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galen · 3133 days ago · link · · parent · post: I, for one, do not welcome our new Neoliberal overlords.
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It's been argued civilisations require a frontier to be healthy. Frontiers have a lot of advantages for the stability of the old country. It gives the restless and adventurous a place to go. It gives people dissatisfied with the government or the society a place to go. It gives the government a place to send dissidents and criminals, those unable to integrate with society, allowing them to choose between prison and the frontier. Overall, It makes the old country less dynamic, but more stable. It also gives each individual greater choice in their environment, and presumably greater happiness.