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Redsand11j
Number of posts: 385 Registration date: 2007-12-18
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 26.08.09 23:41 | |
| If you aren't willing to work with everyone else, you are not welcome into a CSC. New Society- you work for others there for the same reason you work for yourself here. |
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NoMoreLies
Number of posts: 351 Age: 15 Registration date: 2008-02-19
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 27.08.09 12:37 | |
| But you said you wouldn't exile anyone. |
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Redsand11j
Number of posts: 385 Registration date: 2007-12-18
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 28.08.09 0:20 | |
| The vast majority would work, and the infinitesimal amount of people who don't would likely leave voluntarily, because their whole worldview would be radically different from everyone else's, and they would likely find it difficult to get along. Human nature is really cultural, anyway. |
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Locksley
Number of posts: 255 Registration date: 2008-07-16
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 28.08.09 3:16 | |
| | Quote: | | Human nature is really cultural, anyway. |
How is it that different cultures can understand one another then, unless there is an underlying human nature that we all share? |
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NoMoreLies
Number of posts: 351 Age: 15 Registration date: 2008-02-19
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 28.08.09 15:49 | |
| Why would the 'vast majority' decide to work? And who distributes the resources? |
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Redsand11j
Number of posts: 385 Registration date: 2007-12-18
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 29.08.09 0:20 | |
| For the same reason the vast majority of people in our society work for their own benefit- because working causes gain for everyone, and in that society the fundamental unit would be every intelligent being (in this case humans) as opposed to oneself. Resources are there- it is a city, remember- and if you need them you take them. |
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NoMoreLies
Number of posts: 351 Age: 15 Registration date: 2008-02-19
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 29.08.09 12:56 | |
| But the resources are there, whether I work or not - why would I work for them? In the current society, if you don't work, only you get affected. In your society, if you don't work, everyone else gets affected. |
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Redsand11j
Number of posts: 385 Registration date: 2007-12-18
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 29.08.09 20:11 | |
| And thus why people work. New society, new standards. That is why I called it Universal Utilitarian- everyone acts in a utilitarian manner. Simple, no? |
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NoMoreLies
Number of posts: 351 Age: 15 Registration date: 2008-02-19
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 30.08.09 18:51 | |
| That applies in today's society, but in yours, I can slack off and my work won't be missed, while I still reap the rewards. |
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Redsand11j
Number of posts: 385 Registration date: 2007-12-18
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 30.08.09 18:54 | |
| Except that you don't, because as opposed to personal gain being the goal, it's societal gain. If you don't work, everyone loses, and in that society, that would be equivalent to personal loss in ours. How difficult is that to understand? |
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Locksley
Number of posts: 255 Registration date: 2008-07-16
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 30.08.09 21:01 | |
| Then you need to explain how you are going to fundamentally change human nature, which is the result of millions of years of evolution. |
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Redsand11j
Number of posts: 385 Registration date: 2007-12-18
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 30.08.09 23:56 | |
| There is no such thing as human nature, only society. Society determines our conception of human nature, and if we can establish a different society, in which altruism is the norm, we will have utopia. |
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Locksley
Number of posts: 255 Registration date: 2008-07-16
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 31.08.09 0:39 | |
| | Quote: | | There is no such thing as human nature, only society. Society determines our conception of human nature... |
This statement is a contradiction. If human nature doesn't exist, then society can't have an effect on it, or how it's viewed.
