JGWeissman comments on Politics as Charity - Less Wrong

29 Post author: CarlShulman 23 September 2010 05:33AM

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Comment author: JGWeissman 23 September 2010 11:29:52PM 1 point [-]

The problem is that if the potential participants expect this type of cheating, that their donations will be diverted by someone who would not have donated to their political opponents anyways, they will not want to participate.

Comment author: b1shop 24 September 2010 05:17:51AM 0 points [-]

Even if that is the case, they're still getting twice* the leverage they'd get elsewhere.

*Minus the small finder's fee.