Konkvistador comments on 2011 Survey Results - Less Wrong

94 Post author: Yvain 05 December 2011 10:49AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 05 December 2011 09:19:07PM *  5 points [-]

I chose Socialist simply because I prefer what they seem to have in Scandinavia, than what the US Democratic Party or the UK Labour Party seems to have on offer.

I generally prefer what they have in Scandinavia compared to British Labour and US Democrats as well. Though I chose conservative so I'm not sure how this maps.

Perhaps "traditional values" (whatever that means) combined with basically a neutral attitude to wealth redistribution and an eye for expected quality of life? Or perhaps growing up in a country where everyone I know considers themselves some kind of "social democrat", I have an odd idea of what "conservative" stands for.

Actually I'd be quite interested to get more data on the 29 other conservatives here, I wonder if we're just "secular right" types (like I partially consider myself to be since I'm an atheist) or if some of the crypto and pseudo theists are conservative as well. Also I wonder how many where influenced by Moldbug or any of the other representatives of the internet (new? alternative?) intellectual right. To give one data point on the latter, I never even considered there might be interesting material from right wing thought, until I was exposed to it on-line and began seeing merit in it.

Edit: I counted 7 committed or lukewarm theists among conservative LWers.

Comment author: steven0461 05 December 2011 09:34:31PM 1 point [-]

Actually I'd be quite interested to get more data on the 29 other conservatives here, I wonder if we're just "secular right" types (like I partially consider myself to be since I'm an atheist) or if some of the crypto and pseudo theists are conservative as well.

It should be right there in the spreadsheet, under ReligiousViews.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 December 2011 09:44:53PM 1 point [-]

I must have missed it, where was it linked to?

Comment author: steven0461 05 December 2011 10:07:32PM 0 points [-]

At the bottom.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 December 2011 10:25:19PM *  0 points [-]

Thanks!