X-Message-Number: 15999
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 19:26:15 +0100
From: Philip Rhoades <>
Subject: Re: Private Property

Bro Lee,

>Message #15996
>Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 15:49:12 -0800
>From: Lee Corbin <>
>Subject: Re: Private Property

. . .

>Alas, what you say is so true.  The whole idea
>of me being able to run my affairs with little
>interference from those who are stronger, or who
>have more charisma, or ruthlessness, or political
>power, or wealth..., well it's been nice while
>it's lasted, but it probably won't continue
>much longer, given the upheavals soon to come.
>
>Or do you think that future set-ups will be better
>than what we have?   I hope that you don't suppose
>that if we had just the RIGHT "all-powerful lords",
>then everything would be peechy-keen.

I think things are likely to be extreme i.e. very nasty or very good eg 
accidental/deliberate nuclear war; global environmental collapse; nano 
hell/nirvana; humans (and their descendants) exploring the rest of the 
galaxy for thousands/millions of years.

As well as the current trend towards Damien Broderick's scenario of a 
"Spike" (I hope there is now down side to this spike) I think behaviour in 
human societies tends to go in circles - eg periods of harsh conservatism 
are quite frequently followed periods of liberation and flowering.

We must live in the most interesting of times . .

R&LL,

Phil.
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Philip Rhoades

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