ChristianKl comments on Are we failing the ideological Turing test in the case of ISIS? (a crazy ideas thread) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 11 January 2016 04:13:17PM *  2 points [-]

Right I wanted to say:

Nobody set's out to run an evil fundamentalist oppressive state but certain people set out to run a good fundamentalist oppressive state.

By appearing more moderate I cost myself support.

The question whether or not to declare a caliphate is binary. Either you do or you don't. Then there's a host of obligations with declaring a caliphate.