Saturday, August 31, 2019
More on defensible spaces/cases
A somewhat more refined Del Giudice thought on defensible cases.
I noted previously that complexity within one language or culture makes it harder for parasites to invade.
Adding the Babel element: A nation with many distinct cultures and languages is harder to invade or subvert. The invading parasite may be able to subvert one culture, but it will need to change its genes and techniques to invade all of the cultures.
Switzerland is the classic example. Four distinct languages get along and cooperate. Seems impractical, but it's the cultural equivalent of an armed militia. Four distinct mental spaces.
Parasites and empires are devolved, degenerate, simplified. They lose their variety and complexity in genes and language and culture. They become internally global, with no organs or modules or variant backwaters allowed.
Because empires are simple, they don't have a supply of variant genes or techniques available. Brute force is all they have.
At a smaller scale, language isn't part of the picture, so culture forms the spaces. A city with strong and geographically divided subcultures is harder for Sorosian monsters to subvert. "Urban renewal" and "integration" explicitly eliminate the subcultures by merging all architecture and streets and occupations into one global blob. FDR's approach went the opposite way, trying to strengthen rural and black subcultures without losing their distinctness.
Labels: defensible cases, defensible spaces
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