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NancyLebovitz comments on First(?) Rationalist elected to state government - Less Wrong Discussion

63 Post author: Eneasz 07 November 2014 02:30AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 07 November 2014 03:28:56PM 11 points [-]

Here's what I posted on her blog--

I regret that I don’t live in New Hampshire. You’re exactly my kind of libertarian– I focus on harm reduction, too.

What I’ve seen go wrong with libertarian and libertarian-flavored public officials is that they don’t focus on harm reduction. Instead, they start by cutting useful public services. You’ve got principles which keep you from making that mistake.

It’s going to be interesting. I don’t think a lot of libertarians or rationalists know much about the specifics of government. (I don’t either, I’ve merely picked up the idea that there are a lot of specifics.)