> the "conflict is very complex and highly debated."

Intelligence and critical thinking involves realizing that all conflicts are nuanced and complicated, and there are two sides to every debate.

Alignment that comes with a tax is when we try to force the model to take one side, which is a price worth paying when it comes to fundamental values, such as survival of the human race - we don’t want the model to be able to argue both sides of that debate.

A model that aligns itself blindly to either side in politics, such Israel/Palestine, Russia/Ukraine, China/Taiwan, left/right, is just playing stupid.

I don't think this is strictly true. Train a model that can't output 2 + 2 = 4, but can output 3 + 3 = 6, and so on... That'll cost you. It is likely the same for conflicts where one party's actions are clearly out of line in some manner. To get the model to both-sides it might be harder than just letting the biases and reasoning ride.

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