[extropy-chat] Depressing Thought. from Laurence of Berkeley

[LaurenceofBerk at aol.com]

    Extropians, who are, as far as I can tell from the web, libertarians or 
even Ayn Randians, are no help in ridding the cyberworld of spam.  Spam is 
generated by corporations and can be restricted only through goverment action.  
    The problem of spam is only one small example of the fantasy world 
inhabited by libertarians.  They, and their Rebublican fellow travellers, and the 
Extropian ideologists, tell us, and themselves, that they would like to liberate 
the human spirit by reducing monolithic oppression.  Excellent plan.  The 
delusion, however, comes from supposing that oppressive power comes from 
government.  At certain times and places yes.  But not in 21st century America.  Here 
our spammers, our spies, our hoarders of patents and information, our 
monolithic media, our traffic jams, our pollution - I could go on indefinitely - come 
from the corporate world, which also finances our politics.
    So hooray for life extension, intelligence enhancement, super learning 
and space travel, but please, extropians, lose the libertarianism.  It's just a 
convenient smokescreen for the real  powers that be.  

PS  Is this how I reply?  When I click on "reply" it produces an addresses 
too long for my mac to send.