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ilzolende comments on Open thread, Jan. 12 - Jan. 18, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ilzolende 13 January 2015 08:40:31PM 4 points [-]

In that case, maybe the goal is not to sell books, but rather to publicize them and the ideologies they contain.

Comment author: emr 14 January 2015 03:15:45AM 1 point [-]

Ron Paul and Ralph Nader (many-time presidential candidates with no chance of winning) are concrete examples of this in the US political system.

Both have done decent with respect to speaking fees and personal fame, but of course so do "genuine" candidates!