wedrifid comments on Solutions to Political Problems As Counterfactuals - Less Wrong

37 Post author: Yvain 25 September 2009 05:21PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 26 September 2009 05:37:11AM *  0 points [-]

Attempts to solve political problems are counterfactuals in the same way attempts to solve other problems are.

At least, they would be if they weren't attempts to signal one's own status while also influencing public morality in a way that benefits oneself and one's allies. This mostly explains why the absurd futility of the letter writer's solution doesn't occur to her.