[ExI] Call To Libertarians

[Natasha Vita-More]

They are but that does not make a person a libertarian. It makes a person an
Extropian. I am an Extropian and NOT a libertarian!!@!!!@ 


Natasha Vita-More

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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Giulio Prisco
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 1:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [ExI] Call To Libertarians

I think the list has become more inclusive of soft libertarians, or left
libertarians, who accept some degree of government and welfare (like me),
but I like to think that personal freedom and self-ownership are still
considered as fundamental values by most posters.

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 6:10 PM, David Lubkin <lubkin at unreasonable.com>
wrote:
> Darren wrote:
>
>> I understand there are some libertarians in this group.
>
> It's surreal to read this. I was one of the earliest of subscribers to 
> the original extropian list, twenty or so years ago. I was delighted 
> to join and help build a community that shared so many of my (even 
> then) long-standing interests. One of the ideas was that it was a 
> place where we didn't have to defend or explain the fundamentals. And 
> the dominant sentiment was that anarcho-capitalist libertarianism was one
of them.
>
> I recognize the drift from that here over the years, and the reasons 
> for it, but your posting still feels weird. Like someone saying "I 
> understand there are some Jews in Israel."
>
> I guess the paleo-extropian label is appropriate; it's easy to feel 
> like a living fossil.
>
>
> -- David.
>
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