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From: nurev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Ric Carter wrote:
> > From: Das GOAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > >
> > > >When finished, the map of Europe will be a patchwork bearing little
> > > >resemblance to the national borders we've become used to
> > >
> > > Divide and conquer. No rival "superstates" possible if they're all
> > > "ministates."
> >
> > In a wired world, territorial entities are at a terrible disadvantage
> > compared to virtual/corporate entities.
>
> This is an absurd statement. This is a geek's idea of the "Kingdom of
> Heaven."
Watch those ad hominems. You label my thesis [which I explain below]
'absurd', without supporting your contention. Tsk tsk.
> > The 'state', mini or maxi,
> > is a nice fat target. It can't take evasive action. "It ain't going
> > anywhere soon." A virtual entity can relocate quickly. Territorial
> > states are dinosaurs, too sluggish to survive in a fast-paced world.
>
> You may live in virtual reality, but everyone else still lives in the
> real world.
> There is little difference between the fantasies of religionists and
> the fantasies of geeks ( not Greeks ). The common thread is unreality.
"Reality is whatever bites your ass" - that is, if it affects you, it's
real. So, look at the power and wealth accrued by the larger multi-
national corporations, foundations and NGOs, compared with the wealth
and power available to all but the largest industrialized nations; and
judge for yourself just which is more vulnerable to attack: Mexico or
IBM, say; or Serbia and GE; or Malaysia and the Ford Foundation. 'Real'
vs 'virtual' states - whose personnel are better protected, better paid,
better served? A nation-state is merely a non-profit corporation that's
long on real estate. In a conflict between mobile and static entities,
who prevails? Who has the most flexibility, most options, best cover?
Look, I don't especially LIKE this situation, but I can't help but see
that it EXISTS. I'm reporting, not endorsing.
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