[ExI] Libertarianism wins again...

[Dan]

Peopel? :)
 
The problem I find with this view is that, aside from the fact that govenrments now ban or severely restrict selling life extension products or even publicising what these products do, it views the problem as merely to put the right people at the helm of the fascist state -- rather than getting rid of the fascist state in the first place. (And the use of "fascist" here is not hyperbolic. Not only is this kind of regulation of the same sort recommended by fascist political economics, actual fascist states did try to ban unhealthy products.)
 
And the drug cartels are creatures of the state. Were it not for the drug war and very strict gun control in Mexico, people wouldn't be killing each other in such large numbers over who gets to sell recreational products in this or that area.
 
Regards,
 
Dan

From: Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [ExI] Libertarianism wins again...

On 7/19/2011 8:20 PM, spike wrote:

> The way our medical and pension system is evolving, we may find
> ourselves under governments which forbid any kind of life extension
> technology that actually works.

Hard to say. The way our medical and pension system is evolving, we may find ourselves under governments which insist upon any kind of healthy-life extension technology that actually works. Already, blatantly unhealthy or dangerous foods etc are either banned or increasingly restricted, because the costs of indulgence are so severe.

(It's not *government* per se that mandates crackpot religious prohibitions, rails against evilution, and tries to block stem cell research, etc. Although once the delusional crazies have established their power over government in some particular domain, it can certainly make a bigger mess of your day than any other force user. Well, unless you live near a Mexican drug cartel. "And who gives them their hold over peopel?" Yeah, I know, it's a vicious circle.)

Damien Broderick
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