tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732239755169187164.post6268608161682861049..comments2023-10-04T09:34:12.528-07:00Comments on My Journey: Utopian FantasyLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732239755169187164.post-15829425175585245302011-02-08T17:51:51.901-08:002011-02-08T17:51:51.901-08:00WoFat for Hegemon! (supreme leader in the OS Card ...WoFat for Hegemon! (supreme leader in the OS Card books)LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732239755169187164.post-6834516094260326472011-02-08T17:15:16.359-08:002011-02-08T17:15:16.359-08:00Wofat for supreme leader!Wofat for supreme leader!Opus #6https://www.blogger.com/profile/02063785617333740178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732239755169187164.post-72973270717516963292011-02-08T07:17:00.898-08:002011-02-08T07:17:00.898-08:00WoFat -- you mean I'm NOT doing that now?WoFat -- you mean I'm NOT doing that now?LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732239755169187164.post-92065529834862739602011-02-07T19:28:16.892-08:002011-02-07T19:28:16.892-08:00I think a Utopia would work fine, if everyone did ...I think a Utopia would work fine, if everyone did just what the hell I told them to.WoFathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616237986583760584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732239755169187164.post-4436160751180700352011-02-07T16:54:24.612-08:002011-02-07T16:54:24.612-08:00Utopianism defaults to absolutism. It's human ...Utopianism defaults to absolutism. It's human nature and we've seen it unfold historically on hundreds of states through the history of man. We as a species are not capable of maintaining a selfless, altruistic society. It's the nature and disposition of most men to use authority to exercise improper/unrighteous dominion.<br /><br />Lincoln said that if you want to test a man's character, give him power.<br /><br />Thus we reveal utopianism for what it really is - a lie. And as you said, Euripides, a seductive lie -- Cradle to grave comfort with no worries - purchased at the price of liberty.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732239755169187164.post-75610660073007055462011-02-07T16:33:57.934-08:002011-02-07T16:33:57.934-08:00It's interesting that Thomas More, who coined ...It's interesting that Thomas More, who coined the phrase utopia for the Western world, thought the ideals were untenable and against human nature. Yet, we have to admit that socialist utopianism is a very seductive ideology. Destructive, anti-pragmatic, blind to human nature, but seductive nonetheless.Euripideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405637531928318155noreply@blogger.com