gwern comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 11 - Less Wrong
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Shouldn't they take that for granted already? I mean obviously he's going to have absolutely no remaining loyalty to the state - or at least the power structure - that did that to him. They should all expect to die whenever Harry finds it convenient to overthrow them. Or is that just what I would do?
(Any sane politician who was planning to make that sort of move against a potential emergent power like Harry would also see to it that they were killed, crippled or framed as a matter of course. You don't go around recklessly making enemies and leaving them free to gather power.)
--Machiavelli
Exactly the philosophy I had in mind! Is this also present in rationality quotes somewhere? It certainly should be.
I don't see it anywhere.