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How do most right wing folks here reconcile new technology? I can get behind some of the more libertarian critiques of modern leftism, like free speech and economic objections. But it seems like most right wing people just openly don't like modern tech and want to halt its progress. Specifically AI, VR, longevity research, cryonics, etc.
Am I just misunderstanding the claims?
The conservative argument here (which I'm torn on), is that we are in a delicate balance and we're clearly still reeling from the internet and nukes. We're very fragile and introducing any of these things is hugely dangerous.
I think we're still dealing with the fallout from the introduction of mass-production of highly addictive drugs.
This is not an endorsement of the war on drugs, quite the opposite, but I honestly began to understand why the war on drugs was initiated.
There's a big noncentral fallacy going on where people use the examples of, e.g. Marijuana and LSD to argue that fear of drug use is overblown when in actuality we've got opioids killing somewhere around 150 per day in the U.S., and dependence on other drugs crippling people's lives in droves.
And don't even get me started on my belief that humans simply were NOT ready for Social Media.
With all that said, technological process is inevitable enough that any ideology that doesn't manage to integrate it into their worldview is doomed to obsolescence.
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