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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (10116)	12/27/1999 11:18:00 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Somewhere between anarchy and totalitarianism lies the point of maximum freedom - the optimum amount of chaos. Discovering that point should be the object of civil debate.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (10116)	12/28/1999 4:28:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Indeed, anarchy is not synonymous with chaos. Anarchy basically comes down for devolution. Yet, it's a radical devolution, that is not merely a political/institutional one but a genuine, across-the-board devolutionary rule of power. A sociological devolution, if you will.... I think that information technologies will allow such a broader participatory democracy to unleash itself in America first, and in Asia next --at least within a few urban areas, in the first stage. BTW, real, total chaos doesn't exist as far as human societies/fabrics are concerned: there's ALWAYS some hidden lobby/class/clique that actually pulls the strings of a deceitfully chaotic situation. To begin with, an allegedly chaotic crisis is more often than not leveraged on by opportunistic far-right parties to push through their own law-&-order agenda. Hence, "chaos" is often a dubious pretext for (neo-)fascists to crack down on minorities and other vindictive "troublemakers".... Chaos is indeed Fascism's best front. On the other hand, there's plenty of instances that tell us how mafias and other outlaw cartels can flourish in totalitarian states. Likewise, a law-&-order agenda is often a hypocritical facade for a corrupt and unaccountable government to cover the ruling elite's most outrageous practices (drug/arms smuggling, tax evasion, paedophilia, assassinations, etc.). Gus.