[ExI] Minority of one

[Kevin Freels]

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From: M1N3R <m1n3r2 at hotmail.com>
Date: Friday, May 23, 2008 2:21
Subject: [ExI] Minority of one
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>

> There was a topic about 1984. Now, going along that line 
> consider Winston 
> Smith, the hero of the book. As for the whole party and the 
> system, he was a 
> lunatic, a minority of one. And yet he thought he was right (but 
> now I can't 
> quote, he writes it down in his diary). Yeah, "they must somehow 
> fail", 
> "down with Big Brother". There are so many people out there in 
> the real 
> world who are considered eccentric, extreme etc by the majority. 
> We learn 
> about some of them during literature lessons :D. Question is, to 
> what extent 
> is it justified to be a minority of one? Or is it anyway? 
> 
I don't think that eccentricity requires any justification. It is a matter of personal opinion what constitutes "extremism". I would say that neither are harmful except in cases where there is a desire to harm other people. You have to remember that those who threw the American Revolution party were considered by many to be extremists. I guess you would have to look at the underlying ambition and ask if it is in support of increasing control or liberation.
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