I've always wanted to be a loved and revered despot. My mother always told me to aim high.
dj On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:50 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
