From: Remi Sussan (sremi@compuserve.com)
Date: Fri Oct 03 1997 - 07:04:30 MDT
Michael Lorrey wrote :
>However, after all this, I still don't understand why the concept of
>implied threat of force as backing for rights of any kind is so
>abhorrent. Humans are, after all, carnivores and the top predators on
>this planet. It is our nature to be forceful. This is one more in a
>never ending chain of examples of how liberals morality diametrically
>opposes prosurvival behaviors which have proven their worth for millions
>of years.
note: "Backing for" is not in my english dictionnary, but i suspect it's
similar
to "protecting rights". If I made a mistake, sorry.
Most of the time, in a conflict, everybody is fighting for one's rights.
Self proclaimed
"Bad guys" are quite rare in history. There is always a moral justification
somewhere.
Now, I will not discuss to know if man is naturally a predator or not (this
is an endless debate...). I will neither discuss to know if transhuman has
to be predator
or not. But I think there is a logical flaw in this argument:
-If you think it's "natural" (mmhh, I don't like this term) for man to be
"predator"
and "forceful" so, every strategy is good to increase your power. Including
the State.
If you think it's immoral to pay taxes and that the State is a thief, it
only proves that
you found a better predator than you. That's life!
Now, I would like to precise my conception of "Left anarchy". It's not
about theft of pigs or anything else, it's a system which can only work if
it profits for everybody, otherwise it's not anarchy. It's an economical
system where the transaction does not occur between two individuals A and
B, but between A and the whole system. A does not "sell" something to B,
but simply put it in the environment (like when you
release a software in "public domain"), where B can find it.
I'm not sure, but I suspect this has lot in common with the "complex
bartender" proposed by Eliezer recently, although I did not understood all
the details of his implementation. Am i wrong, Eliezer ?
Bye,
Remi
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