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ArisKatsaris comments on 2012 Less Wrong Census Survey: Call For Critiques/Questions - Less Wrong Discussion

20 Post author: Yvain 19 October 2012 01:12AM

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 21 October 2012 10:59:11AM 4 points [-]

People call themselves "reactionaries"?

Yes, they do. Time to update your model of the world. :-)

Comment author: buybuydandavis 21 October 2012 11:00:28PM 0 points [-]

Who? Where? What do they believe in?

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 21 October 2012 11:33:45PM *  3 points [-]

Who? Where?

Mencius Moldbug is probably the self-proclaimed reactionary who is most well-known around these parts -- This collection of his writings is probably good for an intro on him.

What do they believe in?

Among other things, that democracy is bad, and that feudal monarchies were way better in managing things. You can probably get a fair approximation of their views if you see them as opposing most of the modern applause lights out there (e.g. democracy, equality, diversity, human rights, etc), because they believe they all lead to bad governance.

Comment author: [deleted] 22 October 2012 09:21:58AM 0 points [-]

By copying and pasting the Blogspot URL, you leak information about where you are! (Not a big deal as you also say that in your user page, but still...)

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 22 October 2012 09:57:27AM 1 point [-]

Huh, I hadn't noticed that. Thanks for telling me, but yeah, it's not as if I keep it secret that I live in Greece.

Comment author: [deleted] 22 October 2012 10:29:09AM -1 points [-]

BTW, apparently blogspot.com redirects to blogspot.[whatever country you're in], but blogspot.[some other country] works just fine.