[extropy-chat] Extropy, Political Viewpoint and the Futureof ExI'sList

nvitamore at austin.rr.com nvitamore at austin.rr.com
Mon Oct 10 19:49:35 UTC 2005


>To clarify my position at least...
>I see politics as being the medium of interaction between people (or even
>the higher animals).

Yes, this is what politics means.

>Political ideologies are different because they are essentially a sibling
of
>religion in that they attempt to provide an all-encompassing worldview that
>explains, predicts and controls (or tries to).

>By this definition Extropy is a political ideology.

"a political ideology is a certain ethical, set of ideals, principles,
doctrines, myths or symbols of a social movement, institution, class, or
large group that explain how society should work, and offer some political
and cultural blueprint for a certain social order. A political ideology
largely concerns itself with how to allocate power and to what ends it
should be used. It can be a construct of political thought, often defining
political parties and their policy. The popularity of an ideology is in
part due to the influence of moral entrepreneurs, who sometimes act in
their own interests."

Extropy is a philosophical viewpoint.  Extropy does not have a political
thought that evokes "extropy" in its true sense.

Take care,
Natasha




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