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Decius comments on On private marriage contracts - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Decius 13 January 2013 11:56:00PM 0 points [-]

At the cost of all of the people who prefer slavery>starvation>work. What makes people with that preference order inherently irrelevant?

Comment author: Khoth 14 January 2013 12:02:51AM 4 points [-]

Their rarity.

Comment author: Decius 14 January 2013 04:09:48AM 1 point [-]

How large of a minority is irrelevant to oppress? If someone develops a nonsensical (to you) value function, does that make them irrelevant?