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Cyan comments on Is Politics the Mindkiller? An Inconclusive Test - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Cyan 01 August 2012 11:00:29PM *  0 points [-]

I think the abortion "debate" is a Blue vs Green, Arguments as Soldiers issue.

I agree. That's why I set up my counterfactual.

Counterfactually, if the two US parties had chosen different positions on abortion due to some historic accident, then I would expect their electorate to still support each party along current divisions.

I have the contrary expectation -- I can't conceive of a historical accident that would swap the parties' positions on abortion without also swapping their respective bases.

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