Konkvistador comments on Politics Discussion Thread September 2012 - Less Wrong

-1 Post author: Multiheaded 05 September 2012 11:27AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 05 September 2012 04:04:50PM *  7 points [-]

That is, not acknowledging that the personal is political will only leave 'the personal' trapped in the current discourse, accepted as the way of things.

Wu wei dude.

Social norms are never static and are shaped by strong forces outside the control any individual coalition making monkey brain part. By not acknowledging that the personal is the political I demonstrate it on a meta level. Of all the coalitions this subsidizes, the current is but one member. I am unsure if it is better or worse than what will replace it or its successor. I have much more confidence in which class of coalitions is better.

Comment author: Multiheaded 05 September 2012 06:24:42PM -2 points [-]

Let me refine this to fit better within the current LW discourse: the Personal is Ideological. Also, see TimS below.