Anarchy Nomic
09-22-2011, 02:22 AM
There are 4 competing theories on how human civilization was first formed.
The Divine Right theory dates back to Ancient Egypt, at the least. God has imbued me to lead you; or: I am God.
"I know you're stronger than me, and faster than me, and overall more able than me -- but I have your religion on MY side. Do you want to piss off your religion?! Please don't kill me"
The Force theory is that a small group or a single person dominated an area and so squashed opposition that their authority is hardly ever questioned, or rewarded their followers, or both.
"I'll murder you if you don't participate in Everybody Walks Backwards Fridays."
The Social Contract theory is that, for their mutual benefit, humans clomped together into societies for their protection and the many benefits it offered over their nasty, short, brutish lives. All governing is done by consent of the governed.
"Hey guys, maybe we should form a tribe so that bears don't eat us and I can be guaranteed that I actually own what I own."
The Evolutionary theory is that large families or clans settled down and gradually multiplied into a country. In short, the sexiest and most incestuous theory.
"I love you, let's have 9 million ancestors together."
Well, let's put these theories to the test with a game of
Ah, but no ordinary game of Nomic! Typically, Nomic has starting rules: turn order, democracy, etc, in place. The original rules for play can be found here. It is designed to model the US Constitution, which, as you ought to know, is based on the Social Contract theory in favor during The Enlightenment. Also, all their "s"s looked like "f"s!
What this is meant to model, however, is the lawless primordial ooze from which civilization emerged from. (Or the post-apocalyptic wasteland it will descend into, your choice.) There is nothing to provide backing for the rules, that is, less than even regular Nomic, where by joining you implicitly acknowledge the authority of the initial ruleset. You should probably provide your own backing if you want to start a ruleset.
That's it! You didn't even need to read any of this. Don't you feel dumb? Oh, but important, I feel: AS OF NOW, THERE IS NOTHING STOPPING YOU FROM JUST DROPPING IN, and likely never will be, so please don't make posts that just read "I'm in" or whatnot.
The Divine Right theory dates back to Ancient Egypt, at the least. God has imbued me to lead you; or: I am God.
"I know you're stronger than me, and faster than me, and overall more able than me -- but I have your religion on MY side. Do you want to piss off your religion?! Please don't kill me"
The Force theory is that a small group or a single person dominated an area and so squashed opposition that their authority is hardly ever questioned, or rewarded their followers, or both.
"I'll murder you if you don't participate in Everybody Walks Backwards Fridays."
The Social Contract theory is that, for their mutual benefit, humans clomped together into societies for their protection and the many benefits it offered over their nasty, short, brutish lives. All governing is done by consent of the governed.
"Hey guys, maybe we should form a tribe so that bears don't eat us and I can be guaranteed that I actually own what I own."
The Evolutionary theory is that large families or clans settled down and gradually multiplied into a country. In short, the sexiest and most incestuous theory.
"I love you, let's have 9 million ancestors together."
Well, let's put these theories to the test with a game of
nomic
Ah, but no ordinary game of Nomic! Typically, Nomic has starting rules: turn order, democracy, etc, in place. The original rules for play can be found here. It is designed to model the US Constitution, which, as you ought to know, is based on the Social Contract theory in favor during The Enlightenment. Also, all their "s"s looked like "f"s!
What this is meant to model, however, is the lawless primordial ooze from which civilization emerged from. (Or the post-apocalyptic wasteland it will descend into, your choice.) There is nothing to provide backing for the rules, that is, less than even regular Nomic, where by joining you implicitly acknowledge the authority of the initial ruleset. You should probably provide your own backing if you want to start a ruleset.
That's it! You didn't even need to read any of this. Don't you feel dumb? Oh, but important, I feel: AS OF NOW, THERE IS NOTHING STOPPING YOU FROM JUST DROPPING IN, and likely never will be, so please don't make posts that just read "I'm in" or whatnot.