metatroll comments on White Lies - Less Wrong

38 Post author: ChrisHallquist 08 February 2014 01:20AM

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Comment author: Lumifer 10 February 2014 08:05:12PM 2 points [-]

I have nothing to fear from him.

Other than that he probably votes for people who pass laws telling you how much of your money will be taken "for the beggars" and who have no problems sending men with guns to enforce their commands.

Comment author: blacktrance 10 February 2014 08:10:35PM *  1 point [-]

He only has one vote out of the many necessary to send men with guns after me. Even if he changed his mind and voted against the welfare state, the probability that anything would change is minuscule. The expected harm from him voting for the welfare state is smaller than that of him sitting next to me after not showering for a couple of days.

But if the pool of voters were much smaller, I'd take a more negative view of his actions.