From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Tue Jun 18 2002 - 07:44:21 MDT
> Steve wrote:
>
> The World Cup is one of the best achievements of the "Transhuman Era/
> C20th." It makes some sense of Nation States, at least for those countries
> where Soccer is the main religion.
>
> Weird that "globalisation" is seen as capitalist, whereas
> "Internationalism" defined communism. On balance a good thing,
> competition means that things have a stronger chance to level up than
> level-out or down. Another paradox is the proportion of individualism
> to internationalism. I think we have to convergence (to an extent) to
> be able to communicate better.
Anti-communists can easily be internationalists, they just think that
the ComIntern shouldn't be the body deciding what the rest of us can
do..
If the rest of the world adopted the US Constitution, even the most
virulently anti-UN Birchist could deal with being an internationalist.
What irks so many anti-internationalist leaning individuals in the US
about the rest of the world is that the rest of the world thinks it can
teach it's grandmother to suck eggs with regards to freedom while at the
same time demonstrating that they still don't get it.
>
> That means we have to trade off some individual differences, and even
> cultural differences. But the absorption of new/ alien ideas also
> gives us greater choice, and anonymity, travel & wider range of
> specialist communities restores some freedoms, and even adds new ones.
While confiscating some of the most important ones. Frankly, I don't
want to experience any society that doesn't recognise my natural rights.
Just because you've confiscated the individual right to bear arms
doesn't mean that giving individuals the right to mug and rape anybody
without fear of self defense is somehow ameliorating or an improvement.
>
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