SIGH!:-(
>Teach rationalism in school (arguments against religion etc.
>should be mandatory classes). If parents try to sabotage this,
>they should receive a stern warning, after which their ass
>would be kicked with appropriate force.
Why rationalism? Do you mean a strict Carthesian rationalism (there are various kinds of rationalism too, you see)? If so I'm going to have my kid kicked out of school quickly. Why arguments AGAINST religion, is atheism mandatory in civilized countries? If a compulsury schooling is to be upheld (I abhor it) it really, really has to be neutral on all these matters because it has to give the same education to ALL kids- but kids are different and come from different environments (and their parents have different demands).
>Self-defense/mental empowerment classes for everyone, from
>a very early age (so that by the time you graduate, you're
>practically a Jedi Master). Teach responsible use of firearms
>as well as martial arts.
Hey, what if I am a pacifist and completely detest violence and weapons. Do I have to let my kid learn about it?
>Proper, hands-on sex education.
Ditto (and what about this hands-on thing?)
>Gender stereotypes should be avoided as much as possible;
>the aim is to create a more androgyne society.
WHOSE aim is it to create a more androgyne society? And why? I personally will give my kid a masculine education if its a boy and a feminine if its a girl (but then what I mean with those terms might be slightly deviant from the norm)
> > Science/Space:
> >
> > A Manned/Womaned landing on Mars by 2010.
>
>Self-sustained colonies on the Moon, Mars and/or
>in "free space" by 2020-30.
JYMDPJOJEKT! Why these space programs? Either they are profitable and then they are not the government's (or a party's) concern or they are not and then they should be stopped.
>Increase funding for nanotech, genetic engineering
>and other (potentially) transhuman technologies.
If nanotech is going to be so profitable, private investers could invest in it
>Manhattan project for human uploading.
Would really everybody be interested in financing this through his/hers/vers tax bill.
>Intelligence augmentation & life extension to become
>national priorities.
Another set of national priorities, but would people really be interested in it.
>Cryonics to receive X billion research budget and
>full legal status (recognized as a potentially life-saving
>procedure, so no more autopsies, delays in hospitals
>or other bureaucratic, deathist nonsense).
Ouch, that X billion has been proven to be VERY, VERY costly to the taxpayers. And there is a limit to even my disposition to pay for cryonics. Cryonics are not a matter for the government.
>Justice:
Why not allow several legal systems?
>
>Automate the legal system & prisons as much as possible.
>No more physical contact between inmates, only minimal
>and heavily supervised contact between inmates and guards.
>Standard senstences, no juries, binding precedent, no public
>trials etc. (see previous posts on this topic).
OK, I'm right with you on this one.
>Get tough on real crime (an eye for an eye).
OK, but why "eye for an eye"?
>Curb unwanted (illegal) immigration, while attracting people
>who are willing and able to contribute to the economy, and
>don't cause trouble.
What is unwanted immigration? Illegal immigration in most rich countries today is: people that will have to compensate their lower skills with lower pay in order to compete. And really if I'm just a hobo but still would like to hike around in the U.S., Sweden, Japan or Cameroon "just because I like it" I should be able to do so. Open up the world for everybody.
>Economy:
Work will never be abolished.
>
>Abolition of work through extensive automation. The aim is
>to have generous standard welfare for everyone, while those
>who want more can have their own (liberal) sub-economy.
>Taxes are gradually abolished as level of automation increases.
>State plays (responsible) pimp and dope dealer (etc.) to
>partially finance the transition from wage slave society to
>automated welfare society.
I don't understand. Clarify, please.
>Healthcare:
But diseconomies of scale are shown in the health care sector! Who is going
to pay for it, automation doesn't solve the problem of costs,
>
>Free, high-quality healthcare for everyone through automation
>and economies of scale.
>General:
What is the standard, why that specific standard?
OK, I hope that you understand that I not out here to smack you on your head
but to construct a fruitful discussion and to point out some dangers
>
>Make tiered voting system; the more tax you pay (or in some
>other way contribute to society), the more voting points you
>get. Actually you'd want to create a kind of meritocracy/
>technocracy. The right to vote is something that has to be
>earned, just like a driver's license.
My main criticism is that your response feels so (don't get insulted) dated... so very much 20th century. It is inherent of course in discussing a political party's program. But the feeling that I've gotten in discussing these things on the Extropy and Omega lists is that we really have more aptly answers for the future, a future that will be very diverse. In fact I think we should be talking about the futures of the menkinds.
Best regards
Waldemar Ingdahl