wedrifid comments on The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 19 September 2012 11:22:17PM *  3 points [-]

It's easier to leave a forum than a country. Forum-dictators who abuse their power end up with empty forums.

Comment author: wedrifid 20 September 2012 10:30:42AM 1 point [-]

It's easier to leave a forum than a country. Forum-dictators who abuse their power end up with empty forums.

Real world dictators who abuse their power often end up dead. (But perhaps not as much as real world dictators who do not abuse their power enough to secure it.)

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 20 September 2012 10:22:27PM 1 point [-]

Real world dictators who abuse their power often end up dead.

Not as often as you seem to think.