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Also, old people have little to no economic use. We should dispose of them. Looking at everything as a psychopathic economic agent is fun!
by RodericDay 9y ago
Also, old people have little to no economic use. We should dispose of them.
Looking at everything as a psychopathic economic agent is fun!
- function_seven 9y agoThat’s a pretty uncharitable reading of parent comment. When things are not correctly priced, these issues will constantly crop up. A simpler thing to do would be to price common resources correctly and rebate those who have special needs (like old people, or the poor, etc.).
- olewhalehunter 9y agoEvery dollar spent keeping unemployed venerables alive is a dollar stolen from the young. Liquidating those near death should not be a controversial position.
- friedman23 9y agoWe use economics to understand how resources can be exchanged for human benefit. If google had offered 100 billion dollars for this water, none of us would believe it immoral for them to make this transaction because the money could be used for good by the community. Obviously however, 100 billion dollars is too high a price so the problem becomes not if it is immoral for google to take this water but what price is this water worth such that both google and the community come out ahead.
- ue_ 9y agoIn the case where the money goes to "the community", then sure, maybe. But are the people selling it doing it for the interests of the community? How is the money used to benefit the community? I am a Socialist myself, so perhaps that's why I am sceptical of the claim that 100 billion dollars would be enough to offset any kind of moral questions. Is it ethical to accept 100 billion dollars from an exploiter of labour?
- sctb 9y agoPlease don't post like this here. http://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html