tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1737980321158585254.post5684746271655601117..comments2024-03-22T16:45:17.544-04:00Comments on Acts of Minor Treason: Tailor-Made for TyrannyPhoebe Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10457452561340581723noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1737980321158585254.post-79974615959951519672012-03-04T12:49:49.556-05:002012-03-04T12:49:49.556-05:00I agree, your blog was pretty much the only one I ...I agree, your blog was pretty much the only one I could find on the topic that gave what I feel was a accurate portrayal of what space colony problems would be with regard to government.<br /><br />Would add a addendum as well, the harsher the environment a colony is placed in the worse off it is from a tendency of government.<br /><br />Its also a function of resources, distance from x resources makes for more or less tyrannical governing, and this is particularly true in cases where those resources might be oxygen, nitrogen, and various other life sustaining materials.<br /><br />In general you could make a chart describing freeedom or lack of, depending on the environment that is being colonized, or rather the problem for it to be abused. Suspect the less harsh environments would allow for greater mobility, and thus for more freedom.<br /><br />Which offers a interesting problem, in that the least harsh environment would be something akin to a terrestrial environment, and so depending on how far a colony is from a terrestrial environment outside, so too would the tendency for tyranny run.<br /><br />An aside, aside, diverging somewhat from the topic it also offers problems for the generation ship government, as given that it has to last for thousands of years, and the limits of resource use imposed by its environment would also have a tendency to have a less free government as well.<br /><br />Interesting blog, like how it was taking into account human nature unlike a lot of other articles which just assume a utopian ideal for space colonization.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16212544390177299243noreply@blogger.com