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revolution2018 t1_je7chna wrote

To be honest this is one of the major reasons I am excited about transhumanism and nanotech medicine. I see this technology as a path to a world without these people. I get what you're saying and agree, the politics will be awful. But...

People who embrace the tech will:

have various augmented capabilities be smarter be stronger be healthier be better at.... all physical and mental tasks live longer

As compared to those who fight against it, and the gap will only widen with each day. Good, this is what we should strive for! Once it all takes off they won't matter for long.

EDIT: Where have all the carriage returns gone? 😒

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Crulefuture t1_je73aqn wrote

Considering the Abrahamic decline facing much of the world and relative conservative disunity I see little cause for concern regarding cultural reactionary politics.

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Wolfieze t1_je8b6g2 wrote

Don't get complacent or comfortable. Trump seemed unelectable in 2015.

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anaIconda69 t1_je9ah0w wrote

Those reactionary ideologies will be swept away, I wouldn't worry about it.

And as this tech is perfected, the people who are against will find it increasingly difficult to tell what's 'real' and what's 'fake'. Eventually, it will be impossible to meaningfully oppose it.

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AltGameAccount t1_je7he67 wrote

I think the problem with modern approach to transgenderism is that it's like giving someone a wooden leg and then trying to pretend it's the real thing. Which hopefully the more advanced transhumanism will solve. And the same goes for racism and sexism. So those things can actually become social constructs. Like picking your clothes or car.

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boreddaniel02 t1_jeaakg7 wrote

Labelling people who disagree with your views as "transphobic" is a dangerous precedent to set. I don't agree with the current treatments of gender dysphoria - especially those involving kids, but this does not make me transphobic.

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Iffykindofguy t1_je6y3su wrote

I dont want to be a wolf. Im incredibly lucky being born into a body I love, one thats opened doors for me. I also know thats not the case for everyone.

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NotAsCoolAsTomHanks t1_je84q8z wrote

Tech will eventually reach a point were all material attributes of who we are will be fluid. The only thing that is eternal is that which is inside your mind, having experiences of the world. When you look inside and find the one that it’s looking, what do you see? Is it human? Does it have gender? A race? This singular point of consciousness is who you are and it is beyond any worldly classification. What transhumanisn ultimately wants to achieve is to to liberate the light from it’s flashy prison. To allow the mind to manifest unrestricted into the world of matter. It’s not as much that we will be able to chose whether we are men or women, but that we will be able to flow through the body of either men or a women. The thing that you really are is that what is flowing through, it was never the body in the first place

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OldPattyBoy t1_jec5y7j wrote

No, we are embodied.

Our body-minds are who we are.

Your body is not a disposable suit, anymore than our biosphere is.

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EnomLee t1_je7re3w wrote

I think it’s sad you don’t know how to let other people live their lives in peace.

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