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Why not?
by zbentley 3y ago
Why not?
- gedy 3y ago"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
- HPsquared 3y agoMaximum economic output isn't the ultimate "good" most people are aiming for.
- zbentley 3y agoTrue, but output is highly correlated with prosperity in most places and through most of history for which we have data. Increased lifespan is also generally understood to be positive.
- nradov 3y agoI would rather not have the government tell me how to live my life even if it means I die young.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoAt best such things are decided through majority vote, at worst through some series of opaque bureaucratic bargaining. And the proportion of mostly self-interested folks is quite high in both cases, or at least that's what many HN commentators allege to be the case.
- throwaway22032 3y agoYou've answered your own question by posting that response.