nationalised... What short memories they have...