[ExI] libertarian city - from Quora

Anton Sherwood bronto at pobox.com
Wed Aug 11 23:46:35 UTC 2021


On 2021-8-11 16:22, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat wrote:
> [...]  If we all followed our id it would be far worse than anarchy.
> Down deep inside is a terrible, totally selfish killing machine,
> ready to take anything it wants when it wants it, which is when it
> becomes aware of the impulse.  This is the basis of horror movies and
> a lot more.  [...]

I suspect (without a good articulable reason) that the people least 
wrong in believing that they would turn violent if not for Authority are 
those most impoverished and otherwise damaged by authoritarianism.

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