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

1 Post author: OrphanWilde 06 February 2013 09:33PM

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 11 February 2013 04:09:15PM 0 points [-]

You seem to be conflating intention and results in the opposite direction I usually see; you're suggesting that the practical necessities of implementing universal healthcare are a part of the ideology or principles which lead one to seek it.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 12 February 2013 04:31:29AM 2 points [-]

you're suggesting that the practical necessities of implementing universal healthcare are a part of the ideology or principles which lead one to seek it.

Specifically an ideology/alief that causes one to decide which policies to support without thinking about how they would actually be implemented in practice.