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Re: RFC: An Alternative..
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Date: 
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 16:43:59 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:

Need to dig in deeper (over the weekend?) but...

I think this has a lot of merit. Not perfect. Nothing is. But better,
perhaps than what we have now. And not that different from Libertopia!
Where I see an area in need of further exploration is in how power is
applied and how funding works.

Thanks, Richard. Now I gotta go teach my class.

Hm, interesting. We seem to actually be making some progress here. At a
quick read, Richard's proposal sounds like Liberatopia to me. I agree
with Larry that there needs to be more understanding of the flow of
money and power. It's interesting that when a vision for society is
created separate from the label "Libertarian" we end up with something
which looks remarkably Libertarian. I think Larry is right that there
are a lot of Libertarian thinkers out there who don't realize they are
Libertarian.

--
Frank Filz

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(...) Which flow of money? Apart from the minimal tax (admistration+State Responsibility fees (which pays for national defence and other things of that nature)), the flow of money is entirely up to the aggregate group. Ie, a community, town, region, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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Need to dig in deeper (over the weekend?) but... I think this has a lot of merit. Not perfect. Nothing is. But better, perhaps than what we have now. And not that different from Libertopia! Where I see an area in need of further exploration is in (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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