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TheAncientGeek comments on "NRx" vs. "Prog" Assumptions: Locating the Sources of Disagreement Between Neoreactionaries and Progressives (Part 1) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 08 September 2014 05:51:23PM 2 points [-]

And when we start from the blank slate, NRs expect the right answer to look a lot like traditional societies,

There's no clear definition of "blank slate"...low technology ? Low population? Traditional societies might have been adapted for those conditions., but they are not our conditions.

Claiming that you could have designed ancient societies better is not exactly a core belief of prog.

Comment author: SilentCal 08 September 2014 06:10:24PM 1 point [-]

Sorry, I meant 'designing the ideal modern society from a blank slate', i.e. sitting down and thinking about what modern society should be like.