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The problem is that effective allocating of resources might benefit society but not the individual.
by ThomPete 9y ago
The problem is that effective allocating of resources might benefit society but not the individual.
- dmurray 9y agoThen politicians should encourage it. The entire reason to have government is to improve society at some cost to individuals.
- TadasPaplauskas 9y agoThere are many valid reasons to have a government - not least of which is protecting individuals from society.
- Fifer82 9y agoI think the problem is that "some cost" and "individuals" pretty much means means batter the poor desperate people.
- sattoshi 9y agoHello there Stalin! Jokes aside, we should throw away the fundemental luxeries of western civilization for the future. We can compromise on them but not to the degree of going back a century or two.
- sattoshi 9y agoShould not* throw away
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agoin the long run and on average, benefiting society will benefit individuals.
- sgift 9y ago- In the long run we're all dead - If people die of hunger or sickness in the short term there will be no long run Also: Just-world fallacy.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoFully effective allocating of resources, where "effective" means optimal from the market's point of view, will definitely not benefit society. Quality of life is itself a market inefficiency.
- icebraining 9y agoWhat's the "market's point of view" and how do you determine it?