[deleted] wrote on February 26, 2018 at 3:56 PM

________deleted wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:24 PM

You could say the same about all communists.

[deleted] wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:02 PM

________deleted wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:23 PM (edited on February 26, 2018 at 4:32 PM)

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.

[deleted] wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:27 PM (edited on March 6, 2018 at 12:31 PM)

________deleted wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:29 PM

If a political theory doesn't evolve with the times, it will be left behind.

BabyCroc OP wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:36 PM (edited on February 26, 2018 at 4:37 PM)

Honestly, that sounds a lot like what would happen to people too poor to afford gene alteration.

________deleted wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:38 PM

Then you should support communist / anarchist transhumanism so that everyone gets access to the technology.

BabyCroc OP wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:39 PM

everyone gets access to the technology

That would only be possible in a world with unlimited resources.

________deleted wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:41 PM

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.

[deleted] wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:27 PM

________deleted wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:33 PM

I mean, I didn't decide what 'anarcho-transhumanism' is, it's been pre-defined as a communist, hierarchy-less ideology.

Pop wrote on February 26, 2018 at 8:52 PM

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

[deleted] wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:11 PM (edited on March 6, 2018 at 12:31 PM)

________deleted wrote on February 26, 2018 at 4:45 PM (edited on February 26, 2018 at 4:46 PM)

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.

[deleted] wrote on February 26, 2018 at 5:09 PM (edited on March 6, 2018 at 12:30 PM)

________deleted wrote on February 26, 2018 at 5:13 PM

You're an anarchist in a non-anarchist society. So I guess you're not really an anarchist...

So do anarcho transhumanists support eugenics?

[deleted] wrote on February 26, 2018 at 3:50 PM

________deleted wrote on February 26, 2018 at 3:53 PM