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Jul. 15th, 2011 18:13Wednesday July 13, 2011 Idea: US House of Representatives elected from equal-population (one million) districts, with no regard for state boundaries. Unlikely to ever happen.
Sparked by: In Leigh Brackett's novel _The Long Tomorrow, the United States has become the United Counties. Considering how many counties there are in the US, the national legislature would be unwieldy.
***Toddler teeshirt "Troublemakers Union."
***To Waite House, to pick up NAPS commodities. (Nutritional Assistance for Seniors; I suspect the P stood for "Program" at one time.)
First, I got food from the twice-monthly produce distribution. The amount of food available varies; one time, Waite House had nothing. This time, there was a good deal.
***I'd seen a poster offering info on "libertarian socialism" at http://www.anarchistfact.org. Looked it up.
Short summary: there are two essential components to anarchism: abolition of government, and abolition of capitalism. Anarcho-capitalism is a contradiction in terms. And the Pope of capitalism is the Antichrist -- err, the people who've hijacked the term "libertarianism" are evil, or at best misguided.
It seems to me that the state preceded capitalism by several thousand years. And government preceded the state by at least a few tens of millenia.
***"I don't want to be normal. I want to be healthy."
***Met with my ACA sponsor.
Sparked by: In Leigh Brackett's novel _The Long Tomorrow, the United States has become the United Counties. Considering how many counties there are in the US, the national legislature would be unwieldy.
***Toddler teeshirt "Troublemakers Union."
***To Waite House, to pick up NAPS commodities. (Nutritional Assistance for Seniors; I suspect the P stood for "Program" at one time.)
First, I got food from the twice-monthly produce distribution. The amount of food available varies; one time, Waite House had nothing. This time, there was a good deal.
***I'd seen a poster offering info on "libertarian socialism" at http://www.anarchistfact.org. Looked it up.
Short summary: there are two essential components to anarchism: abolition of government, and abolition of capitalism. Anarcho-capitalism is a contradiction in terms. And the Pope of capitalism is the Antichrist -- err, the people who've hijacked the term "libertarianism" are evil, or at best misguided.
It seems to me that the state preceded capitalism by several thousand years. And government preceded the state by at least a few tens of millenia.
***"I don't want to be normal. I want to be healthy."
***Met with my ACA sponsor.