Not to be a pedant, but democracy can only be worth it if (as stated above) you are not dead, thereby being able to hold opinions and live under democracy etc etc. And unfortunately, most of the people who might write comments saying that the experiment was not worth it.… were wiped out, along with their extended family and most of their friends.
(Also again to restate, I am using colonialism here explicitly because it poses the greatest challenge to a position that one might arrive at after reading yesterday’s post. While it sure seems reasonable to discuss this edge-case, I would be more excited to discuss the general principle and where you or others might think the actual lines are, if not where I drew them here)
Not to be a pedant, but democracy can only be worth it if (as stated above) you are not dead, thereby being able to hold opinions and live under democracy etc etc. And unfortunately, most of the people who might write comments saying that the experiment was not worth it.… were wiped out, along with their extended family and most of their friends.
I agree this is a big issue! (And a crux for me)
(Also again to restate, I am using colonialism here explicitly because it poses the greatest challenge to a position that one might arrive at after reading yesterday’s post. While it sure seems reasonable to discuss this edge-case, I would be more excited to discuss the general principle and where you or others might think the actual lines are, if not where I drew them here)
See also discussion here: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/w3MJcDueo77D3Ldta/let-goodness-conquer-all-that-it-can-defend?commentId=6ZGdoLWnu3qfD6FTm