From: Dave Sill (extropians@dave.sill.org)
Date: Thu Apr 04 2002 - 11:17:50 MST
"Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com> wrote:
>
> I for one would argue fairly strongly that any system that taxes the
> general population and puts a reasonable fraction of that income into
> peer reviewed scientific research is going to advance an extropic agenda
> faster than a "pure" libertarian society where the only scientific
> research that gets funded is by those who understand science sufficiently
> to want to donate their resources to it.
I disagree. Extropianism isn't about forcing people to Do The Right
Thing. Just as freedom speech means that people are free to voice
dissenting opinions, true freedom means that people are free to not
support the government's agenda, however "good" it might be in
"everyone's" opinion.
I think personal liberty is fundamental to extropy, and I don't think
it can be achieved by suspending liberties "temporarily".
-Dave
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