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The actual dominating selection bias is that "discrimination laws" were an authoritarian progressive political strategy, so they align most closely with authori
by centimeter 6y ago
The actual dominating selection bias is that "discrimination laws" were an authoritarian progressive political strategy, so they align most closely with authoritarian progressive beliefs and interests.
- kube-system 6y agoSo was social security and a ton of other laws, but that's pretty irrelevant in today's politics. As far as politics today is concerned, I would sure hope that both conservatives and liberals both agree that is it wrong to deny service based on someone's membership in a protected class.
- centimeter 6y ago> As far as politics today is concerned, I would sure hope... Of course, as a progressive (I'm guessing), you would hope the overton window stays firmly within the progressive comfort zone. This has little to do with the fact that progressive laws do, in fact, generally work in opposition to conservative (rightist and/or libertarian) politics, even if we can retroactively come up with some clean-sounding justification like "it's about human rights". It's not self-selection bias.