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Eh, that's not really what I'm worried about. It just seems to me that there can be very little good outcome of (say) posting "crazy ideas" here about how to recreate slavery or whatever. Not because it'll make LW look bad, or because there's a significant chance of it coming about ... but because people shouldn't practice at creating social ills, since you get better at what you practice.
Post "crazy ideas" about how to accomplish good ends, sure. But "crazy ideas" for creating conditions that nobody would want their son or daughter to live in? Why bother? History is bad enough.
(This is intended to be a politically neutral argument, applicable equally given progressive or conservative premises.)
By the same token, it is good for us to practice arguing against social ills.
Of course, we can do that anywhere on the internet. But this way we get community support :-)