Reply #72: Interesting response [View All]

[bryant69]

A few points.

1. I don't own a gaming system now - I play computer games. But presumably in your brave new world, we'd do away with those too.

2. We'd have to lose a lot more than game boxes.

3. You'd have to make non-consumptiveness mandatory in order to achieve your goal of eliminating the military.

4. You are free to live the less consumptive life by my standards. I am not free to play computer games or buy CDs by your standards.

5. I'm going to hell anyway, so I don't spend a lot of time worrying about being too consumptive. Trying to make me feel guilty for taking what little pleasures life offers me probably isn't going to work.

6. The powers you would unleash in making a less consumptive lifestyle mandatory would inevitably have negative consequences.

Bryant
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