The Ziz cult did not emerge from The Motte. I don't know why you came to that conclusion.
> Most "rationalists" vote Democrat,
Scott Alexander (of SlateStarCodex) did surveys of his audience. Interestingly, the culture war thread participants were split almost 50:50 between those identifying as left-wing and those identifying as right-wing.
Following the ban on discussion of culture war topics, many of the right-wing participants left for The Motte, which encouraged these conversations.
That's how there came to be a right-wing offshoot of the rationalist community.
The history is all out there. I'm surprised how many people are doubting me about this. You can read the origin story right on Scott's blog, and the Reddit post where they discuss their problems with running afoul of Reddit's content policies (necessitating a move off-platform) is still accessible: https://old.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/uaoyng/meta_like_...
> The complaint here seems to be that rationalists don't take progressive pieties as axiomatic.
No, you're putting words in my mouth. I'm not complaining about a refusal to "progressive pieties as axiomatic". I'm relaying history of rationalist communities. It's surprising to see all of the denial about the topic.
I was referring to "The Motte", which emerged after the SlateStarCodex subreddit finally banned "culture war" topics. Scott announced it in this post: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/02/22/rip-culture-war-thread...
The Ziz cult did not emerge from The Motte. I don't know why you came to that conclusion.
> Most "rationalists" vote Democrat,
Scott Alexander (of SlateStarCodex) did surveys of his audience. Interestingly, the culture war thread participants were split almost 50:50 between those identifying as left-wing and those identifying as right-wing.
Following the ban on discussion of culture war topics, many of the right-wing participants left for The Motte, which encouraged these conversations.
That's how there came to be a right-wing offshoot of the rationalist community.
The history is all out there. I'm surprised how many people are doubting me about this. You can read the origin story right on Scott's blog, and the Reddit post where they discuss their problems with running afoul of Reddit's content policies (necessitating a move off-platform) is still accessible: https://old.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/uaoyng/meta_like_...
> The complaint here seems to be that rationalists don't take progressive pieties as axiomatic.
No, you're putting words in my mouth. I'm not complaining about a refusal to "progressive pieties as axiomatic". I'm relaying history of rationalist communities. It's surprising to see all of the denial about the topic.