In the same way that almost any of us if we were born in the US in 1810 would have been in favor of slavery
Did most American citizens really support slavery then? Most Northerners and many Southerners opposed it, especially from the 1830′s onward.
You are correct. I’m at least ten years too late and probably more like 20 or 30 years too late. The essential point goes through with the corrected time.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/uy/dark_side_epistemology/4xbv
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Did most American citizens really support slavery then? Most Northerners and many Southerners opposed it, especially from the 1830′s onward.
You are correct. I’m at least ten years too late and probably more like 20 or 30 years too late. The essential point goes through with the corrected time.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/uy/dark_side_epistemology/4xbv