In early Soviet history they actually checked if a person actually supported the winning party by looking of what you did 10-20 years ago. If the person was a member of wrong party in 1917, he could be prosecuted in 1930th.
Interesting. Did they promise to do so beforehand?
In any case, I’m not surprised the Soviets did something like this, but I guess the point is really “Why isn’t this more widespread?” And also: “why does this not happen with goals other than staying in power?” E.g. why has no one tried to pass a bill that says “Roko condition AND we implement this-and-this policy”. Because otherwise it seems that the stuff the Soviets did was motivated by something other than Roko’s basilisk.
Surely it was, but in slightly different form, in which it is rather trivial: When a person says “If I win the election I will give everybody X”.
But that’s not Roko’s basilisk. Whether or not you individually vote for the candidate does not affect you as long as the candidate wins.
In early Soviet history they actually checked if a person actually supported the winning party by looking of what you did 10-20 years ago. If the person was a member of wrong party in 1917, he could be prosecuted in 1930th.
Interesting. Did they promise to do so beforehand?
In any case, I’m not surprised the Soviets did something like this, but I guess the point is really “Why isn’t this more widespread?” And also: “why does this not happen with goals other than staying in power?” E.g. why has no one tried to pass a bill that says “Roko condition AND we implement this-and-this policy”. Because otherwise it seems that the stuff the Soviets did was motivated by something other than Roko’s basilisk.
It was not promised, but anyone who read the story of previous revolutions, like French one, could guess.