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| Graphing Predictions; Of Various Political Philosophies | |
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| Topic Started: May 27 2010, 12:11 PM (203 Views) | |
| East Anarx | May 27 2010, 12:11 PM Post #1 |
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(Thanks to my friend, Yadra, for the idea.) Envision a graph. On the x axis, put the amount of government, (i.e. the amount of institutionalized coercion.) On the y axis, put the amount of total violence in society. Okay, now let's draw a line for Utopian Anarchism. It would start at 0,0 and as the amount of institutionalized coercion in society increases, so would the amount of violence, where total state control would result in the maximum amount of violence. Next, let's draw a line for the exact opposite philosophy: Utopian Statism. At 0 institutionalized coercion, you'd have the maximum amount of violence, and as you increased the amount of institutionalized coercion, it would decrease steadily until you reached total state control, where you'd have 0 violence. Now, for market anarchism, (radical stateless libertarianism, agorism, voluntar(y)ism, etc.) At 0 on the x axis, you'd have an amount of violence greater than 0, and it would increase as you increased the amount of institutionalized coercion. Minarchism, (and virtually every other political philosophy advocating the existence of some kind of limited, as opposed to unlimited, government,) on the other hand, predicts a high amount of violence at 0 on the x axis, which decreases until it reaches a certain point, then steadily increases after that. Okay, you can stop envisioning the graph and just look at it now: Posted Image Red is Utopian Anarchism, Blue is Utopian Statism, Purple is Agorism, Green is Minarchism. |
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| Tristan da Cunha | May 27 2010, 03:25 PM Post #2 |
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Science and Industry
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This is a very elegant model. |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | May 27 2010, 04:55 PM Post #3 |
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The Devil's Advocate
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lolwut? Nice graph. |
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| Hastine | May 27 2010, 05:51 PM Post #4 |
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Universi enim hic sumus.
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So basically, all political systems suck. In the pretty package of a graph. :( |
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| Ulgania | May 27 2010, 05:54 PM Post #5 |
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A better Zarathustra has never rode a horse
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Now now, someday I'll perpetuate my communitarian ideals into the anarchist fray. ...Screw democratic communitarianism. |
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| Ulgania | May 27 2010, 05:57 PM Post #6 |
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A better Zarathustra has never rode a horse
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Now if we flip your entire graph... Ah, yes! Your nemesis appears! Posted Image |
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| Al Araam | May 31 2010, 02:49 AM Post #7 |
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Demigod of Death & Inactivity
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A graph that's not made from real data is just a picture. Not saying it's a bad picture, but it's a picture nonetheless Perhaps you should consider becoming an abstract artist. |
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| Tristan da Cunha | May 31 2010, 11:19 AM Post #8 |
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Science and Industry
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The point of the exercise is to select the function that you believe fits with real data. I think 95% of people (including you and me) would select the green function. |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jun 1 2010, 01:54 PM Post #9 |
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The Devil's Advocate
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Green for me. |
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| Sedulius | Jun 2 2010, 09:38 AM Post #10 |
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Field Marshal
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All society ultimately ends in dictatorship. |
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| Aelius | Jun 2 2010, 12:23 PM Post #11 |
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Norman Warlord
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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss... |
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| Ulgania | Jun 2 2010, 12:45 PM Post #12 |
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A better Zarathustra has never rode a horse
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You can choose between the dictatorship you want, or the one you deserve. |
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