Underground_Network
March 16th, 2008, 08:35 PM
First off: Pantisocracy - n. 1. A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days.
Do you think a pantisocracy is possible in modern day society?
Me personally, I think its one of those things that could last ephemerally, but in the end it would probably fail. I think that society might be able to work like this, but eventually, there will be someone who is overly greedy, arrogant, ignorant, or all three, and problems could arise. I mean people naturally disagree with each other, and in a community in which everyone rules equally, there are sure to be arguments over what one can do with their "power" as a ruler (since everyone rules equally).. It would be interesting, and again might actually last a few days, maybe even a few weeks, but it would probably be impossible for a society like that to last over a month, unless they worked things out perfectly (such as used some futuristic machine to rid them of all emotion..)
Do you think a pantisocracy is possible in modern day society?
Me personally, I think its one of those things that could last ephemerally, but in the end it would probably fail. I think that society might be able to work like this, but eventually, there will be someone who is overly greedy, arrogant, ignorant, or all three, and problems could arise. I mean people naturally disagree with each other, and in a community in which everyone rules equally, there are sure to be arguments over what one can do with their "power" as a ruler (since everyone rules equally).. It would be interesting, and again might actually last a few days, maybe even a few weeks, but it would probably be impossible for a society like that to last over a month, unless they worked things out perfectly (such as used some futuristic machine to rid them of all emotion..)