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<blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 5595421" data-attributes="member: 5868">Imagine some of the additional social and political repercussions:- If you can be anywhere instantaneously, where are you a citizen?&nbsp; Does a government function?&nbsp; How does it maintain a tax base, when everyone can live in a no-tax area, or easily move life or business to a no-tax area?- At the same time, oppressive regimes and politicians might be meaningless: everyone leaves.&nbsp; By that might force governments to pander to the masses to keep their populations.- The transporter is now an alibi-destroying machine -- it's almost impossible to prove innocence via alibi when any bathroom break could have had you popping out to commit a murder.&nbsp; Imagine the effects on crime (and punishment -- no prison, just dematerialize and store!)- Imagine the changes in warfare: every war becomes an insurgency; the high ground is the teleportation infrastructure.- What does this do to personal space an privacy?&nbsp; Why do I need an entire house or apartment, when one room is sufficient and I can teleport to a communal kitchen, bathroom, living room ...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Olgar Shiverstone, post: 5595421, member: 5868"] Imagine some of the additional social and political repercussions: - If you can be anywhere instantaneously, where are you a citizen? Does a government function? How does it maintain a tax base, when everyone can live in a no-tax area, or easily move life or business to a no-tax area? - At the same time, oppressive regimes and politicians might be meaningless: everyone leaves. By that might force governments to pander to the masses to keep their populations. - The transporter is now an alibi-destroying machine -- it's almost impossible to prove innocence via alibi when any bathroom break could have had you popping out to commit a murder. Imagine the effects on crime (and punishment -- no prison, just dematerialize and store!) - Imagine the changes in warfare: every war becomes an insurgency; the high ground is the teleportation infrastructure. - What does this do to personal space an privacy? Why do I need an entire house or apartment, when one room is sufficient and I can teleport to a communal kitchen, bathroom, living room ... [/QUOTE]

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