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>This is point of governments. To change the incentives for individuals so markets optimize for global good. This is not a hard concept. Huh, this whole time I
by colemannugent 8y ago
>This is point of governments. To change the incentives for individuals so markets optimize for global good. This is not a hard concept.
Huh, this whole time I thought the point of governments was to protect individual rights. TIL /s
- adrianlz 8y agoYes it is. And they do that by imposing responsibilities on the same individuals they are protecting. Also there are more rights to be protected than what is trivially obvious from an individual point of view - like the right of our children to breathe air without gas masks (exaggeration intended for emphasis)