Ray Dillinger wrote:
[...that he wasn't talking about anarchy...]
> The only real difference is that the functions of government are
> distributed instead of being vested in particular people.
Which is pretty near a definition of anarchy according to my anarchist
friends.
[...]
> Bell's "AP" paper may not have been where the seed came from
> originally, but aside from pointers at some science-fiction
> books with zero technical content and impossible economics
> and cultures, there has been no trace whatsoever of any other
> protocols for replacing government on this list.
You want maybe a recipe? An instruction book for helping the state
wither away? Try the Communist Manifesto, it's good. No really, it is, a
great bit or writing. Of course it didn't actually come out right when
they tried to bake the cake. As a description of what was happening in
the world at the time it was brilliant, as a a program fro what to do
next it was crap, and helped set up states which kept millions under
tyranny and oppression for decades. There are no predictable rules or
laws of history.
[...]
> What I've been able to do since is find that there are ways
> to solve a bunch of technical problems
So tell us the ways.
[...]
> there's
> either no hint of how to actually implement nor any proof
> that an implementation is possible,
What "proof" can there be that implementation is possible? We can't even
prove that a non-trivial computer program is correct, never mind a
political program. Your name is maybe Hari Selden? In a real revolution
(violent or otherwise) unexpected things happen. It's all up for grabs.
History is contingent, not predictable, stuff happens, "events" take
over, there IS NO ROAD MAP. There can't be a road map, it is totally
impossible. You can have a weather vane, or you can stick you head above
the parapet and see which way the wind blows. You can have
thought-experiments, you can try things on for size in discussion, in
models, in fiction, in fantasies, in the pub. You can have a basic set
up principles that you intend to apply to whatever situation you find
yourself. (Me, I'm a Christian. A Calvinist even. God knows the future
but I don't pretend to. Also a Socialist - there, I said the S-word, you
can all have a good laugh now.)
Economists and so-called "political scientists" mostly don't know what's
going on right now, never mind what will happen next. There is no road
map, there is no proof, there is no protocol, all there is is people
trying to get along as things change.
Ken
