Re: POLITICS: Neo-Conservative policies and power

From: Wei Dai (weidai@weidai.com)
Date: Tue Apr 08 2003 - 12:18:12 MDT

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    On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 04:09:07PM +0100, Steve Davies wrote:
    > That's my view exactly. Like Mike I think it's now very dangerous to have
    > low trust societies with access to modern tech both for them and us
    > (actually I think the real problem is societies that have high trust for
    > relatives, low trust for everyone else). However agreeing on the end leaves
    > lots of room for argument about means and I think relying on force as your
    > principal strategy is very risky and possibly self-defeating.

    What are the alternative strategies? I would love to see a coherent
    alternative to the neo-conservative agenda, actually, but haven't been
    able to find one.



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