At 11:01 PM 2/20/99 -0500, you wrote:
Yes, you've misunderstood, Randall. Extropianism, certainly as it is today,
does not *require* you to be a libertarian (however exactly you define
that). Extropianism is NOT a commitment to particular beliefs, and that
includes the role of government. Many Extropians may call themselves
libertarians (and mean fairly different things by it), but other may
(perfectly legitimately) not.
>It's been rumored that on Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Natasha Vita-More wrote:
>>At 10:04 PM 2/20/99 +0000, Nick wrote:
>>
>>> I could replace that
>>>sentence with a direct quote from The Extropian FAQ: "Politically,
>>>extropians are close kin to the libertarians"
>>>(http://www.extropy.com/faq/whatis.html), if that is more accurate.
>>>What do you think?
>>
>>I think that sentence might better be taken out in both places.
>
>Hm. Does this mean that you and Max now (or always did?!) advocate
>the use of force for political purposes? Perhaps I have misunderstood you?
ExI's FAQ entry on this was years old, and in need of revision to make this important point clear. I've just put up a revision that expresses the relationship of political views to extropianism at:
http://www.extropy.org/faq/govt.html
Max
Implications of Advanced Technologies
President, Extropy Institute: http://www.extropy.org
EXTRO 4 Conference: Biotech Futures. See http://www.extropy.org/ex4/e4main.htm