[lit-ideas] Re: Londoner's eyesight yields better spelling of efficiency
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:29:33 +0000 (GMT)
Spoken like a true prodigy. On the other hand anarchy, the complete absence
of any centralised power whatsoever, is a recipe for..well, anarchy.
These things are matter of degree to most sensible people. Methinks.
But yes, political alternatives to failed systems must be the central aim of
sensible political systems.
Donal
--- Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Donal: Do we want power? Do we respect power? Do we have a
> healthy and sane take on these and other questions?
>
> Since at any given moment of our lives each of us may have a
> healthy or unhealthy "take" on power, and our institutions are
> reflections of our own propensity for variability in this regard,
> doesn't it make sense to avoid centralization of power whenever
> possible?
>
> If one's community goes mad with power, there are other
> communities. Less conveniently, if one's nation goes mad with
> power, there are other nations. But a globally centralized entity
> gone power mad? Short of lunar or Martian colonies, where's the out?
>
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