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Stealing 5% of people's money is not OK. Stopping 5% of people from stealing other people's money is a good thing, but might easily be confused with the first
by jstanley 8y ago
Stealing 5% of people's money is not OK.
Stopping 5% of people from stealing other people's money is a good thing, but might easily be confused with the first thing.
- CPLX 8y agoIt's just a factual question. And it illustrates a basic concept, which is that redistributing money isn't value-neutral. Some distributions are better for society than others. You can't just say free trade takes money from this group and gives it to that group and perhaps ekes out a modest efficiency gain and conclude your analysis there. It matters who wins and who loses, and by how much.