-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- .............................................................. >From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: Conspiracy Shopping Cart: http://a-albionic.com/shopping.htmlFrom: Lloyd Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; New Paradigms Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [prj] Tech and Tyranny Date: Saturday, January 29, 2000 9:35 AM Rare Book Searches - Ruling Class/Conspiracy Experts: http://a-albionic.com/search.html ***** Conspiracy Shopping Cart: http://a-albionic.com/shopping.html*****Shop for Autos On-Line http://a-albionic.com/ads/srch.html***** I have had a running argument with tech-types for years about the relevance of technology changes to the future of liberty. I have always argued that the potential of tech to enhance overall liberty is approximately zero. Instead of poking into the details of individual cases, let me address my general case. Statism in its various degrees of strength, in my theoretical framework, is caused by an elite or power group setting up a successful memetic field, ie. a set of ideas projected to a specific population target group, generally but not necessarily in a specific geographic area, that creates a flow of resources, money, power etc. to the elite which further maintains the elite's ability to continue and intensify the memetic field, creating a positive feedback loop. Some might argue that, no, the use of "force" or "coercion" is the cause of Statist tyranny...But, no, only the legitimization of such force and coercion through a successful memetic field makes Statist tyranny possible. No matter what technology may be available in a particular era, the susceptibility of human nature to memetic fields, makes tyranny possible in any situation. So far in human history, liberty, such as it is, is primarily the result of defects in such tyrannous memetic fields. Liberty in the interstices as someone said. In addition, the more sophisticated forms of Statism like "Western Democracies" also, dispense of little liberty and "rule of law", or at least the illusion of the same, to its victims. This system appears a bit more stable than Absolutism. Unmitigated absolutism appears to be unstable as one would expect of an unrestrained positive feedback loop. Negative feedback stabilizes as anyone control theory would indicate. So! What is the bottom line? Liberty can be achieved in any era, but only if an elite power group that experienced an influx of money and resources by projecting a libertarian memetic field could somehow come into being. Clearly, means that private protection agencies in direct competition witht the State must be the beginning of an effective libertarian movement, not the end of the libertarian movement. 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