Will it be remembered as a period of war and strife? Anything else?
Or will be the focus be more on the progress that was achieved; much like the industrial revolution? → The stateless revolution?
It will be remembered the same way we remember the medieval or Roman ages: just something that happened.
so you think there won’t be states?
There are still Romans.
Is that what passes for sarcasm around here?
There are still nation states.
But people no longer feel very attached to them. They certainly won’t die for them with the same enthusiasm that they did a hundred years ago.
That’s pure speculation.
Isn’t that the point of this thread?
Yeah, I guess so. Then I speculate that there will always be governments.
Where do you place the beginning of this ‘statist era’?
Certainly there will be, but their nature will be completely different from state governments.
Ancient Egypt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax#History
..the pyramids were the original bridges to nowhere.
Voluntary, coercive governments, or a combination of both?
I dunno, maybe both.
Wars can be unpopular. And?
then you don’t mean “impossible”, cause you “dunno”
Nobody knows.
right. It’s called contingent. Since “nobody knows”, then it’s not really appropriate, as you admit, to say this:
if you avoid such words, then you might avoid confrontations. just a suggestion.