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bogus comments on [Link] A rational response to the Paris attacks and ISIS - Less Wrong Discussion

-1 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 23 November 2015 01:47AM

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Comment author: bogus 23 November 2015 11:20:26PM 1 point [-]

keeping their former colonies from disintegrating into failed states.

Um, "not disintegrating into a failed state" is a pretty clear prerequisite to any sort of sustained social/economic development (what you apparently mean by 'nation building'). This may be somewhat sobering for a few advocates of pure anarcho-capitalism, but is not really a surprise to anyone else.

Comment author: Lumifer 24 November 2015 12:59:42AM 0 points [-]

any sort of sustained social/economic development (what you apparently mean by 'nation building')

Nope.

Try again.