RE: The Law of Force/was Re: Socialism, again

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 15 2002 - 11:15:40 MST


Mike Lorrey wrote:
> --- Rafal Smigrodzki <rms2g@virginia.edu> wrote:
>> Mike Lorrey wrote:

>
> Your first wrong assumption is that peons can work the land better
> than my extropic anarcho-libertarian machinery, so such a scenario
> would never occur. Secondly, the fence is only to slow them down long
> enough for me to establish a clear field of fire.

### Well, you are postulating a technological solution - a total
substitution of automation for labor. This indeed could work. Once humans
become totally superfluous, owners of space (land, interplanetary space,
etc.) and of the automated means of production could then dispose of them.
Yes, it would be nice to be one of those few thousands to rule the world.

However, I'd like to hear a way of anarchically controlling immigration
*before* the AI arrives.

------

>
>>
>> One day the peons get restive. The owner of the land which they are
>> working sits idly as a bunch of them, armed with bigger and better
>> guns, cross your fence, and tell you to get lost, or else.
>>
>> Tell me, how is the anarchic society going to prevent this scenario.
>
> I assume you are talking about Zimbabwe. First off, that nation has
> not been libertarian or anarchist in decades, its been a socialist
> racist thugocracy since the early 1980's. Anybody white who stuck
> around deserves what they got.
>
> If you are not referring to it, then in the general scenario, it is
> your responsibility to arm yourself in response to the threat.
>
### No, I didn't mean Zimbabwe. That is a brutal racist slaughterhouse, not
the advanced anarchy we talk about.

But how can you arm yourself effectively if the number of your enemies
(immigrant peons) is potentially far greater than what you can mobilize, and
they can collectively build up a much larger arsenal than you alone?

Rafal



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