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Simply because the line has to be drawn somewhere, and a few million looks right when you squint at it. It might be higher for culturally homogenous societies,
by carsongross 13y ago
Simply because the line has to be drawn somewhere, and a few million looks right when you squint at it. It might be higher for culturally homogenous societies, such as Japan or Norway. It might be lower for smaller groups.
The unfortunate reality is that, as social animals, other peoples behavior has a dramatic effect on us. Since I have met many people of good will who wish to live in dramatically different social configurations, my best solution is lots of small countries with varying social configurations.
- baddox 13y agoIf you're referring to "the governed" a group rather than an individual (which makes little sense to me, since consent is an individual phenomenon), I don't see why any particular numbers looks good if you squint at it. It seems logical that the smaller the group, the better, but then we get right back to the individual.
- carsongross 13y agoYeah, we are gonna keep talking past each other, but here's my last shot... Just trust me on this: there are people, good people, who don't think like you do. I think more like you than probably 95% of the people out there, and I might even want to live in the country that you and people with a like mind establish. But I'd have to see how it turned out, and I'd like to have the option to bail if it ends up not being my cup of tea. The social environment that they live in matters intensely to a large subset of humans. That's OK, even if you aren't one of them. We have enough room on this huge continent for their kind and your kind, and even my kind.
- baddox 13y agoI honestly don't understand much of that comment.