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Post by Zyobot on Dec 29, 2019 20:28:11 GMT
What if everything that is stored on every computer just vanished. Oh, shit. The world probably suffers some mass death shortly after losing its mind, economic catastrophe and fundamental disruption of daily life and all. |
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Post by lordroel on Dec 29, 2019 20:30:29 GMT
What if everything that is stored on every computer just vanished. Oh, shit. The world probably suffers some mass death shortly after losing its mind, economic catastrophe and fundamental disruption of daily life and all. Why mass death, yes there might be loss of vital records that are stored on computers but only computers, not on servers, thus mostly people computers will be effected i guess. |
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Post by stevep on Dec 30, 2019 11:15:51 GMT
Oh, shit. The world probably suffers some mass death shortly after losing its mind, economic catastrophe and fundamental disruption of daily life and all. Why mass death, yes there might be loss of vital records that are stored on computers but only computers, not on servers, thus mostly people computers will be effected i guess.
It might depend on what you define as a computer. Including any device that performs traditional computer roles such as lap top, modern mobile phones etc or just desk tops and mainframes? Also even if the information is still on servers can people still access it easily.
Even just taking out large mainframes is going to cause serious problems in many areas such as weather forecasting for instance. Probably a number of other areas. Also I expect the militaries of the world, or at least the developed areas are going to be very concerned. Plus how much of modern manufacturing as well as distribution and finance are dependent on continued electronic operation?
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 1, 2020 13:47:27 GMT
‘Anarcho-Primitivist World Leaders’.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 1, 2020 13:49:07 GMT
‘Anarcho-Primitivist World Leaders’. You know, i learn new meaning everyday when you post something Zyobot, had to Google the word Primitivist to find out its meaning. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 1, 2020 17:14:49 GMT
‘Anarcho-Primitivist World Leaders’. You know, i learn new meaning everyday when you post something Zyobot , had to Google the word Primitivist to find out its meaning. Um...thank you? I suppose that, for one thing, the primitivists will try (and miserably fail) to legislate the public into giving up their technology since, according to them, everything from their smartphones to their cars just has to go. Of course, people would just flip the bird at them in disobedience, while more tech-literate, libertarian-minded circles work to subvert their government control through mass-internet decentralization, i.e. promoting Blockchain, cryptocurrency and so-called “Alt-Tech” advances that sidestep pro-primitivist regulations designed to cripple the mainline Big Tech firms stationed in Silicon Valley. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 2, 2020 17:22:20 GMT
'No Conscientious Objectors--Ever'. As in, ASB literally prevents anyone and everyone from becoming a conscientious objector to carrying out a war effort.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 2, 2020 17:30:34 GMT
'No Conscientious Objectors--Ever'. As in, ASB literally prevents anyone and everyone from becoming a conscientious objector to carrying out a war effort. Is that not unfair and in some cases brainwashing. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 2, 2020 18:15:47 GMT
'No Conscientious Objectors--Ever'. As in, ASB literally prevents anyone and everyone from becoming a conscientious objector to carrying out a war effort. Is that not unfair and in some cases brainwashing. Probably, yes. Hence why I introduced it here rather than somewhere else on the forum. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 2, 2020 18:22:19 GMT
Is that not unfair and in some cases brainwashing. Probably, yes. Hence why I introduced it here rather than somewhere else on the forum. That makes sense. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 2, 2020 18:25:08 GMT
Probably, yes. Hence why I introduced it here rather than somewhere else on the forum. That makes sense. Good. Though I need some time to think about the greater implications of no conscientious objectors, some specific OTL examples--like Desmond Doss--get crossed off the list. Someone like him may be exceedingly reluctant to pick up a rifle and use it when need be, but they'd still muster the strength to do so. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 3, 2020 20:30:16 GMT
‘Anarcho-Capitalist Venezuela’.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 3, 2020 20:32:14 GMT
‘Anarcho-Capitalist Venezuela’. Will it be better than current Venezuela. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 3, 2020 20:37:35 GMT
‘Anarcho-Capitalist Venezuela’. Will it be better than current Venezuela. Personally, I think that’s up in the air. In theory, the idea of violating no one else’s rights to live as they wish and conducting peaceful, voluntary business via the NAP sounds reasonable enough. That said, I do question whether this would work in practice. Hmm, maybe the anarcho-capitalist community in Venezuela would look to supposed historical examples like Gaelic Ireland for how to best operate Venezuelan society post-Maduro. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 4, 2020 20:44:32 GMT
'US Vanishes On September 11th, 2001'. On one hand, Al-Qaeda would have no World Trade Centers to fly its hijacked planes into. But on the other, something far worse for the world has happened: the world's sole superpower and premier bastion of economic, military and technological might has disappeared to God knows where.
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