Re: This is the future of mankind anyway

Aleksandar Sarovic wrote:

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> "Al" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> Aleksandar Sarovic wrote:
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>> > http://www.sarovic.com/humanism_clearly.htm
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>> Aleksandar obviously spent alot of time on this.
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>> Weighting the rewards to individuals based on their value to society is
>> fraught though: as society defines what those values are, that risks that
>> the lowest common values are what are valued most.
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> Why would society value the lowest common values as the greatest ones?
> What society would do this and how?

The society you envision would do this. You wrote that society would choose
the values it felt most important, and then assign to each individual a
value ('the productive power of man') that reflected how many of those
values he had. By definition, the values that commanded the greatest and
widest support in society would be the lowest values supported by most
people: the lowest common denominator. 

It is popular to say "Blame the immigrants! Send the home!", and wise to say
"Immigration improve our country! Welcome them in!". In your 'Democratic
Anarchy', what is popular is more important than what is wise; what
gratifies immediately the largest number of people is more important than
what is best for the longer term. 
-- 
Al