wedrifid comments on Can we dodge the mindkiller? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 14 June 2013 03:12:34PM 1 point [-]

In my experience it seems that people choose their political identity based on a few beliefs that are important to them and pick up the rest as part of the identity package.

Or, at a slightly different level, it seems that people choose their political identity based on a few beliefs that are important to those they wish to signal affiliation with and pick up the rest as part of the identity package.