Technotranscendence wrote:
Ugh. I've been lurking for a while, but I'm sorry, I have to pipe
up about this. Lincoln is decidedly one of my heroes -- a deep,
passionate thinker who was dedicated to doing the moral thing.
I'd suggest you read "The Political Thought of Abraham Lincoln" to
get a feel for how tortured he was. I, for one, feel that most of
his choices were correct.
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> On Lincoln, I'm hoping no one here sees him as a proto-Extropian. I see him
> as a proto-fascist, and, at the very least, a champion of strong central
> government, militarism, and stamping out freedom.
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