As a fan of Star Trek there was a movie where the Enterprise encountered a race of people who had eschewed technology in favor of a more simple life. Turns out the race of people were sophisticated enough to have warp drive but they chose not to have it. Instead they focused on being master gardeners, artisans, black smiths, and developing skills with their hands and doing the work themselves. It was an interesting show. Almost like finding a galactic enclave of the Amish!
I prefer the one where the beings assumed physical form to teach the humans and the Klingons. They seemed to be simple folk, but they were evolved far beyond us. The leader forbade them to make war saying, As I stand here, I stand upon the home world of the Klingon Empire. Your weapons will not work.
Lugh----this was tried in India many years ago. Their leaders banned quite a few modern machines with the object to make jobs. Failed miserably. I believe it was Milton Friedman that said, why ban motorized equipment for building dams and moving earth, why not just make using spoons the tool of choice for moving earth. Takes a lot more people to move a ton of dirt with spoons than with a dozer. Of course each employee is not very productive so you cannot pay them much. India learned this the hard way and a lot of the people there starved in the 50s and 60s.
Uncle Milty didn't believe in the border with Mexico. Borders get in the way of the free flow of good and services - and money! Elon likes Milty. Elon is a globalist too I imagine.
Capitalism per se is anti-nation in its mature or final form. National Socialism has to step in before this stage is reached if the nation is to survive. We missed our stop.
Ban robots that replace humans. Computers too. Bring back the abacus and mechanical cash register with real cash and coin.
Lugh - Think Mayberry RFD, where each family had a function to fill to serve the community. No damn computers, just people interfacing.
The Butlerian Jihad!
As a fan of Star Trek there was a movie where the Enterprise encountered a race of people who had eschewed technology in favor of a more simple life. Turns out the race of people were sophisticated enough to have warp drive but they chose not to have it. Instead they focused on being master gardeners, artisans, black smiths, and developing skills with their hands and doing the work themselves. It was an interesting show. Almost like finding a galactic enclave of the Amish!
I prefer the one where the beings assumed physical form to teach the humans and the Klingons. They seemed to be simple folk, but they were evolved far beyond us. The leader forbade them to make war saying, As I stand here, I stand upon the home world of the Klingon Empire. Your weapons will not work.
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Lugh----this was tried in India many years ago. Their leaders banned quite a few modern machines with the object to make jobs. Failed miserably. I believe it was Milton Friedman that said, why ban motorized equipment for building dams and moving earth, why not just make using spoons the tool of choice for moving earth. Takes a lot more people to move a ton of dirt with spoons than with a dozer. Of course each employee is not very productive so you cannot pay them much. India learned this the hard way and a lot of the people there starved in the 50s and 60s.
Uncle Milty didn't believe in the border with Mexico. Borders get in the way of the free flow of good and services - and money! Elon likes Milty. Elon is a globalist too I imagine.
Capitalism per se is anti-nation in its mature or final form. National Socialism has to step in before this stage is reached if the nation is to survive. We missed our stop.
Yeah they tried to build Pyramids without machinery and ended up using mind power to levitate the stones until they got Jewish slaves!
A race of Jedi Knights?