From: laelth@yabbs
To: abort@yabbs
Subject: Utopian Vision
Date: Sat Feb  5 10:05:49 1994

A Wraning:  To abort and those who heed his call:
    You've got a lovely definition of anarchy, there.  Wipe away the 
government, wipe away all vestiges of oppression, free the mind, free the 
body, everyone living together in peace and harmony ...
    Hogwash!  If history teaches us anything it is that Utopian Visions 
like the one you've got are VERY dangerous; they cause more pain and 
oppression than the system that they replace.  Remember, Communism 
(Marxism/Leninism) is a Utopian political philosophy.  Look what it caused 
... 50,000 died in the revolution, Stalin killed off all his enemies, 
conquered half of Europe, took away more freedom than he ever gave, caused 
the cold war, etc.  Milan Kundera, a Czec novelist, writes about his 
country's conversion to Communism.  He makes it very clear that the 
Communists were true believers, good people deep down, who wanted the best 
for their country.  But they created a monster, one that they deeply 
regretted for the rest of their lives.  Kundera is far too clear ... 
Utopia KILLS, be wary of it.  BTW  Hitler's Third Reich was a utopian 
vision of an Arian Germany.  The cost of his utopia was the massacre of 
millions of Jews.  Utopia must be purchased at a very high cost, and even 
then, once purchased it never lives up to its promises of freedom and 
happiness for all.
    Your vision of anarchy sounds hauntingly similar to me.  How many
people will have to die to realize your dream?  ... 50,000?  ... a 
million?  10 million?  Even then, what guarantee can you give that people 
will be better off?  How can you justify the cost in lives that it will 
take to bring about your vision?
    Be careful what you wish for ...

    -laelth