On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:50 PM, David Hobby<[email protected]> wrote:
> You may find that > things won't work out as neatly as you hoped. What ever gave you the idea that I want things to work out "neatly"? Messy, quirky, diverse, surprising, unpredictable, they're all good (as long as coercion is minimal). > As for having people pick the laws they'd be under, > wouldn't that be a huge mess? Would the police be > enforcing the laws, and have to check which system > people were under before ticketing/arresting them? Most of those sorts of laws would not be part of the subset. > Could you be more specific about what you have in > mind? I think some elements of it are covered in Stephenson's Snow Crash and Delany's Triton, but neither is exactly what I am thinking of. But I am not attached to any particular implementation, I just would like to see more real choice in government. There is so little competition and experiment going on towards improving governance. But to give you more of an idea of what I had in mind with my previous statement, think of tax laws (Federal, possibly state) and many of the programs funded from taxes, import/export laws, and many business regulations, certainly anything where the state is being even remotely paternal in its laws. _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
