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Eugine_Nier comments on Counterfactual Coalitions - Less Wrong Discussion

15 Post author: Larks 16 February 2012 09:42PM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 17 February 2012 12:41:34AM 6 points [-]

Since small 'c' conservatives support the status quo, or the status quo a generation ago, "conservatives for X" is a plausible counterfactual coalition for any X that could exist stably in society for a generation without destroying either itself or the society.

Comment author: jmmcd 17 February 2012 03:57:34PM 6 points [-]

Conservatives for free love!

After all, that's what our honoured ancestors of the 1960s golden age were for.