DoubleReed comments on 2011 Less Wrong Census / Survey - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DoubleReed 03 November 2011 05:42:41PM 1 point [-]

I don't think the foreign policy is anywhere near as important as the other two: for example, most people are seldom directly affected by it.

I don't know about this considering the massive amounts of globalization we have now. Foreign Policy is a pretty big, complicated topic. Outsourcing, wars, foreign aid, military alliances, sanctions, etc.?

And in small, neutral countries such as Switzerland such an axis would be nearly meaningless.

What? Switzerland has had a pretty big history of isolationism. If anything they have a very strong view. How is that meaningless?

Comment author: [deleted] 03 November 2011 08:32:49PM *  0 points [-]

How is that meaningless?

Because an individual's score on such a scale would tell something about their country but very little about the individual.

Comment author: DoubleReed 03 November 2011 09:45:14PM *  0 points [-]

That's the exact same argument as the other people saying the political ideas of Socialist/Liberal/Libertarian is completely dependent on country. That doesn't have anything to do with Foreign Policy.

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