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Eugine_Nier comments on Terrorist baby down the well: a look at institutional forces - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 18 March 2014 02:30PM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 19 March 2014 03:45:18AM 1 point [-]
Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 19 March 2014 07:28:04AM 2 points [-]

Seems to be a name thing.

The popularity of a war on poverty waned after the 1960s

Comment author: ChristianKl 19 March 2014 02:40:40PM 0 points [-]

The War on Cancer leads to people getting cancer "prevention" screenings that produce unnecessary operations and don't increase life expectancy.

It's about using violence to cut out the cancer in the early stages. It fits well into the pattern of the other examples.