[extropy-chat] Heinlein and thinking for yourself

Adrian Tymes wingcat at pacbell.net
Mon Nov 1 21:53:19 UTC 2004


--- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes it is in the interests of the productive classes
> that civilization
> not be torn down by the unproductive, just as it is
> in the interests of
> families to pay up the demanded ransom when their
> kids are kidnapped.

And in both cases, it is in the long-term interests of
the former that the latter class (the unproductive,
or those who would kidnap) be eliminated such that
the threat does not reoccur.  But unlike a single
family, the productive classes as a whole know that
the bribe will be needed of them in particular,
instead of merely some other productive classes, again
and again, making the long term interest more directly
relevant.



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