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I'm not arguing it's permissible, I'm saying you're gonna get nowhere trying to fight the river of rational actors who are following the natural optimization pr

by Spivak 3y ago

I'm not arguing it's permissible, I'm saying you're gonna get nowhere trying to fight the river of rational actors who are following the natural optimization problem of value/risk. People who are desperate are going to steal and they're going to steal certain classes of goods. You either deal with this or will forever be demonizing the very people you want to help because they're not behaving in the way you've decided they should to be worthy of sympathy.

BitwiseFool 3y ago
>"or will forever be demonizing the very people you want to help" I'm not demonizing anyone and this choice of words shows a gross misunderstanding of how most people feel about theft. >"because they're not behaving in the way you've decided they should to be worthy of sympathy." What's so wrong about this? I can definitely lose sympathy for someone who makes the choice to break the law and harm others when they could have chosen a non-violent alternative that would have probably helped the more. When that happens they should face consequences, be judged, and hopefully be rehabilitated.