Mathematical philosophy, a study of fate and freedom; lectures for educated laymen, by Cassius J. Keyser.

450 MATHEMATICAL PHILOSOPHY
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Government of Time-binders, by Time-binders, for
Time-binders?
Which of the two kinds of government best befits the
social régime of autocrats, or plutocrats, and slaves?
And which best befits the dream of political equality and
democratic freedom?
Which of them most favors the prosperity of "Acquisitive Cunning"? And which the prosperity of Productive Skill?
Which of them is the most friendly to the makers of
wealth? And which of them to the takers thereof?
Which of them most favors "boss" repression of
others? And which makes the best provision for intelligent self-expression?
Which of them depends most upon might and war?
And which upon right and peace?
Which of them is government by "politics," by politicians? And which of them by science, by honest men
who know?
If man's time-binding energy, which has produced all
the wealth of the world, both material and spiritual
wealth, be natural energy, and if, as is the case, the
wealth existing at a given moment be almost wholly a
product of the time and toil of the by-gone generations,
to whom does it of right belong? To some of the living?
To all of the living? Or to all of the living and the yet
unborn? Is the world's heritage of wealth, since it is a
natural product of a natural energy and of time (which
is natural), therefore a "natural resource" like sunshine,
for example, or a newfound lake or land? If not, why
not? What is the difference in principle?
Are the "right of conquest" and the "right of squatter