Survivors elsewhere? We'd have to do a pre-emptive strike! With Don in reproductive mode, we'd build him a rutting frame in the interests of efficiency. We'd have to have a law preventing women singing "Here comes the new boss, just like the old boss". Does this Utopia come with a large, crashed US Cargo plane? I've always wanted to be a cargo cultist.
On 9 Feb, 08:19, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > To continue we will have to establish what basic conditions we are > starting out with. I was thinking more of a new earth, Don, that is, > one that has experienced cataclysmic continental shift, let's say a > new Pangaea but now the inhabitants are remnants of the now modern > world, a population of 600 with women proportionally the larger group > (happy Don?), no guns, no conveniences, no houses etc, only the > intelligence to carry forth a new world. We can assume a collective > effort to produce food and other survival necessity. However, looking > beyond that I don't see the need to establish any governmental entity > or economic system which may once again spurn greed and criminality. > Equality would be my aim, food for all and a tribal sense within the > communal living environment. If there would be any assumption it > would be the diversity in skills, trades and knowledge that will > ultimately lend itself to the collaboration of minds for a collective > prosperity. No need for arms Don as your group is all there is. This > exercise presents the opportunity to create a culture that can avoid > the pitfalls of our past history and the conditions under which we > live today. It's a stretch indeed but I would give it a try > nonetheless. > You started out good with the helping one another, singing, dancing > and picking daisies but resolved with the need to be heavily armed. > I'll take that as a result of your assumption of other survivors > elsewhere. Your allusion to dissidence and crushing opposition leaves > me to wonder if you would be a suitable shepherd of the new fold. > Let's just say the entire populace is congenial and open to equitable > leadership. > > On Feb 9, 1:03 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm going to assume the realities of survival apply in your scenario. > > Otherwise I'd say we'd all get along fabulously and busy ourselves > > industrially helping one another and singing and dancing and picking > > pansies and what not. > > > My first and most pressing concern would be repopulating the earth. > > Since I'm the chosen leader that must mean I'm the best example or > > what 'the People' want for their future. So I guess I'd have to start > > out with a bunch of wives and get busy. I'd need to exert total and > > complete totalitarian control over the populace but lead with wisdom > > and compassion. A delicate balance, to be sure. Deifying myself > > would come in handy but might prove difficult. > > > I would reward knowledge and information and encourage skills required > > for survival. Education would become paramount. Responding quickly > > and harshly to any dissidence would prevent costly and unnecessary > > debate. Solidifying control and crushing the opposition before they > > can organize is important. This will prevent civil war. I would > > assume that there had to be other pockets of survivors out there in > > the world and I would send emissaries out searching for them to see > > how we might trade with them. I would also, of course, make sure my > > group was heavily armed to protect ourselves from marauding > > 'outsiders.' > > > dj > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "Lets Say", the earth as we know it was destroyed by whatever device > > > humanity heaped upon itself. All that survived are gathered in one > > > place, and you are the chosen leader. The earth is yours to do as you > > > wish. > > > Surely you will want to create a new culture, purged of the calamities > > > and atrocities noted in the annals of human history. > > > Where do you begin? The people are waiting. > > > > Do you have a master plan? > > > > Do you have some idea of what you think would be the ideal culture? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
