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Dagon comments on Is altruistic deception really necessary? Social activism and the free market - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: PhilGoetz 26 February 2016 06:38AM

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Comment author: Dagon 27 February 2016 09:17:06PM 0 points [-]

Absolutely. Many police officers, for instance, will violently enforce a law and not lie in the process. (many do both, of course, but a good portion of them are honest violent enforcers).

Comment author: buybuydandavis 01 March 2016 05:31:46AM 1 point [-]

Bad example for you. Cops feel entirely free to lie to suspects.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 01 March 2016 07:18:13AM 0 points [-]

Yeah, I'm skeptical of the claim that police lie less than non-police. They probably lie less than criminals, but that's not the right comparison.