Down-wing politics
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Down-wing politics refers to a political schema proposed by Fereidoun M. Esfandiary in his book "UpWingers: A Futurist Manifesto" and in the essay "Upwing Priorities" (in the now-defunct Future Life magazine). Down-wing politics looks down into the earth, and into the past. They seek to preserve the planet and proudly self-identify themselves as "Greens".[1][2][3][4] The greens want to curb the human aspirations to make them fit within what nature, in its Earthbound form, can reasonably be expected to sustain. They include such people as communitarians and traditionalists.[5]
Down-wing politics opposes up-wing politics. The latter looks to the sky, into the future and endorses universal progress. The latter is thus progressive, while down-wing politics is conservative. It sees a future for humanity beyond this planet. Up‑wingers, have begun to be colour-coded as "Blacks".[6][7]
See also[edit]
- Steve Fuller[disambiguation needed]
- Breakthrough Institute
- Proactionary Principle
- Transhumanist politics
- Single-axis politics
References[edit]
- ↑ "Empowerment Politics: Left Wing, Right Wing, and Up Wing – The Foresight Guide".
- ↑ Are you a downwinger or an upwinger ?
- ↑ The Rise of the Up-Wingers Part One
- ↑ The Rise of the Up-Wingers Part Two
- ↑ See Steve Fuller's comment on the 90 degree revolution
- ↑ "Left and Right are over. The future is Up and Down – Steve Fuller | Aeon Essays". Aeon.
- ↑ Marcattilio-McCracken, Ry (October 14, 2015). "The Frozen Father of Modern Transhumanism".
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