RE: [ba-unrev-talk] Where is Kananaskis?
Chris, (01)
It is interesting/fun to examine different POVs in the context of the
Unfinished "Revolution." IMO, levity and observation are the principal
values... (02)
Meanwhile, (03)
>World Government sounds appropriate too, if properly implemented (that
>is, implemented with knowledge and intelligence, generally lacking in
>most schemes). (04)
Nice back door on that statement. (05)
Meta-government aka empire is intrinsically wicked. (06)
Humans are a tribal beast. We are hard-wired for proximate control and
community. 99% of human physiological and evolutionary development has been
in small groups and with close-in, local interaction and concern. It is the
essential nature of the biology of the human brain. This fact will remain
for some time to come.... (07)
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and so forth. (08)
Every single empire in human history has been destroyed by war, fire and
death. It is a concept that simply doesn't work. (09)
Why is empire so seductive when its acolytes like you and the G8, EU, UN,
etc., all know it will ultimately and painfully fail? (010)
Some guys got it right a while back as follow: (011)
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or
to the people." (012)
The 10thy is undersubscribed by most, but of critical importance to all. (013)
As Andy Grove said, "Only the paranoid survive." (014)
Anyway, this is germane to unrev-ohs. The bureaucracies you love drive
rigid, controlling information structures by nature and definition. That's
bad. OHS architectures must focus on the individual, small groups and
community, since for now, that's the way things work. That's good. (015)
Cheers, (016)
-jtm (017)
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Subject: RE: [ba-unrev-talk] Where is Kananaskis? (018)
Oh screw it, I can't resist. It's amazing what happens when people you
think you agree with start talking about politics. (019)
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, John Maloney wrote: (020)
> Here is another 'Good One' (ha-ha-ha) on The Republic's slippery slope to
> oblivion.
>
> "-- Federal appeals court (9th Circuit) rules Pledge of Allegiance
> unconstitutional because of words 'under God,' according to The Associated
> Press." (021)
That sounds appropriate. (022)
> These judges are on the fast-track to ambassadors of World Government. (023)
World Goverment sounds appropriate too, if properly implemented (that
is, implemented with knowledge and intelligence, generally lacking in
most schemes). (024)
Knowledge management and creation will surely be helped by the removal
of religion and artificial boundaries akin to that of the nation
state? (025)
*duck* (026)
--
Chris Dent <cdent@burningchrome.com> http://www.burningchrome.com/~cdent/
"Mediocrities everywhere--now and to come--I absolve you all! Amen!"
-Salieri, in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus (027)