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Lumifer comments on What is the most anti-altruistic way to spend a million dollars? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 25 March 2014 02:00:49AM 1 point [-]

Reminds me of Austin Powers. One! Million! Dollars! ... <giggle>

A million just isn't what it used to be :-/

The legality constraint is actually very binding. Laws are meant to prevent people from doing unnice things and are often written very broadly (for the convenience of law enforcement).

Comment author: ChristianKl 25 March 2014 12:44:31PM 1 point [-]

Free speech laws in the US are broad. Speech that advocates violence was legal in the example of the KKK. Communists are allowed to call for a violent revolution.

A million might be enough money to fund a campaign that pushes some volatile region in the world into a civil war.

Wikileaks infrastructure costs less than 1,000,000 and before the Manning affair Wikileaks did win their lawsuits in the US because of Wikileaks complex legal strategy.