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OrphanWilde comments on Politics Discussion Thread January 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 14 January 2013 04:08:07PM 0 points [-]

My general policy is "Most political action is counterproductive; the silent vote is the least likely to engender resistance."

That said, I'm probably wrong on this matter. Loud political movements are frequently also effective political movements, even though they do engender high degrees of resistance. The issue is it's hard to identify quiet political movements and evaluate their influence.