John Stuart Mill or the ethics of liberalism: Part I, private property | 51 comments (51 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Well, barring space settlement, it is still true. And space colonies on that scale may or may not be energy efficient.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Tue May 2nd, 2006 at 02:13:39 AM EST
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Even with space settlement, his point is still valid, though the time scale changes.

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by technopolitical on Tue May 2nd, 2006 at 02:51:16 AM EST
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I wasn't sure whether "note he is following Malthus here" was supposed to be a criticism, a statement of fact or an endorsement. Malthus has such a bad reputation...

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 3rd, 2006 at 04:57:35 AM EST
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John Stuart Mill or the ethics of liberalism: Part I, private property | 51 comments (51 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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