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But society wasn't foisted on us without our consent. I don't recall having any say in it. Where's the opt-out clause? At one point it might have been America
by pradocchia 17y ago
But society wasn't foisted on us without our consent.
I don't recall having any say in it. Where's the opt-out clause?
At one point it might have been America (if you were European). Supposedly, the colonists had a lot of trouble with their indentured servants going native, thus the early colonial emphasis on freedom and natural rights as a mitigating measure.
Later, it might have been the West.
But today? How do you opt out now? Where's the release valve?
- jey 17y agoThere's plenty of uninhabited land. I also don't see how the Europeans who fled to America were escaping society... they formed "normal" civilizations after coming over to the 'New World'.
- burnsobright1 17y agoThe uninhabited land is all called for, residing in a country/under a government with its laws, etc.
- msluyter 17y agoI think that for an inherently social animal, there is none. The vision of living blissfully alone in a cabin in the wilderness is largely a mirage. Yes, you can do that for a while, until you get a toothache, or an infection and need antibiotics, or... etc...
- divia 17y agoSeasteading (http://seasteading.org/ http://seasteading.org/) hopes to be the next release valve.
- Tichy 17y ago"Where's the opt-out clause?" You can't opt out of reality. Unless the Matrix was true.