Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: A Navy Vet
What was that? "Controlled anarchist"? Would you elaborate?

Rational Anarchist.

Have you read Heinlein's "Moon is a Harsh Mistress".

If not, invest a couple of days.

A particular character (Professor De La Paz) helps establish a new government on a lunar colony toward the end of the book.

An intersting model.

An executive branch, and a legislative branch.

The legislative branch is composed of a two houses.

The lower house makes laws, requiring a 2/3 majority for passage.

The upper house may only repeal laws, and requires only a 1/3 vote. Only those laws which are truly legitimate can get passed and stay that way.

Any, De La Paz is a self-described rational anarchist.

In short, he chooses to live to maximize his potential for freedom in an inherently unfree world, holding closely to a moral code for guidance, and rendering occasional aid to those whose efforts might help advance the state of liberty.

I rather like the idea.

692 posted on 07/15/2003 5:35:14 PM PDT by OWK
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 684 | View Replies ]


To: OWK
I guess I'm still confused with the definition of anarchy, and how that term would apply even in the Heinlein model.
697 posted on 07/15/2003 5:46:53 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (Fedgov is the problem, not the solution)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 692 | View Replies ]

To: OWK
A particular character (Professor De La Paz) helps establish a new government on a lunar colony toward the end of the book . . . I rather like the idea.

You're a political trekkie. You wear the verbal equivalent of pointy styrofoam ears, banlon shirt, and high water sansabelt slacks, tote a plastic phaser etc. You attend all the conventions, tweaking one eyebrow up high while gravely intoning, "The law of the many is not a logical solution, captain."

And you have way-y-y to much time on your hands, wasting the time that you do during the productive hours of life, posting endless Heinlein polisci-chobabble.

I don't know who supports you (the taxpayer?), but they must have deep pockets and no clue what you are doing on their dime.

758 posted on 07/16/2003 3:55:11 PM PDT by Kevin Curry
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 692 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson