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1994-08-23 - Re: Voluntary Governments?

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From: jamesd@netcom.com (James A. Donald)
To: solman@MIT.EDU (Jason W Solinsky)
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Reply To: <9408230816.AA17115@ua.MIT.EDU>
UTC Datetime: 1994-08-23 18:31:25 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 23 Aug 94 11:31:25 PDT

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From: jamesd@netcom.com (James A. Donald)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 94 11:31:25 PDT
To: solman@MIT.EDU (Jason W Solinsky)
Subject: Re: Voluntary Governments?
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Jason W Solinsky writes
> [Argues that MIT is a government.]
>
> Where do we draw the line between government and non-government and why?

Obviously most people do not call MIT a government.

And if MIT built some prison cells under the Admin building and started
locking people up in the dungeons for long periods, then people would
call MIT a government.

Seems pretty simple to me.

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