RE: Nation as Jointly Owned Property( was Re: FWD [forteana] Health Care: USA, Iraq & Canada)

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Tue Aug 12 2003 - 14:37:37 MDT

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    Randy wrote:
    >
    > I hope that others are coming around to seeing our nation as a
    > jointly owned property around an unwritten contract exists. The
    > parties to this contract are the citizens of this nation. Non
    > citizens are NOT parties to this particular contract. In part, the
    > contract holds that the citizens must compete with each other for
    > whatever benefits are to be had from citizenship. Non citizens may
    > not compete for the benefits of citizenship, unless they "buy in" in
    > a sufficient amount.
    >
    ### I see communitarian thinking, in-group protection, outgroup bashing
    here. Where is the Extropian content?

    Would you deny me, Rafal Smigrodzki, a productive non-citizen, the benefit
    (or maybe the right?) of bargaining for a mutually beneficial exchange of
    services with American citizens?

    Rafal

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