What would a nation of ASD look like?

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So I define nation in this case as a common identity (also as a sovereign state, could be either) which aspies and others on the spectrum share. I don't know about this either way, but what do you see an all-ASD culture as being like? Who'd be the dominant sub-category of ASD people? Also, considering those with ASD, at least AS are by large racially homogenous?

Would we be a sedentary culture? If so, will there still be a market in the economy for sports and fitness?

i see there being sports, but perhaps with less of a competitive emphasis. I have heard that autistics are well suited to martial arts for example.

I think a more interesting question is what would its military be like. Would an autistic army be suitable for the battlefield or would our knack for technology enable us to build robots?

I don know about the battlefield. I see an ASD culture as where people don't go out of the house except for recreation activities and do everything and every transaction online. What do you think?

And what sports would be popular, if any?

Can it be a market-oriented economy, please?

Hmm... good question.
I suppose their would be a lot of emphasis on being yourself, and a rather varied culture, for one. And I suppose the education system would be adapted to make sure each student was going at their own, proper pace. A fashion industry would probably be close to non-existent, because people on the spectrum often choose clothes for practicality, rather than how the clothes look. A nation composed entirely of people with ASD probably wouldn't have good relations with many other nations, since other nations aren't ASD dominated. But then again, this is all speculation, and I have no idea what really would happen.

Well, at the present time at least, practically all land is out there that isn't claimed by some government.

Thank you for correcting my mistake. I thought for a second you were labeling me as "Uncle Tom" or a sellout...

I disagree that there wouldn't be a fashion industry. What would probably happen, though, is that it would consist of fashionistas selling to each other whilst the rest of the country ignores them...

Not every Aspie has computers, cars, and Thomas the Tank engine as their special interest...

I doubt there'd be anywhere near the current amount of people changing career streams, because they'll pick a career based on their special interest, which would have to change for them to want to change career. Whilst that does happen, I don't think it's that common...?

I agree with Magneto about the fashion industry. Also, I think that there would be sports, but mostly ones that at least could be played by individuals instead of teams, and not the same kind of mass marketed spectator sports. I expect Aspies would be less interested than NTs in watching other people play a game they never or rarely played themselves.

Careers would probably still end up being replaced by computers at a similar speed, and not everyone would have just one special interest that a career could be based around.

Also, maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like women with ASDs often have different stereotypical special interests. Based on that, I think career choices would be influenced even more by gender.

I fear that NTs would probably end up being shunned for acting too emotional, or wouldn't get as many chances to socialize as they would like, which kinda makes me sad.