If I believed that discussing Moldbug carried an appreciable risk of destroying modern liberal society, then I wouldn’t.
How sure are you that “modern liberal society” is in fact a good thing? What evidence convinced you to believe this? How sure are you that evidence wasn’t fabricated by someone who also thought lying was justified to protect modern liberal society?
My point is more than that. It is that by lying for a cause you’ve made it much harder to properly question any of its beliefs. After all, properly questioning something requires getting accurate data, which is much harder if you’re also spreading false data about the subject.
How sure are you that “modern liberal society” is in fact a good thing? What evidence convinced you to believe this? How sure are you that evidence wasn’t fabricated by someone who also thought lying was justified to protect modern liberal society?
Upvoted, not because I have anything against modern liberal society, but because we should routinely question our beliefs.
My point is more than that. It is that by lying for a cause you’ve made it much harder to properly question any of its beliefs. After all, properly questioning something requires getting accurate data, which is much harder if you’re also spreading false data about the subject.