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From: ncg@ukc.UUCP (N.C.Gale)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: A Paradise.
Message-ID: <5006@ukc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 23-Mar-85 07:28:37 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 23 07:28:37 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 30-Mar-85 06:27:08 EST
Reply-To: ncg@ukc.UUCP (Nigel Gale)
Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Kent at Canterbury, UK
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There is a green Vale in Nepal...
The population can't be more than a couple of hundred.

The people are divided into two groups: the workers (mostly farmers),
and the priesthood of the monastary.

The first son of every family is sent to the monastary to become a
priest. The monastary receives all its provisions from the rest of
the population (they have had surplus crops every year for centuries).
The monks are all celebate - as a consequence, the population of the vale
remains approximately constant.

No government exists except for a marginal social ordering.

There is no television, no radios, and none are wanted because
  A) They are very expensive
  B) No one knows what they are for/like

No increase in living standard has been recorded for centuries.

No oprtunity exists for advancement, so nobody 'succeeds' or 'fails'.

The Vale is so isolated from the outside world as to be almost immune
to change. This means that they receive none of the benefits of
organised government, or competition in the free market.

Is this idyllic, or what?


I can't draw any profound conclusions from the existance of such a
society. It's nice to ponder, though. Maybe it has something to
do with Buddhism - 'elimination of desire'.
Nice place to retire to.




-Nigel Gale