[FRIAM] Political tangents

[Marcus Daniels]

As a technologist, I object to the crudeness of the strategy.  If the blood thing really works, figure out why and engineer an resource efficient alternative treatment.   All these cows unnecessarily adding methane to the atmosphere can't be good; it certainly isn't an elegant solution.   At least send them to Mars to help form a temporary atmosphere.   And why have a patina of "self-governance" when robotics are an option?   Overall, what do the they hope to accomplish here?   It all seems poorly motivated!  Boring, even.   Why can't they self-regulate and fall into a normal sort of depression like the rest of us?   

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Well, again, the Thiel-as-vampire metaphor would argue that it's not in the best interests of the libertarians to grow a herd of people completely unable to take care of themselves.  If the cattle is too dependent, then they'd be forced to admit that they need universal healthcare in order to maintain the herd.  (Of course, as we see with industrial farms, that can go horribly wrong ... but the Thiels don't care anymore about their herd than the industrial ranchers care about theirs.  So, the analogy still holds.)  It benefits the vampires to cultivate a herd with the patina of "self governance".  That way they can tell the unfortunate members of the herd that their suffering is their own fault.  Work harder.  Be a better cow.


On 01/03/2017 07:05 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> Some that suffer from microcephaly life to be 30-35 years!  

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