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Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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Sun, 2 Jan 2000 01:50:47 GMT
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On Sat, 1 Jan 2000 19:00:00 GMT, "John DiRienzo"
<ig88888888@stlnet.com> wrote:
> I had to think about what John said for a day or two to know what he
> meant. I am still not sure if I took it the right way, but I don't think he
> is nuts. I think he is saying (and I would agree, if he is) that the
> society that could function properly without any form of government would
> consist of the most evolved people possible (his words were "most mature in
> terms of societal evolution"). In a way, he is saying (well, I am, anyway)
> that once human beings (as a society) become fully evolved, there will be no
> need for any government whatsoever. I don't believe people are anywhere
> near (and have no way of knowing if they could ever reach) that state of
> evolution. I tend to believe anarchy will never work, because although
> humans will always evolve, I doubt they will actually evolve to perfection -
> I see that as similar to counting to infiniti.
Hmmmm. If that _is_ what he is saying, I would tend to agree.
But I personally would tend to place strict libertarianism as quite
close to anarchy on that scale (strict libertarianism, after all, is
just anarchy with "something" (not the government, but apparently a
higher power) defining certain rights, but with no way to enforce
compliance...). And we're nowhere _near_ ready for it.
Jasper
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