Vaniver comments on Stanislav Petrov Day - Less Wrong

35 Post author: gwern 26 September 2011 02:49PM

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Comment author: Desrtopa 28 September 2011 03:25:08PM 1 point [-]

No, my advice for the most practical and ethical way of dealing with oppressors is to not protest at all, not let them know that you oppose them and systematically assassinate all their leaders until they leave.

That sounds likely to fail disastrously.

Comment author: Vaniver 28 September 2011 03:30:30PM 4 points [-]

It has worked once: the Ismailis managed to win freedom from Persia using this method. I do not know how often it has been tried.