[extropy-chat] A Libertarian experiment?

[Dirk Bruere]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] A Libertarian experiment?


>
> --- Don Dartfield <twodeel at jornada.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Dirk Bruere wrote:
> >
> > > Well, given that large parts of the world are actually run like
> > this I
> > > suggest that you are overly optimistic.
> >
> > Well, all I'm saying is that in a virtual environment like
> > Alphaville,
> > pretty much EVERYBODY misbehaves and does whatever they want -- stuff
> > they would not necessarily do in reality.
>
> Yes, in fact, it is the exact opposite of a libertarian or anarchist
> society, because Alphaville residents don't suffer real consequences.


Given that there are no anarchist or libertarian societies, but plenty of
Alphavilles, perhaps that tells us rather more about Human nature.

Dirk

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