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Subject: Re: Looking for Libertarian SF
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Date: Thu, 2-Oct-86 16:49:32 EDT
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Summary: Mack Reynolds

Take a stab at Mack Reynolds, and his various "X in the 21st Century",
such as "Reality in the 21st Century" and like that. His political
system is what he calls a "technocracy", but actually appears to
be a one-buck:one-vote sort of system, where those who control the
wealth control the country (in other words, you don't work, you got
no say....ooooh, listen to the knee-jerk liberals snapping to attention
out there: come on, kids, it's a STORY.) The more interesting part is
his idea of each citizen getting so many shares of BASIC stock in the
country, which they cannot sell, the dividends of which they may use
in any manner they desire. If you have any money left from whatever
partying you do, you may buy shares of VARIABLE STOCK, which also
pays dividends, but you may sell whenever you wish. In other words,
if you are carefull with your earnings, you may buy more VARIABLE,
increasing your income, allowing to save faster or to be a bit less frugal.
In other words, it's your money; do with it as you see fit and you're
on your own, George.

Perhaps not as libertarian as one might hope, but perhaps as much as
we'll ever see while corporations wield the power of the mighty shekel.

Dan C Duval
ISI Engineering
Tektronix, Inc.

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