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> Does "unjust and dysfunctional" = "u r a fag"? I would say referring to a person or set of people as unjust is a little bit of a category error, like saying
by mac01021 10y ago
> Does "unjust and dysfunctional" = "u r a fag"?
I would say referring to a person or set of people as unjust is a little bit of a category error, like saying "gravity is purple".
The correct thing is probably to chalk this up to lazy writing (it's not the only grammatical error in the piece) and interpret the author as actually meaning "A society or legal framework that allows rent seeking behavior is unjust and dysfunctional."
If we can agree approximately on criteria for "justice" and "dysfunctionality" (probably involving fairness and sustainability in one way or another) then this is a claim that's amenable to rational discussion and debate, and maybe even a little bit testable empirically.