Comment Re:Sure... (Score 3, Informative) 80
How have the Amish survived your theory?
I do doubt the even medium term viability of a tech bro utopia, however. Without outside consequences, 95% of the members would end up in dungeon.
By pumping out 20+ kids, starting as soon as they're of the legal age of the U.S. to have sex. With some rarely prosecuted cases of them forcing under age girls to start, after being put in an arranged marriage.
Then Draconian, with a capital D, disciplining and out right preventing exposure to anything else till their worldview is installed through Pavlov conditioning. I.E. install pstd levels of fear for even minor infractions of their religious views.
Doesn't matter that 15 out of the 20 flee between the early teenage years to 18 years of age. Bringing with them horror stories of beating even toddlers within an inch of their lives for simple infractions like talking when not spoken to, or saying no to their parents. I'm not talking about how people now overreact to a simple spanking. I'm talking being beaten black and blue till near broken bone levels of disciplining. Or the previously mentioned underage sex.
Their worldview and belief survive by stretching the absolute right of religious freedom of and from worship, to it's absolute limit by claiming this treatment is part of their flavor of religion. While i hate how they treat their kids and adults. Especially since they no longer 'need' to pump out 20+ kids because 15-18 will die from disease and accident, though they do have the right to choose this if they want. I am 'very' hesitant to even consider the concept of pulling the protection of that absolute right for fear of its emotionally charged and justified righteous fury against this treatment. Be it used by others to justify the removal of the right for lesser perceived infractions. Like Catholic vs Protestant, or more likely Christianity vs 'any' other religion and lack their of.