[extropy-chat] Socialism versus Transhumanism

[Olga Bourlin]

From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey at yahoo.com>

> Well, we didn't quite invent Libertarian either, we stole it from the
> more allegedly anarchist socialists, at least according to them, and
> they are quite put out about it, even to the point of writing a FAQ
> about it and insisting that it be called THE Anarchist FAQ, brooking no
> other.

The problem of the various sorts of meanings given to words like democracy
and socialism exists, as well, with the word "libertarian" (whether
capitalized or not), e.g. Vox Day, who calls himself a "Christian
libertarian," and proves one can have SFB and be a Mensan, too:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35640

Olga