Re: Tough Questions

From: Rik van Riel (riel@humbolt.geo.uu.nl)
Date: Sun Sep 05 1999 - 17:04:57 MDT


On Sun, 5 Sep 1999 GBurch1@aol.com wrote:

> Personally, I don't see these as inconsistent goals. I'd like to
> see extropianism both influence society at large AND inform the
> creation of wholly new societies, some of which might well be
> described as "private enclaves".

I think the whole concept of enclaves is outdated.

Just looking at myself, I can see I'm a member of the following
societies: the Netherlands, the EU, Linux kernel developers,
the extropians group, the Cult of Father Darwin, the Dutch (and
international) scouts association and some other things as well.

Now that people can become a member of more and more different
societies easier than ever, why would we need to ditch the
traditional state in favor of "private enclaves"?

Rik

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