Re: Private armies

Andrew Ducker (samael@dial.pipex.com)
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:49:40 -0000

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From: Dick.Gray@bull.com <Dick.Gray@bull.com> To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com> Date: 14 December 1998 20:38
Subject: Re: Private armies

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>
>I wrote:
>>Too bad the revolution has been consistently betrayed by the government
>>that was set up specifically to perpetuate it.
>
>den Otter replied:
>>And there you have it: a power vacuum will *always* be filled by some
>>new form of government. Anarchy is inherently unstable due to human
>>nature (we freedom-loving individualists are a small minority).
>
>I disagree. Anarchy will arise and endure when and where the majority of
>people understand that governmentalism is never to honest people's
>advantage. It's a matter of increased knowledge and ethical rigor, which
>are certainly within the purview of human nature.

The majority of hte people will never understand anything. The majority of the people are too stupid to notice what's being forcefed to them. The majority of the people watch baywatch.

Samael