Submitted by watermelon in Anarchism (edited )
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Why would we need to compete with each other under communism?
And they can always have their DNA recoded after the fact. No reason it needs to be restricted to the unborn.
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As far as I understand, anarcho-transhumanism would only exist if communism existed. So within this scenario being presented, yes.
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You could say the same about all communists.
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But those wouldn't be anarcho-transhumanists, they'd be capitalist-imperialists. A big reason to support anarcho-transhumanism is to provide a non-oppressive alternative to capitalist-imperialist-transhumanism.
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If a political theory doesn't evolve with the times, it will be left behind.
watermelon OP wrote (edited )
Honestly, that sounds a lot like what would happen to people too poor to afford gene alteration.
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Then you should support communist / anarchist transhumanism so that everyone gets access to the technology.
watermelon OP wrote
everyone gets access to the technology
That would only be possible in a world with unlimited resources.
________deleted wrote
Communism and post-scarcity go hand in hand, so that's not really an issue. There's more than enough for everyone, but capitalists keep it restricted to only the wealthy.
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I mean, I didn't decide what 'anarcho-transhumanism' is, it's been pre-defined as a communist, hierarchy-less ideology.
Pop wrote
I think part of what's being questioned is whether the definition is even coherent in the first place
like how 'anarcho'-capitalism is also incoherent
since it's not clear that technology of this kind is compatible with anarchy
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You just disproved your own point. If us communists can own iphones under capitalism and still be communists, then anarcho-transhumanists can modify themselves under capitalist-transhumanism and still be anarcho-transhumanists. As long as you support the equal distribution of technology, then you still qualify as an anarcho-transhumanist. Capitalism giving you more than others because you were born middle class in the West doesn't change that.
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You're an anarchist in a non-anarchist society. So I guess you're not really an anarchist...
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