Conflict Theory Versus Mistake Theory - What's the Difference?

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There's a very nice discussion on the less wrong forum, if people are interested to go deeper. Ind is this question of how much of the problems in the world are the result of conflict theory versus mistake theory. And it's fair to say that there's both, right? There's plenty of both. One thing that is worth knowing is that if i'm trying to do something that is actually motivated by conflict theory, it benefits me to pretend that it was mistake theory. Benefits me to pretend I had no idea and then afterwards say, i it was an unintended, unanticipatable consequence. It was too complex. People can't predict suff like that.

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