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I think the parent comment refers to how the cost of this vehicle could instead prevent around one hundred thousand deaths from maleria*, or uplift several enti
by 542458 5y ago
I think the parent comment refers to how the cost of this vehicle could instead prevent around one hundred thousand deaths from maleria*, or uplift several entire communities out of poverty, or provide education to thousands of children, or some other societal good.
* if we assume ballpark $300-400 million cost of construction.
- namdnay 5y agoI guess we could outlaw yachts and then collect money to lift all the people who used to build and work on yachts out of poverty :)
- mitchdoogle 5y agoWe don't have to outlaw yachts, just tax extreme wealth
- fortran77 5y agoThis is exactly what the United States did, except it printed money rather than confiscate it. (The end result was the same though -- taxation through inflation.) Even the left-leaning NY Times wrote a piece on how "luxury taxes" on yachts killed the industry. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/03/opinion/l-boat-luxury-tax-drives-an-industry-aground-926091.html https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/03/opinion/l-boat-luxury-tax...
- fastball 5y agoA nice idea, but unfortunately that's not how resource allocation works.