In a message dated 99-12-05 21:57:51 EST, Eliezer wrote:
<< That thought had actually occurred to me. But if you forget the names -
"capitalism" and "socialism" have changed in meaning between our time
and theirs - and look at the power groups favored, the contrast still
holds. Transhumanists may be "capitalists", but it's not the kind of
capitalism that's comfortable for the captains of industry. It's the
modern, individualistic, Silicon Valley capitalism where old companies
are always dying, and new ones taking over; where the "labor" not only
isn't controlled, it gets stock options. The Nazi industrialists would
have hated it.
--
sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
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Too right about labor not being "controlled" and getting stock options. The line between capital, management, and labor needs to break down, in my opinion. We all need to be venture capitalist entrepenuers working together to our joint enrichment. It's that "all" part that I think would have especially irked the nazis.
Glen Finney