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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mama Bear who wrote (6355)	12/15/2000 9:03:19 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

>>In an anarchy, there are no individual rights, because you would be forced to align with and subsume yourself to a group (gang?)in order to survive. The strong would take from the weak with no consequence.<< I think that's right. A lot of political philosophers, all across the spectra, indulge themselves in armchair fantasies about human nature. Anarchism, like communism, won't work unless people are good. This is what Bill Buckly means when he talks about "Immanentizing the Eschaton." Don't try to look it up in the dictionary. -g- What he means is that some political philosophies assume that they can create heaven on earth. And of course, if we don't agree with them, then we are mean, and they will have to kill us. -g-