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Susie Boffin
Certified Nutcase
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
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04-08-2007 20:28
How do you clear your cache?
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"If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intent of doing you good, you should run for your life." - Henry David Thoreau
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Tegg Bode
FrootLoop Roo Overlord
Join date: 12 Jan 2007
Posts: 5,707
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04-08-2007 20:41
From: Lord Sullivan Wouldnt it be great if SL was able thro this medium to break down a lot of the social/political barriers in RL and work towards a solution to world peace? Maybe im being over optimistic but as most of the trouble in the world is caused by greedy governments etc. everywhere, whilst we are as people have the opportunity to rise above that here and put things to one side and concentrate on the good rather than the bad in the world. A dream perhaps? but im sure its possible, eventually  Hmm the only reason, no one has raised armies & wars is because you can't use them for anything anyway, you can't take land or steal prims............ |
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cHex Losangeles
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Join date: 24 Nov 2006
Posts: 370
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04-08-2007 21:24
From: Isablan Neva What I find, after 2.5 years of being an SL resident is that the ideals of Libertarianism are destined to failure with real people. Without structure and rules, criminals and outlaws have too much power and opportunists are rewarded far more than honest workers. From: Har Fairweather I don't think it's the ideals of Libertarianism SL is disproving but rather the ideal of anarchism: Unfortunately, people can't "just all get along" because some will abuse it, and so an agreed institution to apply necessary force is an unavoidable evil. If we were trying to define the political system of SL, assuming the residents are citizens and LL is the government, it wouldn't be libertarian; the function of a libertarian government is to use her force to protect her citizens from illegal force and fraud. And it wouldn't be anarchism (the political system, since people can own property) or anarchism (as popularly understood based on the etymology of the word, since LL is in control). SL would be a corporate dictatorship. |
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Amity Slade
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Join date: 14 Feb 2007
Posts: 2,183
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04-09-2007 08:32
Karl Marx's worst fears of capitalism have been posthumously validated.
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Amity Slade
Registered User
Join date: 14 Feb 2007
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04-09-2007 08:33
From: cHex Losangeles SL would be a corporate dictatorship. I consider Second Life to be an Oligarchy. All authority and jurisdiction rests with one family. |
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Har Fairweather
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Join date: 24 Jan 2007
Posts: 2,320
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04-09-2007 08:52
From: cHex Losangeles If we were trying to define the political system of SL, assuming the residents are citizens and LL is the government, it wouldn't be libertarian; the function of a libertarian government is to use her force to protect her citizens from illegal force and fraud. And it wouldn't be anarchism (the political system, since people can own property) or anarchism (as properly understood based on the etymology of the word, since LL is in control).
SL would be a corporate dictatorship. But you gotta admit, it's one helluva company town! |