[extropy-chat] POLITICS: terrorism and strategies

[Gregory Propf]

Natasha Vita-More wrote:

>
> "only only moral way forward is the libertarian one..."  For goodness 
> sakes, this is another slam-dunk "I'm right and you are wrong." 
> sensibility that aggravates people.
>
> A hell of a lot of people share this world view.  I dare say that they 
> are not libertarian.  So then, if you claim that libertarians, and not 
> other political dogmas, claim this world view, isn't that hypocritical 
> and stated to say "I'm better than you" ?
>
> Natasha 


When I read this though I only thought of "libertarian" in the very 
broad sense of "leaving people alone".  The basic principle of not 
initiating violence against the innocent.  I don't think you need to 
adopt the whole libertarian program in order to follow that as a general 
principle.