[ExI] Space and religion are the likeliest pathways out of decadence: Ross Douthat

[Giulio Prisco]

I disagree with Douthat on the points that you mention. But I don't have to
agree on everything before agreeing on something. In THIS case, I think he
has good points and solid arguments.

On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 4:55 PM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 4:14 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> *Space and religion are the likeliest pathways out of decadence: Ross
>> Douthat*
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> This list is not nearly as libertarian as it once was but even so I'm not
> sure Ross Douthat is the best authority to bolster your case around here.
> When Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died at the age of 91 Ross Douthat said he
> was "a father of smut addictions and eating disorders, abortions and
> divorce and syphilis" and a "grinning pimp of the sexual revolution" and "a
> leering grotesque" and  "a lecherous, low-brow Peter Pan". It doesn't seem
> that Mr. Douthat liked Hugh Hefner very much, but I've got to say he makes
> decadence sound a lot more fun than the puritanism he advocates. He wants
> abortion banned but strangely he also thinks birth control should be
> illegal, and he thinks gay marriage should be illegal too. Oh I almost
> forgot, he wants the government to ban all pornography.
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> John K Clark
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