[extropy-chat] Causes of luddism

[Bill Hibbard]

--- Adrian Tymes <wingcat at pacbell.net> wrote:
> --- Bill Hibbard <test at demedici.ssec.wisc.edu> wrote:
> > Very good point. But rather than hypothetical
> > quotes,
> > how about the real thing:
> >
> >   http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/g/message9.txt
> >
> > and:
> >
> >   http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/g/message10.txt
>
> Umm...you missed my point.  It's not that we should
> necessarily believe in them to make wise decisions
> right now.  It's that they believe in themselves to
> make wise decisions when the time comes - and if they
> believe we are aiming to impose our will upon them, to
> deny them any say in the matter in the future, that is
> what often causes them to act against us in the
> present.

But that is what these quotes are saying, that the public
and their elected representatives are too stupid to have
any say in the matter.