Re: PRO-FUTURE

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From: Mark Slagle
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 05:14

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In article <l3asouINNlk9@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>, jdr@starflight.Corp.Sun.COM (Jon Roland) writes:

> Compulsion is not just about the imposition of the will of a few on a
> resisting many. Sometimes it does involve that, but more often not.

Quite so.  Usually compulsion is about the imposition of the will of
the many on the few.  Sometimes it is even about the imposition of the
will of the many on the many.  But almost always it is about the worst
way of accomplishing the intended goal, without even getting into the
propriety of it.  It is "efficient" in the short run, but ineffective
in the long run.  Rational beings are endlessly clever in discovering
ways of subverting authority, even when it is their own.
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Mark E. Slagle                                 PO Box 61059
slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com                       Sunnyvale, CA   94088
408-756-0895                                   USA

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From: slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Slagle)
Subject: Re: PRO-FUTURE
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