I take it OW meant not “Eugine wanted to destroy LW, and got what he wanted” but “Eugine wanted to make LW unpleasant for people with sociopolitical opinions very different from his and drive them away from LW, and got what he wanted—and that destroyed LW”.
I agree that Eugine surely didn’t want to destroy LW at that point. I have no idea what he wants to do to it now.
I imagine he might want it to become a “more right” forum (maybe he believes that after “weeding out” all wrongthinkers it would happen automatically), but that seems unlikely to happen.
At this moment, I guess the choices are merely: (a) LW will somehow fix things and get rid of Eugine; (b) LW will continue as usual, including the annoyment over Eugine’s games; or (c) a better debating forum will appear and people will move there.
I take it OW meant not “Eugine wanted to destroy LW, and got what he wanted” but “Eugine wanted to make LW unpleasant for people with sociopolitical opinions very different from his and drive them away from LW, and got what he wanted—and that destroyed LW”.
I agree that Eugine surely didn’t want to destroy LW at that point. I have no idea what he wants to do to it now.
I imagine he might want it to become a “more right” forum (maybe he believes that after “weeding out” all wrongthinkers it would happen automatically), but that seems unlikely to happen.
At this moment, I guess the choices are merely: (a) LW will somehow fix things and get rid of Eugine; (b) LW will continue as usual, including the annoyment over Eugine’s games; or (c) a better debating forum will appear and people will move there.