Agreement on politics doesn't seem to be an issue here. You may not be able to get people saying they're Democrats/Republicans/Libertarians/Socialists/Moldbuggers (cause, y'know, group affiliations are low status round here), but on actual questions of policy or political philosophy people are more than happy to argue.
Oh, I'm a Democrat :P
on actual questions of policy or political philosophy people are more than happy to argue.
I am saying that I am not particularly happy to argue.
Hello fellow LWs,
As I have read repeatedly on LW (http://lesswrong.com/lw/gw/politics_is_the_mindkiller/) you don't like discussing politics because it produces biased thinking/arguing which I agree is true for the general populace. What I find curious is that you don't seem to even try it here where people would be very likely to keep their identities small (www.paulgraham.com/identity.html). It should be the perfect (or close enough) environment to talk politics because you can have reasonable discussions here.
I do understand that you don't like to bring politics into discussions about rationality, but I don't understand why there shouldn't be dedicated political threads here. (Maybe you could flag them?)
all the best
Viper