Friday, October 4, 2013

Q and A: August 2013

If there were a country of people who are all clones of you, what would it be like?

My first question is: who made this country-sized clone-fest, and what is its purpose?

As for your question concerning the nature of this country, I would say that there are two possible outcomes for this clone-nation.

Outcome A
A great nation is born where all success is measured by progress and achievement. I am extremely goal-oriented, so I could imagine an entire country filled with driven, goal oriented clones of me would likely make enormous goals a reality.

An inevitable side-effect, however, would be that my clone-country would be very isolated and cold. It would be quite similar to an army of robots, very effective, but not very warm. I'm fairly introverted, and often social norms seem stupid to me, so a country full of me would be less of a community, and more of a functional cluster.


  2. Outcome B
The corrosive, narcissistic nation would implode into anarchy.

Since my individuality is a fiercely sacred part of my personality, I would likely resent being cheapened by a country full of clones. I would be insulted and probably very angry. Since this country consists of my clones, more than likely every clone would feel the same way. We would hate each other, despise each other, be threatened by each other.


An entire country full of this corrosive rage would result in mass murders and suicides. This would eventually continue until the country was in shambles, and each surviving clone had enough individuality to feel like an individual. I'm guessing the number of surviving clones would be a few dozen, with each ruling over a large "kingdom" in the country.

Since about 95% of the population had perished in the wars preceding, each clone would now have acquired vast amounts of wealth. This wealth, in combination with my strong zeal for success, would result in small "super countries". These small nations would be in constant warfare with each other.


I honestly think scenario 2 is more likely, I just can't see a county full of my clones surviving well in a state of democracy.