... thought you all might find the answers interesting. I didn't get that many, but they seem representative of what I've seen before. There is a lot of...
Daniel, you may have missed the point, that there do exist SOME laws that you cannot secede from--I used the example of the laws against genocide, which I...
Okay, let me clarify something I said in my post of just a few moments ago. Yes, it certainly is true that in my ideal world I do believe that the day will...
... Since you're so eager to impose secession-exempt taxes on some people, why should I trust that your world government would to tolerate secession from other...
... I think that's the wrong model. We don't need the state to define justice; the fact that every society has rules against murder and theft (at least...
Yes; now so also then, in a stateless world where 10 million children die every year of poverty, the answer would be to ask for contributionsOOOPS! silly me,...
If and as the world gov't comes into existence, I'll be fighting for influence within it, and I hope all well-meaning people will be doing likewise. I suppose...
... Oh, your model is "centerless"? The final output of the discussion groups is not a single universal policy enforced on all? ... That much is true. ... ...
Sorry about my garbage post a few minutes ago. I dunno what key I hit by accident. ... They won't have to, because they'll no longer have their own ...
It's universal and centerless, because the universal laws are made by discussion groups everywhere, or by a universal plebiscite. Where is the "center" if...
The struggle for Biafra continues --Uwazuruike LEONARD OKACHIE Mercy Shelley in The Cenci once said "I have drunken deep of joy, and I will taste no other wine...
... children die ... contributionsOOOPS! ... their ... take on the ... The left believes markets and money are inherently exploitative. The right believes all...
How about, what Gore Vidal notably suggests, a five or ten per cent tax on net business profits? Something easy to calculate, easy to collect, which is never...
Majority rule is 2 wolves and 1 sheep voting on dinner. Quit forcing the sheep (minority) to subsidize (or be ruled by) the wolves (majority) and then you can...
. Excellent post. I trust you have no objection to my cc:'ing most of it to a couple of other groups I'm on that have had specific questions about FA/DP. In...
... The center is the locus of the final decision (even if it's not a physical place). It does not cease to be a center because its inputs come from...
... I'd ask what you mean by "privilege" - legal distinction between classes of people, inequality of wealth, or something else - but that's off topic. -- ...
This left vs. right thing is very dated and very convoluted, unless you want to go back to the classic French Revolution viewpoint, in which case secessionists...
... the sheep (minority) to subsidize (or be ruled by) the wolves (majority) and then you can have freedom. The only universal Common Law you need is the...
... Heh, good one. If we could not rely on people to be honest most of the time, criminals' jobs would be harder. Trouble is that political rule perverts the...
I repeat that ANY US or worldwide tax is a violation of sovereignty and thus fundamentally incompatible with secession. Once you have a US tax, someone must...
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