Desrtopa comments on Open Thread, September 15-30, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Desrtopa 18 September 2012 04:20:55PM 3 points [-]

Impact of charitable donations is, at least within the domains that most people can give, directly proportional to the size of the donations. It's not at all clear, however, that extremist participation in politics produces a greater impact in the desired direction than casual participation.

I think that in some cases, it probably does, whereas in others it does not.