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

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Comment author: MugaSofer 01 February 2013 07:40:23PM 1 point [-]

"Structural power" is something that in itself excites only non-neurotypicals. Top earners may get excited about earning even more money much like gamers get excited about a high score. It only matters to them either because of their private fixation or their social circle.

Nitpick: Those people would usually be considered neurotypical, unless you think they have some congenital neurological condition that causes them to enjoy high scores. Which isn't inconceivable, I suppose.

People are not equally competent, nor virtuous, nor do they deserve equal social power [emphasis added]

That people are not equally competent or "virtuous" is trivially true; that lacking these things means that it is less important that they have Fun is, in my experience, a common product of confused thinking. That you seem to have this as an instrumental goal of producing more total Fun is interesting; I would advise avoiding the word "deserve" to avoid confusion, though.