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Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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On Sat, 1 Jan 2000 23:10:19 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
wrote:
Jasper Janssen wrote:

The reason those two are so much higher now than they were then is
_specialisation_. A libertarian society would just about require
everyone to be a homo universalis.

Again, hardly. The most frontierlike part of america right now is the
e-space. Vast fortunes are being made by people armed with nothing more
than an idea, some skill, and a LOT of hard work (working on internet
time means working LONG hours). But those people are more specialised
than you or I, even.

"E-space" (Now _there's_ a horrible term if I ever heard one. Almost
as bad as "Information Superhighway"), however, is hardly
frontier-like.

So that's why you like the days of the colony so much. You don't care
about the right to free speech, or the right to equal treatment, and
the like. (And if you can convincingly reduce _those_ to property
rights, that'll be quite a feat).

Reread older posts, I already did.

Gimme some search terms or general dates to work with. You're too
prolific a poster (even when you add "+body: right") to just reread it
all.

Jasper



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  Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
 
(...) There you go again. Another incorrect assertion, presented without proof. Examine the aspects of something that make it frontier-like, and you'll find that the internet is indeed a frontier. What are your criteria for a frontier? (...) Look it (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
 
(...) Nothing of the sort. I want to return to the frontier mentality, the notion that we can, if we want, be very successful at any number of different things. (...) Again, hardly. The most frontierlike part of america right now is the e-space. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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