Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site teddy.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!talcott!panda!teddy!lkk From: lkk@teddy.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: Re: World Government Message-ID: <1543@teddy.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 14:17:32 EST Article-I.D.: teddy.1543 Posted: Wed Oct 30 14:17:32 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 07:38:40 EST References: <1473@teddy.UUCP> <28200226@inmet.UUCP> Reply-To: lkk@teddy.UUCP (Larry K. Kolodney) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 44 In article <28200226@inmet.UUCP> nrh@inmet.UUCP writes: > >This is pretty much what one might expect in anarcho-libertaria. >Does anarcho-libertaria have a government? Perhaps by Larry Kolodney's >definition, which would seem to include any group strong enough to >use force to protect its interests. > Bingo! There is no world government, there are "the powers that be." Since the world political situation is anarcho-libertarian, we have a perfect example of what we might expect. A few strong nations divide the world up into spheres of influence, most other nations are at their mercy. There are to independent issues: What is needed for an economy to work. What makes for a good society. My thesis is that an economy requires some level of coercion and planning. If the government doesn't do it, a strongman or gang or corporation will. I prefer the government, at least I have some say about it. My thesis about a good society is that one which has a benevolent government is preferable to one without (for large scale societies.) THis is because some organization must fill the position of economic controller. Please note, there is nothing essentially good about "government" The government of Guatamala bears as much resemblance to that of the U.S. as the U.S. bears to libertaria. What is important is the resulting relations of power, economic, military, etc. -- Sport Death, Larry Kolodney (USENET) ...{decvax | ihnp4!mit-eddie}!genrad!panda!lkk (INTERNET) lkk@mit-mc.arpa Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. - Helen Keller