I wish there were an LW-related forum/location where politics are allowed (but easy for those not so inclined to ignore). I would use it, not so much for election-type stuff but for tossing out beliefs/theories on controversies (including some things relevant to a lot of the community, such as the Singularity) and seeing what bounces back.
I wouldn’t want to do it if I thought it would generate ill will, but there are certainly lots of folk here whose perspectives would be useful, and who, even if they disagree, would not immediately reach for the slogans of demonization that I hear so much in the outside world.
Apologies if even this post turns out to be so contentious that I shouldn’t have said it here.
Politics is not forbidden on LW. That’s not what the post politics is a mindkiller is about. If you think it’s needed you could revive the LW politics thread that we had in the past.
Slate Star Codex, Scott Alexander’s blog, is a little like this; he tolerates and engages in a lot more political discussion than Less Wrong, but he is a Less Wronger, as are some of those who comment there. The overlap with the Less Wrong community is far from total, and obviously as Scott’s personal blog it emphasizes his views, and it also doesn’t only only talk about politics (it just doesn’t avoid politics the way Less Wrong does), so it’s probably not exactly what you’re looking for, but it might be close enough for you to find it interesting, if you didn’t already know about it. And I guess if there are any other blogs like Scott’s with a similarly high level of political discussion, I’m interested in hearing about them myself.
Politics are “allowed” as is most everything here (my definition of “not allowed” implies that moderators disappear posts and comments which are not allowed). There are certainly people who disapprove of politics on LW, but for any X it’s pretty easy to find people who disapprove of X.
The only thing you risk here by bringing up political topics is your own karma as you should expect to be downvoted.
The governing rule is not “don’t mention politics” but “don’t be stupid”.
I wish there were an LW-related forum/location where politics are allowed (but easy for those not so inclined to ignore). I would use it, not so much for election-type stuff but for tossing out beliefs/theories on controversies (including some things relevant to a lot of the community, such as the Singularity) and seeing what bounces back.
I wouldn’t want to do it if I thought it would generate ill will, but there are certainly lots of folk here whose perspectives would be useful, and who, even if they disagree, would not immediately reach for the slogans of demonization that I hear so much in the outside world.
Apologies if even this post turns out to be so contentious that I shouldn’t have said it here.
Politics is not forbidden on LW. That’s not what the post politics is a mindkiller is about. If you think it’s needed you could revive the LW politics thread that we had in the past.
Slate Star Codex, Scott Alexander’s blog, is a little like this; he tolerates and engages in a lot more political discussion than Less Wrong, but he is a Less Wronger, as are some of those who comment there. The overlap with the Less Wrong community is far from total, and obviously as Scott’s personal blog it emphasizes his views, and it also doesn’t only only talk about politics (it just doesn’t avoid politics the way Less Wrong does), so it’s probably not exactly what you’re looking for, but it might be close enough for you to find it interesting, if you didn’t already know about it. And I guess if there are any other blogs like Scott’s with a similarly high level of political discussion, I’m interested in hearing about them myself.
Politics are “allowed” as is most everything here (my definition of “not allowed” implies that moderators disappear posts and comments which are not allowed). There are certainly people who disapprove of politics on LW, but for any X it’s pretty easy to find people who disapprove of X.
The only thing you risk here by bringing up political topics is your own karma as you should expect to be downvoted.
The governing rule is not “don’t mention politics” but “don’t be stupid”.