Not to mention I'm sure academia would disagree with the statement that there is no such thing as human nature. |
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Redsand11j
Number of posts: 385 Registration date: 2007-12-18
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 31.08.09 4:23 | |
| Something can be nonexistent while we think it exists. For example a certain deity in which belief has been widespread for the last 2000/5000 years. Frankly, I don't care what academia thinks. I can come to my own conclusions. |
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NoMoreLies
Number of posts: 351 Age: 15 Registration date: 2008-02-19
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 31.08.09 12:37 | |
| After all, never let the facts stand in the way of politics. Redsand, the societal loss from me not working would be the personal loss in today's society spread thinly over the rest of the population, while the personal gain isn't. So when the personal gain is greater than personal loss = better to stop working. Taking food for an example: in your 'UU', if I stop working the amount of food drops by 1 persons, but if there's a thousand people there it drops by 1/1000 per person. The gain I get (not having to work) isn't spread out. |
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Redsand11j
Number of posts: 385 Registration date: 2007-12-18
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 31.08.09 21:30 | |
| You obviously missed it. Again/ Personal gain is not the object.As I said I'm wasting my time here, and I know that once I've tried to explain it at least 10-20 times and you have failed to understand it, that I am wasting my time. Farewell. |
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NoMoreLies
Number of posts: 351 Age: 15 Registration date: 2008-02-19
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 31.08.09 22:40 | |
| Personnel gain is my object. Moving to your nation will allow me to carry out that objective a lot easier, since all my needs will be provided for by the suckers who are actually working, while I can slack off an do what I want. Persoanl gain is not the object of Universal Utilarianism, but it is the object of a lot of people who are going to end up there. |
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Locksley
Number of posts: 255 Registration date: 2008-07-16
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 31.08.09 23:18 | |
| I understand the system you're suggesting, but stating that you don't care what academia thinks shows you really don't care about governmental systems at all and your motivation is really your own pride and the desire to be right. |
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Mike Admin
Number of posts: 216 Registration date: 2006-12-22
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 09.09.09 7:29 | |
| | NoMoreLies wrote: | Personnel gain is my object. Moving to your nation will allow me to carry out that objective a lot easier, since all my needs will be provided for by the suckers who are actually working, while I can slack off an do what I want.
Persoanl gain is not the object of Universal Utilarianism, but it is the object of a lot of people who are going to end up there. |
I dunno. I kind of feel for what 11j is trying to say. I'm not sure if *most* people would, if given the opportunity, "suck off all the hard-working people". Just sitting there and feeding off other peoples success is kind of boring in the long-term. I wonder whether people would be happy to sit on their asses all day while others are having great success being more involved. I wouldn't underestimate the motivation effect of having a little competition. But ultimately, I guess we just don't know.
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NoMoreLies
Number of posts: 351 Age: 15 Registration date: 2008-02-19
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 09.09.09 17:57 | |
| "I wonder whether people would be happy to sit on their asses all day while others are having great success being more involved." Someone's got to do the hard, not very rewarding jobs of working in the sewers. If you can slack off that and join a team that's doing something better, why not? As an example, try asking for volunteers to do a list of jobs. Some jobs nearly everyone will volunteer for, whereas other jobs will require 'volunteering' some people to do them. |
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Locksley
Number of posts: 255 Registration date: 2008-07-16
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 10.09.09 22:08 | |
| | Quote: | | I dunno. I kind of feel for what 11j is trying to say. I'm not sure if *most* people would, if given the opportunity, "suck off all the hard-working people". Just sitting there and feeding off other peoples success is kind of boring in the long-term. I wonder whether people would be happy to sit on their asses all day while others are having great success being more involved. I wouldn't underestimate the motivation effect of having a little competition. But ultimately, I guess we just don't know. |
The welfare systems in most developed countries seem to disprove this. Those on welfare typically stay on it their entire life. There is no motivation for them to work if they are guaranteed an income. In fact, welfare systems encourage and reward, albeit unintentionally, laziness (...or is it unintentional?).
Complete removal of the welfare system would force people to work. Certain extenuating circumstances would be covered by charities and private donations. |
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NoMoreLies
Number of posts: 351 Age: 15 Registration date: 2008-02-19
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 08.10.09 18:43 | |
| I don't see what Redsands problem is with the Federal Nightwatchmen system. All it exists for is guaranteeing basic rights, after all. |
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Locksley
Number of posts: 255 Registration date: 2008-07-16
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 15.10.09 7:59 | |
| Seems like things have cooled off for the most part. What other aspects of our governmental model need to be refined at this time? |
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NoMoreLies
Number of posts: 351 Age: 15 Registration date: 2008-02-19
 | Subject: Re: Conciliation of UU and Nightwatchmen state 16.10.09 18:53 | |
| Basic Rights? The right to ones body (life), the right to follow ones political ideology (liberty), and the right to sufficient knowledge to make a choice about your politcal ideology (the pursuit of happiness). |
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