JoshuaZ comments on Why is Mencius Moldbug so popular on Less Wrong? [Answer: He's not.] - Less Wrong

9 Post author: arborealhominid 16 November 2012 06:37PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (259)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 23 November 2012 06:44:27PM 5 points [-]

Conservative means "resistant to change" and Liberal means "novelty seeking".

That may be one notion of what those words mean, but they aren't what people mean when they discuss their political ramifications. For example, how do attitudes towards abortion and free markets fall into this setting?

Political alignments are to a large effect due to historical consequences, not due to any simple coherent philosophical positions.