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Also check out the interesting response from Slate Star Codex. http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/11/21/contra-robinson-on-public-food/ http://slatestarcodex.com/20

• zeveb 9y ago
  Wow, that article is excellent, and says everything I could have said, but better. Highly worth a read.
• pjc50 9y ago
  The argument seems to be that "government can also be bad" and that "food industry is distorted by subsidies". Which is valid as far as it goes. Getting to choose your own food and housing? Great, far better than being allocated by the government. Getting to choose your own healthcare and education? Do you really have enough information to make an informed choice there? Are people who are unconscious or under 5 really good at being informed consumers? Or are they just having the decisions made for them by someone else? Not getting any food or housing because you can't afford it? State option starts to look really great.