bramflakes comments on Open Thread, May 12 - 18, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pragmatist 13 May 2014 03:07:39PM 0 points [-]

I don't get it. In what respect is that not like the others?

Comment author: bramflakes 13 May 2014 07:49:47PM 2 points [-]

It wasn't a good outcome.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 20 May 2014 02:54:59AM 0 points [-]

Neither was ending the Vietnam war. For that matter, did the Non-Aligned movement accomplish much of anything besides providing cover for various dictators?

Comment author: bramflakes 20 May 2014 09:25:29AM 0 points [-]

I considered those two options but figured that they're more muddled cases. Africa decolonization was clearly an order of magnitude worse than the worst-case interpretations of Vietnam+Nonaligned.