Nominull comments on Rationality Quotes November 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MichaelGR 30 November 2009 12:21:53AM 16 points [-]

Politicians compete to bribe voters with their own money.

--Adapted from something in The Economist (sorry, they don't have bylines)

Comment author: Nominull 30 November 2009 03:21:21AM 4 points [-]

What's interesting from a rationalist point of view is the surprising extent to which this is not actually the case.

Comment author: Technologos 30 November 2009 03:27:11AM 0 points [-]

Anymore, at least, relative to the power of the state.