Intolerant minorities create mobs on the offense. Centrists just want to get along and don’t rally on the defense. @nntaleb explained why outrage mobs and political correctness are systemic:https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15 …
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But on Twitter where you’re punished for stepping on toes it’s extraordinarily difficult to navigate
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It was exactly like that in college talking about divesting from South Africa or in grad school debating LGBT civil rights. Online brings the problem of anonymity and ability for people to say things they would not say in person.
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You’re arguing against a point no one has made. No one has said minority viewpoints are bad. The point is that when huge amounts of powerful minority groups listen to everything you say and punish you if/when they think you’re wrong it becomes not worth it to share your thoughts
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In other words, the risk of being wrong or perceived as wrong is just too great
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the good mobs are the ones you agree with (at bottom it's a debate about values)
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The foundations of politics are always values, yet values are rarely discussed or debated.
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It’s why it’s hard for me to engage in politics. Debating a policy before debating the underlying values is so obviously unproductive.
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