ummmm no. depends on a lot of factors. are you in construction or real estate?
firstly MOST 60 houses have NOT appreciated. secondly the ones that have are usually PROPERTIES that have appreciated, not the buildings. lastly for the buildings that have appreciated, the majority have had work done. like my home, that i converted from a single story ranch to a two story colonial.
on what basis do you determine "at least 2x"?
no he's not. you made that example up. and it's not even AN example, you gave a sweeping generalization.
the stats are still lies. stronger will always oppress weaker. so the weaker centralize for defense. call it "cooperation" but for any effectiveness the weak centralize coordination. every. single. time.
philosophical systems don't scale with tech. that's nutty.
i have. that's a great reference. fascinating dude. gbg and his darwinist viewpoint avoid the noble savage problem and somewhere i think he says he had an "interest in watching the progress of the struggle" of the civilization of the savage.
but you've obviously read him with an intent to find anarchist patterns lol. you seem to have forgotten aboht the Contrary and the council of 44. not to mention family structure.
i submit that individual freedom under law and a centralized government aren't mutually incompatible. if you're talking forests, look at dna and immune systems. look at mutual dependency of everything down to mycelium. i repeat, autonomy is a myth generated from the human god-complex
consider for a moment archism is evil. steelman my argument