Capla comments on Neo-reactionaries, why are you neo-reactionary? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Capla 18 November 2014 09:17:20PM 7 points [-]

Star Slate Codex has a great perspective on this. The institutions that are beneficial depend on the context. Are we playing for survival and can't afford risk or are we playing for flourishing and the risk is worth it because the gains outweigh the losses and we can afford to be nice?

http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/03/04/a-thrivesurvive-theory-of-the-political-spectrum/